Grafana Agent Static mode Install static mode Linux

Install static mode on Linux

Install Grafana Agent and get it up and running on Linux.

Install on Debian or Ubuntu

1. Open a terminal and run the following command to install Grafana’s package repository:

   sudo 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
   

2. Update the repositories:

   sudo apt-get update
   

3. Install Grafana Agent:

   sudo apt-get install grafana-agent
   

Install on RedHat, RHEL, or Fedora

1. Create /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo with the following content:

   sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo
   [grafana]
   name=grafana
   baseurl=https://rpm.grafana.com
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key
   sslverify=1
   sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
   

2. Verify that the repository is properly configured using yum-config-manager:

   yum-config-manager grafana
   

3. Install Grafana Agent:

   sudo yum install grafana-agent
   

Install on SUSE or openSUSE

1. Open a terminal and run the following to install Grafana’s package repository:

   wget -q -O gpg.key https://apt.grafana.com/gpg.key
   sudo rpm --import gpg.key
   sudo zypper addrepo https://rpm.grafana.com grafana
   

2. Update the repository and install Grafana Agent:

   sudo zypper update
   sudo zypper install grafana-agent
   

Operation guide

The Grafana Agent is configured as a systemd service.

Start the Agent

To run Grafana Agent, run the following in a terminal:

sudo systemctl start grafana-agent

To check the status of Grafana Agent, run the following command in a terminal:

sudo systemctl status grafana-agent

Run Grafana Agent on startup

To automatically run Grafana Agent Flow when the system starts, run the following command in a terminal:

sudo systemctl enable grafana-agent.service

Configuring Grafana Agent

To configure Grafana Agent when installed on Linux, perform the following steps:

1. Edit the default configuration file at /etc/grafana-agent.yaml.

2. Run the following command in a terminal to reload the configuration file:

   sudo systemctl reload grafana-agent
   

View Grafana Agent logs

Logs of Grafana Agent can be found by running the following command in a terminal:

sudo journalctl -u grafana-agent