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Check the operation of your configuration pipelines

Configuration pipelines are a cornerstone feature of Grafana Fleet Management. They not only allow you to remotely configure your collectors but also afford you greater control over how and when a collector is configured. In this section, learn to check how a pipeline is functioning.

Validate configuration syntax

Fleet Management has a built-in Grafana Alloy configuration syntax validator.

1. In your Grafana Cloud instance, click Connections > Collector > Fleet Management.
2. On the Remote configuration tab, click Add configuration pipeline.
3. Name your pipeline and type or paste your Alloy configuration. If Fleet Management detects a problem in the syntax, an error message displays immediately in the application window.
4. After clearing all errors, click Test configuration pipeline to verify a valid syntax.

See the remote configuration assigned to a collector

You can combine configuration pipelines in any way that suits your observability needs, which means collectors might receive multiple configuration pipelines. In the Fleet Management interface, you can see the entire remote configuration—including all configuration pipelines—assigned to a collector.

1. In your Grafana Cloud instance, click Connections > Collector > Fleet Management.
2. On the Inventory tab, search, filter, or sort to find the collector.
3. Click on the collector row to open the details view.
4. Click on the Configuration tab to see all configuration pipelines that have been matched to that collector.

Check component performance

You can use Alloy internal telemetry to check the health status of running components. To see this telemetry, click on the collector in the Inventory tab to open its details view.

Fleet Management does not confirm data flows between components for application telemetry. The details view might provide some debugging information, for example, if a log is emitted when a component is unavailable. For a more comprehensive check of the performance of these components, refer to Debug Grafana Alloy.