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description: Learn about the basics of observability.
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  products:
    - cloud
    - enterprise
    - oss
title: Introduction
weight: 8
---

# Introduction

This section provides basic information about observability topics in general and Grafana in particular. These topics will help people who are just starting out with observability and monitoring.

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