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Grafana Alloy is the new name for our distribution of the OTel collector. Grafana Agent has been deprecated and is in Long-Term Support (LTS) through October 31, 2025. Grafana Agent will reach an End-of-Life (EOL) on November 1, 2025. Read more about why we recommend migrating to Grafana Alloy.

Important: This documentation is about an older version. It's relevant only to the release noted, many of the features and functions have been updated or replaced. Please view the current version.

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Install Grafana Agent in static mode

You can install Grafana Agent in static mode on Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, macOS, or Windows.

The following architectures are supported:

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

Note

ppc64le builds are considered secondary release targets and do not have the same level of support and testing as other platforms.

Note

Installing Grafana Agent on other operating systems is possible, but is not recommended or supported.

Grafana Cloud

Use the Grafana Agent Kubernetes configuration or follow instructions for installing the Grafana Agent in the Walkthrough.

Tanka

For more information, refer to the Tanka configurations in the Grafana Agent production directory on GitHub.