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title: "Configure Grafana Alloy | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Configure Grafana Alloy after it is installed"
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# Configure Grafana Alloy

You can configure Alloy after it’s [installed](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/set-up/install). The default configuration file location for Alloy is:

- Linux: `/etc/alloy/config.alloy`
- macOS: `$(brew --prefix)/etc/alloy/config.alloy`
- Windows: `%ProgramFiles%\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\config.alloy`

This section includes information that helps you configure Alloy.

- [Configure clustering](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/clustering/)
- [Configure Grafana Alloy on Kubernetes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/kubernetes/)
- [Use Grafana Alloy as a proxy or aggregation layer](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/proxy/)
- [Configure Grafana Alloy on Linux](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/linux/)
- [Configure Grafana Alloy on macOS](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/macos/)
- [Configure Grafana Alloy on Windows](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/windows/)
- [Load configuration from remote sources](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/alloy/configure/load-remote-configuration/)