Configure a Grafana SLO using the Grafana SLO plugin (Grafana Cloud)

Steps

1. Navigate to Grafana Cloud > Observability > SLOs and click 'Create SLO'; choose the SLO type (Request-based or Window-based) depending on whether you have a ratio of good/total events or a time-fraction metric.
2. For a request-based SLO, supply a PromQL query for the ratio metric or separately provide good-event and total-event queries; the plugin computes the ratio and validates the query against the connected Prometheus datasource before saving.
3. Set the SLO target (e.g., 99.9%) and the rolling time window (e.g., 30 days); the plugin automatically generates the required recording rules and alert rules in the background and deploys them to the connected rule store.
4. Review the auto-generated alert rules in Grafana Alerting > Alert Rules; the plugin creates multi-burn-rate alerts covering fast-burn and slow-burn windows with pre-computed thresholds tied to the configured target and window.
5. Optionally add labels and description fields to the SLO object for organizational filtering; SLOs can be queried via the Grafana SLO HTTP API (GET /api/plugins/grafana-slo-app/resources/v1/slo) for programmatic inventory.
6. Check the SLO detail page for current error budget burn status, remaining budget percentage, and the event timeline; use the dashboard link generated by the plugin for sharing with stakeholders.