Wrap up on Grafana Labs

Course wrap-up

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Course wrap-up

What you explored in this course:

Database Observability — Deep query-level monitoring for MySQL and PostgreSQL
Database integrations — Metric collection, dashboards, and alerts for MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, Cassandra, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and OracleDB

What you’ll do in this module:

Review your progress — See where database monitoring fits in your observability journey
Reinforce key takeaways — The two approaches and when to use each
Explore resources — Find documentation and next steps

Estimated time

5 minutes

Your progress

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You’ve added database visibility to your observability stack

Database monitoring sits at the intersection of infrastructure and application observability. By completing this course, you’ve learned how to choose and set up the right monitoring approach for your databases.

What you can now answer

Question	Approach
Which queries are slow and why?	Database Observability
Is my database healthy?	Integrations

Where to go next

Your database monitoring approach depends on what you need to see. Here are courses that complement what you’ve learned:

Introduction to integrations

Introduction to data sources

Cloud Provider Observability

Send data to Grafana Cloud

Key takeaways

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What you learned

Two approaches to database monitoring, each for a different need:

Approach	Best for	Depth
Database Observability	Query performance analysis (MySQL, PostgreSQL)	Deepest: individual queries, explain plans, and wait events
Integrations	Infrastructure health monitoring (any supported database)	Broad: metrics, dashboards, and alerts

How to choose:
- Database supported by DB Observability? → Use it for the deepest visibility
- Not supported? → Use an integration for infrastructure monitoring
Key details:
- Database Observability supports managed databases (RDS, Aurora, CloudSQL, Azure) for MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Integrations use Grafana Alloy with built in exporters. Most set up in 15–20 minutes.
- These approaches are complementary. Use Database Observability for MySQL and PostgreSQL, and integrations for other databases in the same environment.

The one thing to remember

Start with Database Observability for MySQL and PostgreSQL. It gives you the deepest visibility. For other databases, use integrations.

Resources

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Documentation

Explore the full documentation for each approach covered in this course.

Database Observability

Integrations

Grafana Alloy

Grafana Alloy documentation

Community

Thank you

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Thank you for completing this course!

You now know two approaches to database monitoring in Grafana Cloud — and when to use each.

Wrap up on Grafana Labs

Course wrap-up

Course wrap-up

Estimated time

Your progress

You’ve added database visibility to your observability stack

What you can now answer

Where to go next

Key takeaways

What you learned

The one thing to remember

Resources

Documentation

Database Observability

Integrations

Grafana Alloy

Community

Thank you

Thank you for completing this course!

Happy monitoring!