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Observability as code lets you apply code management best practices to your observability resources. By representing Grafana resources as code, you can integrate them into existing infrastructure-as-code workflows and apply standard development practices. Instead of manually configuring dashboards or settings through the Grafana UI, you can:
In Grafana Cloud, you can use Infrastructure as code to declaratively create and manage dashboards via configuration files in source code, and incorporate them efficiently into your own use cases. This enables you to review code, reuse it, and create better workflows. Infrastructure as code tools include Terraform, Ansible, the Grafana Operator, and Grizzly.
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