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title: "Before you begin | Grafana Labs"
description: "Prerequisites for this journey"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Prerequisites

To follow along with the hands-on experiences in this journey, you need the following.

| Requirement                                                                                  | Why you need it                                    |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| **Grafana Cloud account** ([free sign up](https://grafana.com/signup/cloud/connect-account)) | Fleet Management is a Grafana Cloud feature.       |
| **Collector deployed**                                                                       | You need at least one collector to manage.         |
| **Basic telemetry concepts**                                                                 | You must understand metrics, logs, and collection. |

## Not ready yet?

If you haven’t deployed at least one collector instance, start with one of these journeys first:

[Introduction to integrations](https://grafana.com/docs/learning-hub/intro-to-integrations/) [Introduction to Cloud Provider Observability](https://grafana.com/docs/learning-hub/intro-to-cp-olly/)

## Ready to continue?

If you have a running collector and a Grafana Cloud account, you’re all set. Let’s learn how Fleet Management works.