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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 flow mode

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

The following architectures are supported:

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

Note

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

Data collection

By default, Grafana Agent sends anonymous usage information to Grafana Labs. Refer to data collection for more information about what data is collected and how you can opt-out.