Documentationbreadcrumb arrow Learning Journeysbreadcrumb arrow Monitor a Windows systembreadcrumb arrow Configure Alloy
Monitor a Windows system
15 min
Milestone 1
The case for observability
2 min
Milestone 2
Select Windows integration
1 min
Milestone 3
Install Alloy
2 min
Milestone 4
Configure Alloy
1 min
Milestone 5
Test connection
1 min
Milestone 6
Install dashboards and alerts
1 min
Milestone 7
About pre-built dashboards
2 min
Milestone 8
About pre-built alerts
3 min
Milestone 9
Destination reached!
1 min

Configure Grafana Alloy to use the Windows integration

After you’ve installed Grafana Alloy, the next step is to configure it for the Windows integration. This configuration process requires you to copy a code snippet from Grafana Cloud and add it to the Alloy configuration file.

Did you know?

By default, the integration only collects the metrics and logs necessary to populate the Windows dashboards and alerts. Although you have the option to configure Alloy to collect all available metrics and logs, we recommend starting with the default configuration.

To configure Alloy to use the Windows integration, complete the following steps:

  1. In Grafana Cloud, under the Set up Grafana Alloy to use the Windows integration section, click Copy to clipboard.

  2. On your Windows system, open Command Prompt as Administrator.

  3. Open the Alloy configuration file with Notepad:

    cmd 
    notepad "C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\config.alloy"

  4. Scroll to the end of the configuration file and paste the code snippet you copied from Grafana Cloud.

  5. Click File > Save to save the changes.

  6. Close Notepad.

In the next step of your journey, you’ll restart Alloy and test the configuration.

Were you successful?

More to explore (optional)

At this point in your journey, you can explore the following paths:

Configure Grafana Alloy

Windows exporter collector

Install Alloy
page 5 of 10
Test connection
page 5 of 10