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Run Grafana Agent Flow on other systems

Grafana Agent Flow is distributed as plain binaries for various systems:

  • Linux: AMD64, ARM64, ARMv6, ARMv7
  • Windows: AMD64
  • macOS: AMD64 (Intel), ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
  • FreeBSD: AMD64

Steps

  1. Download Grafana Agent:

    1. Navigate to the current Grafana Agent release page.

    2. Scroll down to the Assets section.

    3. Download the version that matches your operating system and machine’s architecture.

    4. Extract the package contents into a directory.

    5. If running on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD, run the following command in a terminal:

      chmod +x BINARY_PATH

      Replace BINARY_PATH with the path to the extracted binary from step 1.4.

  2. Run Grafana Agent Flow:

    1. If running on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD, run the following command in a terminal:

      AGENT_MODE=flow BINARY_PATH run CONFIG_FILE
      • Replace BINARY_PATH with the path to the extracted binary from step 1.4.
      • Replace CONFIG_FILE with the path to a Grafana Agent Flow configuration file to run.

    2. If running on Windows, run the following in a command prompt:

      set AGENT_MODE=flow
BINARY_PATH run CONFIG_FILE
      • Replace BINARY_PATH with the path to the extracted binary from step 1.4.
      • Replace CONFIG_FILE with the path to a Grafana Agent Flow configuration file to run.