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## Set up the Grafana stack
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## Before you begin
### Grafana Cloud users
There are different ways you can follow along with this tutorial.
As a Grafana Cloud user, you don't have to install anything.
### Grafana Cloud
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As a Grafana Cloud user, you don't have to install anything. [Create your free account](http://grafana.com/auth/sign-up/create-user).
Continue to [Create a contact point](#create-a-contact-point).
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### Interactive learning environment
Alternatively, you can try out this example in our interactive learning environment: [Get started with Grafana Alerting](https://killercoda.com/grafana-labs/course/grafana/alerting-get-started/).
It's a fully configured environment with all the dependencies already installed.
### Grafana OSS users
### Grafana OSS
In order to run a Grafana stack locally, ensure you have the following applications installed.
If you opt to run a Grafana stack locally, ensure you have the following applications installed:
- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) (included in Docker for Desktop for macOS and Windows)
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
#### Set up the Grafana Stack (OSS users)
#### Set up the Grafana stack (OSS users)
To demonstrate the observation of data using the Grafana stack, download the files to your local machine.
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To demonstrate the observation of data using the Grafana stack, download and run the following files.
1. Clone the [tutorial environment repository](https://www.github.com/grafana/tutorial-environment).
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Alternatively, you can try out this example in our interactive learning environment: [Get started with Grafana Alerting](https://killercoda.com/grafana-labs/course/grafana/alerting-get-started/).
It's a fully configured environment with all the dependencies already installed.