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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.

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Install Grafana Agent in static mode on Linux

You can install Grafana Agent in static mode on Linux.

Install on Debian or Ubuntu

To install Grafana Agent in static mode on Debian or Ubuntu, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key and add the Grafana package repository:

    shell 
    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:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get update

  3. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get install grafana-agent

Uninstall on Debian or Ubuntu

To uninstall Grafana Agent on Debian or Ubuntu, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get remove grafana-agent

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo rm -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list

Install on RHEL or Fedora

To install Grafana Agent in static mode on RHEL or Fedora, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key:

    shell 
    wget -q -O gpg.key https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key
sudo rpm --import gpg.key

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

    shell 
    [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

  3. Optional: Verify the Grafana repository configuration:

    shell 
    cat /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo

  4. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo dnf install grafana-agent

Uninstall on RHEL or Fedora

To uninstall Grafana Agent on RHEL or Fedora, run the following commands in a terminal window:

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo dnf remove grafana-agent

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo rm -i /etc/yum.repos.d/rpm.grafana.repo

Install on SUSE or openSUSE

To install Grafana Agent in static mode on SUSE or openSUSE, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key and add the Grafana package repository:

    shell 
    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 repositories:

    shell 
    sudo zypper update

  3. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo zypper install grafana-agent

Uninstall on SUSE or openSUSE

To uninstall Grafana Agent on SUSE or openSUSE, run the following commands in a terminal:

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo zypper remove grafana-agent

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo zypper removerepo grafana

Operation guide

The Grafana Agent is configured as a systemd service.

Start the Agent

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

shell 
sudo systemctl start grafana-agent

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

shell 
sudo systemctl status grafana-agent

Run Grafana Agent on startup

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

shell 
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:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl reload grafana-agent

View Grafana Agent logs

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

shell 
sudo journalctl -u grafana-agent

Next steps