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title: "Paths | Grafana Labs"
description: "Paths Paths are short, task-based guides, each focused on a single outcome — deploying a Helm chart, connecting a data source, tuning an alert. Every path is a hands-on sequence you can finish in one sitting, and many let you practice directly in Grafana Play or your own Grafana stack."
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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).

# Paths

Paths are short, task-based guides, each focused on a single outcome — deploying a Helm chart, connecting a data source, tuning an alert. Every path is a hands-on sequence you can finish in one sitting, and many let you practice directly in Grafana Play or your own Grafana stack.

## Featured Paths

A curated list of our most popular topics.

![](/static/img/menu/cloud.svg) Grafana Cloud Tour Grafana Cloud Path Beginner 13 min ![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_2.svg) Grafana Metrics Drilldown Path Beginner 11 min ![](/media/docs/alloy/alloy_icon.png) Grafana Alloy Send logs to Grafana Cloud using Alloy Path Beginner 12 min

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A journey is a guided series of sections that builds up a topic in depth and is more comprehensive than a path, which covers one focused task.A path is a short, step-by-step guide to one focused task. It is quicker than a journey, which builds up a topic in sections.

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![](/static/img/menu/cloud.svg) Grafana Cloud

### [Grafana Cloud onboarding](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-cloud-onboarding/)

Welcome to the Grafana Cloud learning path that shows you how to onboard your team and set up your observability platform.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-cloud-onboarding/invite-team-members/)

![](/static/img/menu/cloud.svg) Grafana Cloud

### [Tour Grafana Cloud](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-cloud-tour/)

Welcome to the Grafana Cloud learning path that shows you how to explore the key capabilities of the platform.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-cloud-tour/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Core Grafana concepts](/docs/learning-paths/core-grafana-concepts/)

Learn how Grafana connects to data, queries and transforms results, presents them in dashboards, and evaluates alert rules.

Beginner 1 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/core-grafana-concepts/)

![](/media/docs/learning-journey/linux/linux-journey-2.png) Grafana

### [Monitor a Linux server](/docs/learning-paths/linux-server-integration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for setting up your Linux server integration.

Beginner 19 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/linux-server-integration/select-platform/)

![](/media/docs/learning-journey/macos/grafana-apple-icon.png) Grafana

### [Monitor a macOS system](/docs/learning-paths/macos-integration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for setting up your macOS integration.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/macos-integration/select-architecture/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor HAProxy load balancers](/docs/learning-paths/haproxy-load-balancer/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that walks you through monitoring HAProxy load balancers using Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/haproxy-load-balancer/business-value/)

![](/static/img/logos/icon_github-dark.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to a GitHub data source](/docs/learning-paths/github-data-source/)

Welcome to the GitHub data source learning path that shows you how to connect GitHub repository data in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 8 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/github-data-source/advantages-github-datasource/)

![](/static/img/logos/google.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to a Google Sheets data source](/docs/learning-paths/google-sheets-data-source/)

Welcome to the Google Sheets data source learning path that shows you how to visualize your Google spreadsheets in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/google-sheets-data-source/advantages/)

![](/static/img/logos/logo-learning-journey-pdc.svg) Grafana

### [Create a private connection](/docs/learning-paths/private-data-source-connect/)

Learn how to send queries and return results over a private connection to Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 9 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/private-data-source-connect/business-value-pdc/)

![](https://grafana.com/static/img/logos/beyla-logo.svg) Grafana

### [Instrument your applications with Beyla](/docs/learning-paths/beyla-tempo/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Beyla to automatically instrument your applications with OpenTelemetry and send telemetry data to Grafana Cloud Traces.

Beginner 9 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/beyla-tempo/why-beyla/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor a Windows system](/docs/learning-paths/windows-integration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides best practices for monitoring your Windows system.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/windows-integration/select-platform/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor IIS web servers](/docs/learning-paths/iis-web-server/)

Set up the IIS integration to monitor request rates, error rates, and worker process health for your IIS web servers.

Beginner 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/iis-web-server/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/prometheus.svg) Prometheus

### [Connect to a Prometheus data source](/docs/learning-paths/prometheus/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for configuring a Prometheus data source plugin.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/prometheus/business-value-prom/)

![](/static/img/logos/MySQL.png) Grafana

### [Monitor MySQL with Grafana Alloy](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-integration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to monitor MySQL databases with Grafana Alloy and use pre-built dashboards and alerts in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-integration/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana-tempo.svg) Grafana Tempo

### [Send traces using Alloy](/docs/learning-paths/send-traces-alloy/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to send traces to Grafana Cloud using Grafana Alloy for distributed tracing and observability.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/send-traces-alloy/value-of-traces-and-alloy/)

![](/static/img/logos/icon_github-dark.svg) Grafana

### [Visualize GitHub data](/docs/learning-paths/github-visualize/)

Welcome to the GitHub data source learning path that shows you how to visualize GitHub repository data in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/github-visualize/business-value/)

![](/static/img/logos/MySQL.png) Grafana

### [Connect to a MySQL data source](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for configuring a MySQL data source plugin.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-data-source/business-value-mysql/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to InfluxDB](/docs/learning-paths/influxdb-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to an existing InfluxDB instance and query your time series data.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/influxdb-data-source/business-value/)

![](/static/img/logos/icon_elasticsearch.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to Elasticsearch](/docs/learning-paths/elasticsearch-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to an existing Elasticsearch instance and query your logs and metrics.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/elasticsearch-data-source/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to a Tempo data source](/docs/learning-paths/tempo-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to a Tempo tracing backend and query your distributed traces.

Beginner 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/tempo-data-source/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to CloudWatch](/docs/learning-paths/cloudwatch-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to Amazon CloudWatch and query your AWS metrics and logs.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/cloudwatch-data-source/add-data-source/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to a Loki data source](/docs/learning-paths/loki-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to a Loki logging backend and query your logs.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/loki-data-source/prepare-connection/)

![](/static/img/logos/clickhouse.png) Grafana

### [Connect to a ClickHouse data source](/docs/learning-paths/clickhouse-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path for connecting and verifying a ClickHouse data source in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/clickhouse-data-source/intro-clickhouse/)

![](/static/img/logos/postgresql_elephant_icon.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor PostgreSQL with Grafana Alloy](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-integration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to monitor PostgreSQL databases with Grafana Alloy and use pre-built dashboards and alerts in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-integration/business-value/)

![](/static/img/logos/MySQL.png) Grafana

### [MySQL Database Observability](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-db-olly/)

Set up Grafana Cloud Database Observability for MySQL to monitor query performance, explain plans, wait events, and query samples.

Intermediate 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/mysql-db-olly/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [PostgreSQL Database Observability](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-db-olly/)

Set up Grafana Cloud Database Observability for PostgreSQL to monitor query performance, explain plans, wait events, and query samples.

Intermediate 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-db-olly/business-value/)

![](/static/img/logos/postgresql_elephant_icon.svg) Grafana

### [Connect to a PostgreSQL data source](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-data-source/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to connect Grafana Cloud to an existing PostgreSQL database and query your data.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/postgresql-data-source/prepare-configuration/)

![](/media/docs/alloy/alloy_icon.png) Grafana Alloy

### [Send logs to Grafana Cloud using Alloy](/docs/learning-paths/send-logs-alloy-loki/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for configuring Alloy to send logs to Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/send-logs-alloy-loki/business-value-alloy/)

![](/static/img/menu/prometheus.svg) Prometheus

### [Send metrics using Prometheus remote write](/docs/learning-paths/prom-remote-write/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for configuring Prometheus remote write to send metrics to Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/prom-remote-write/business-value-prom/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor MongoDB with Grafana Cloud](/docs/learning-paths/mongodb-integration/)

Welcome to the MongoDB monitoring learning path that shows you how to use Grafana Alloy to send MongoDB metrics to Grafana Cloud for comprehensive database observability.

Beginner 17 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/mongodb-integration/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor Kafka with Grafana Cloud](/docs/learning-paths/kafka-monitoring/)

Welcome to the Kafka monitoring learning path that shows you how to use Grafana Alloy to send Kafka metrics to Grafana Cloud for comprehensive event streaming observability.

Beginner 22 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/kafka-monitoring/value-kafka-monitoring/)

![](/static/img/logos/logo-kubernetes.svg) Kubernetes

### [Kubernetes Monitoring](/docs/learning-paths/kubernetes/)

Learn how to monitor a Kubernetes cluster in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/kubernetes/business-value-k8s/)

![](/static/img/menu/infinity-logo.png) Grafana

### [Visualize CSV data](/docs/learning-paths/infinity-csv/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for creating a dashboard that visualizes CSV data using the Infinity data source.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/infinity-csv/advantages-infinity/)

![](/static/img/menu/icon_fleetmanagement_orange.svg) Grafana

### [Categorize a collector fleet](/docs/learning-paths/categorize-collector-fleet/)

Welcome to the Grafana Fleet Management learning path that shows you how to organize and categorize your collector fleet using custom attributes for remote configuration. Learn to categorize your infrastructure with meaningful attributes that answer critical questions such as who owns this collector, which service does it support, and where is it running.

Intermediate 9 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/categorize-collector-fleet/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Configure Grafana Cloud using Terraform](/docs/learning-paths/configure-grafana-terraform/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to configure Grafana Cloud components as code using Terraform.

Intermediate 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/configure-grafana-terraform/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/infinity-logo.png) Grafana

### [Visualize JSON data](/docs/learning-paths/infinity-json/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for creating a dashboard that visualizes JSON data using the Infinity data source.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/infinity-json/advantages-infinity/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [First alert rule](/docs/learning-paths/alerting-first-rule/)

Build a complete Grafana alert rule from scratch — write a query, set a condition, add labels, configure evaluation and notifications, and save.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/alerting-first-rule/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Optimize Adaptive Metrics](/docs/learning-paths/adaptive-metrics/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Adaptive Metrics to automatically analyze and reduce unused or high-cardinality metrics.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/adaptive-metrics/value-adaptive-metrics/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Optimize Adaptive Logs](/docs/learning-paths/adaptive-logs/)

Adaptive Logs reduces log volume and cost in Grafana Cloud by automatically identifying and dropping low-value logs while preserving the insights that matter.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/adaptive-logs/value-adaptive-logs/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [First alert rule with query language](/docs/learning-paths/alerting-query-language/)

Build a Grafana alert rule in Code mode — write a PromQL error-rate query, set a condition, add labels, configure evaluation and notifications, and save.

Intermediate 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/alerting-query-language/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/gitsync.svg) Grafana

### [Use Git Sync to manage resources](/docs/learning-paths/git-sync-use/)

Welcome to the learning path that shows you how to use Git Sync to manage your Grafana resources with version control.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/git-sync-use/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/gitsync.svg) Grafana

### [Work with dashboards using Git Sync](/docs/learning-paths/git-sync-dashboards/)

Welcome to the learning path that shows you how to create, edit, and manage dashboards using Git Sync workflows with version control.

Beginner 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/git-sync-dashboards/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Build a dashboard with the Foundation SDK](/docs/learning-paths/build-dashboard-sdk/)

Welcome to the learning path that shows you how to define a Grafana dashboard as strongly typed code and export it as deployment-ready JSON.

Intermediate 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/build-dashboard-sdk/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Deploy a dashboard with Terraform](/docs/learning-paths/deploy-dashboard-terraform/)

Welcome to the learning path that shows you how to deploy SDK-generated dashboard JSON to Grafana using the Terraform provider.

Intermediate 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/deploy-dashboard-terraform/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Create interactive dashboards with variables](/docs/learning-paths/interactive-dashboards/)

Learn how to create dynamic, user-controlled dashboards using variables for filtering and customization.

Beginner 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/interactive-dashboards/understanding-variables/)

![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_2.svg) Grafana

### [Metrics Drilldown](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-metrics/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Metrics Drilldown to explore your metrics and provide insight into troubleshooting.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-metrics/business-value-drilldown-metrics/)

![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_5_logs.svg) Grafana

### [Logs Drilldown](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-logs/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Logs Drilldown to explore your logs and provide insight into troubleshooting.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-logs/business-value-log-metrics/)

![](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/cloud-provider/CP_logo.svg) Grafana Cloud

### [Monitor AWS resources](/docs/learning-paths/monitor-aws-resources/)

Monitor AWS resources with Grafana Cloud Provider Observability by collecting Amazon CloudWatch metrics through pre-built dashboards.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/monitor-aws-resources/advantages/)

![](/static/img/menu/icon_datatransf.svg) Grafana

### [Transform data](/docs/learning-paths/data-transformation/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use data transformations to shape, combine, and enhance your data for powerful visualizations and insights.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/data-transformation/business-value-transformations/)

![](/static/img/logos/icon_elasticsearch.svg) Grafana

### [Explore Elasticsearch logs](/docs/learning-paths/elasticsearch-logs/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning journey that shows you how to query, search, and analyze log data stored in Elasticsearch using Grafana's Explore interface.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/elasticsearch-logs/value-of-log-exploration/)

![](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/cloud-provider/CP_logo.svg) Grafana Cloud

### [Monitor Azure resources with Grafana Cloud](/docs/learning-paths/monitor-azure-resources/)

Monitor Azure resources using Grafana Cloud Provider Observability and visualize Azure Monitor metrics through pre-built dashboards without deploying a collector.

Beginner 20 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/monitor-azure-resources/advantages/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Configure Grafana IRM](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-irm-configuration/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to configure Grafana IRM to manage incidents and organize on-call response.

Beginner 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/grafana-irm-configuration/understand-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_2.svg) Grafana

### [Profiles Drilldown](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-profiles/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Profiles Drilldown to explore your profiles and find performance bottlenecks.

Beginner 10 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-profiles/business-value-drilldown-profiles/)

![](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/asserts/asserts-icon.svg) Grafana Knowledge Graph

### [Investigate incidents with RCA Workbench](/docs/learning-paths/rca-workbench-investigation/)

Learn how to use RCA Workbench to investigate incidents by correlating metrics, logs, and traces across your services and infrastructure.

Intermediate 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/rca-workbench-investigation/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_4.svg) Grafana

### [Identify high latency service requests](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-traces/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use Traces Drilldown help you identify the root cause of latency in service requests.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/drilldown-traces/business-value-drilldown-traces/)

![](/static/img/menu/drilldown_icon_4.svg) Grafana

### [Read a trace](/docs/learning-paths/read-a-trace/)

Open a real trace with live demo data and learn to read its span waterfall (nesting, durations, and attributes) with no account or setup.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/read-a-trace/healthy-vs-failed/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Deploy an alert rule with Terraform](/docs/learning-paths/deploy-alert-terraform/)

Deploy a complete Grafana alerting pipeline using the Terraform provider.

Advanced 17 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/deploy-alert-terraform/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Billing and usage](/docs/learning-paths/billing-usage/)

Learn how to use the Cost Management and Billing app to understand your Grafana Cloud usage, identify cost drivers, and set up usage alerts to control spending.

Beginner 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/billing-usage/business-value/)

![](/static/img/menu/cloud-dashboards.svg) Grafana

### [Visualize metrics](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-metrics/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to visualize CPU metrics in a dashboard.

Beginner 13 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-metrics/business-value-visualizations/)

![](/static/img/menu/icon_logs.svg) Grafana

### [Visualize logs](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-logs/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to visualize logs in a dashboard.

Beginner 15 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-logs/business-value-visualizations/)

![](/static/img/menu/cloud-dashboards.svg) Grafana

### [Visualize traces](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-traces/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to visualize traces in a dashboard

Beginner 16 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/visualization-traces/business-value-visualizations/)

![](/static/img/menu/icon_fleetmanagement_orange.svg) Grafana

### [Monitor collector health](/docs/learning-paths/fleet-mgt-monitor-health/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that teaches you how to use Grafana Fleet Management to monitor and troubleshoot issues with your collectors.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/fleet-mgt-monitor-health/business-value-fleet-mgt/)

![](/static/img/menu/icon_fleetmanagement_orange.svg) Grafana

### [Stage a rollout with Fleet Management](/docs/learning-paths/fleet-mgt-staged-rollout/)

Intermediate 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/fleet-mgt-staged-rollout/business-value/)

![](/media/docs/alerting/alerting-bell-icon.png) Grafana Alerting

### [Create infrastructure alerts](/docs/learning-paths/infrastructure-alerting/)

Learn how to create alert rules for your infrastructure metrics and logs in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 20 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/infrastructure-alerting/value-of-alerting/)

![](/media/docs/grafana-cloud/synthetic-monitoring/synthetic-monitoring-orange-icon.svg) Grafana

### [Detect customer-visible outages using Synthetic Monitoring](/docs/learning-paths/detect-outages-synthetic-monitoring/)

Welcome to the Grafana Cloud learning path that shows you how to set up Synthetic Monitoring and create your first check to monitor endpoint availability from global probe locations.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/detect-outages-synthetic-monitoring/value-of-synthetic-monitoring/)

![](/static/img/menu/cloud.svg) Grafana Cloud

### [Get started with Grafana Assistant](/docs/learning-paths/get-started-grafana-assistant/)

Enable Grafana Assistant in Grafana Cloud, judge your first reply, decide when to use @ mentions, and choose Learn vs Assistant mode.

Beginner 12 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/get-started-grafana-assistant/value-of-assistant/)

![](/static/img/menu/grafana2.svg) Grafana

### [Create an availability SLO](/docs/learning-paths/create-availability-slo/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to define a reliability SLI and create an SLO to track service availability.

Beginner 14 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/create-availability-slo/value-of-slos/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

### [Run your first k6 performance test](/docs/learning-paths/run-first-k6-test/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to write, run, and analyze your first k6 performance test, from installation to visualizing results in Grafana Cloud.

Beginner 11 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/run-first-k6-test/understand-value/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

### [Establish a k6 baseline](/docs/learning-paths/establish-k6-baseline/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to establish a k6 performance baseline with load profiles, checks, thresholds, and k6 Cloud result sharing.

Beginner 19 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/establish-k6-baseline/understand-baselines/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

### [Find system limits with k6](/docs/learning-paths/find-k6-limits/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to find system limits with k6 stress and breakpoint testing, map a capacity envelope, and apply results to operational guardrails.

Intermediate 24 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/find-k6-limits/stress-vs-baseline/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

### [k6 spike testing](/docs/learning-paths/k6-spike-testing/)

Design spike-shaped k6 load tests, interpret blended summaries and phase timelines in Grafana Cloud k6, document recovery time and categories, and turn results into follow-up actions for SLOs, alerting, and retest cadence.

Intermediate 26 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/k6-spike-testing/value-of-spike-testing/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

### [Automate k6 in CI/CD](/docs/learning-paths/automate-k6-cicd/)

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to automate k6 performance tests in CI/CD pipelines so performance is enforced on every deploy.

Intermediate 18 min [Start](/docs/learning-paths/automate-k6-cicd/understand-performance-gates/)

![](/media/docs/k6/GrafanaLogo_k6_orange_icon.svg) Grafana k6

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Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to test system endurance with k6 soak testing—design long-plateau profiles, stream results to Grafana Cloud k6, and document gradual degradation.

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Welcome to the Grafana learning path that shows you how to use k6 Script Authoring mode in Grafana Assistant to generate, convert, improve, and validate k6 scripts for CI.

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