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Install or uninstall Grafana Agent Flow on Linux
You can install Grafana Agent Flow as a systemd service on Linux.
Install
To install Grafana Agent Flow on Linux, run the following commands in a terminal window.
Import the GPG key and add the Grafana package repository.
debian-ubuntusudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/ wget -q -O - https://apt.grafana.com/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg > /dev/null echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg] https://apt.grafana.com stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
rhel-fedorawget -q -O gpg.key https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key sudo rpm --import gpg.key echo -e '[grafana]\nname=grafana\nbaseurl=https://rpm.grafana.com\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key\nsslverify=1 sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo
suse-opensusewget -q -O gpg.key https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key sudo rpm --import gpg.key sudo zypper addrepo https://rpm.grafana.com grafana
Update the repositories.
debian-ubuntusudo apt-get update
rhel-fedorayum update
suse-opensusesudo zypper update
Install Grafana Agent Flow.
debian-ubuntusudo apt-get install grafana-agent-flow
rhel-fedorasudo dnf install grafana-agent-flow
suse-opensusesudo zypper install grafana-agent-flow
Uninstall
To uninstall Grafana Agent Flow on Linux, run the following commands in a terminal window.
Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent Flow.
All-distrossudo systemctl stop grafana-agent-flow
Uninstall Grafana Agent Flow.
debian-ubuntusudo apt-get remove grafana-agent-flow
rhel-fedorasudo dnf remove grafana-agent-flow
suse-opensusesudo zypper remove grafana-agent-flow
Optional: Remove the Grafana repository.
debian-ubuntusudo rm -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
rhel-fedorasudo rm -i /etc/yum.repos.d/rpm.grafana.repo
suse-opensusesudo zypper removerepo grafana
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