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This article explains how to manage Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring checks as code using Terraform for scalable and repeatable monitoring operations.
•Use Terraform to export and manage synthetic monitoring checks instead of manual UI configuration to avoid inconsistencies and enable version control
•Follow a four-step workflow: prototype checks in the UI, configure the Terraform provider with access tokens, export checks as HCL, then deploy and manage updates
•Terraform provides benefits including version control through Git, consistency across environments (dev/staging/production), and collaboration via pull requests
•Deploy multiple checks with consistent configuration by defining them in .tf files, then run terraform apply to create them in Grafana Cloud
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Update checks by editing .tf files and running terraform apply, and avoid editing checks in the UI after moving to Terraform to prevent state conflicts
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