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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 on macOS

You can install Grafana Agent in static mode on macOS with Homebrew.

Before you begin

Install Homebrew on your computer.

Note

The default prefix for Homebrew on Intel is /usr/local. The default prefix for Homebrew on Apple Silicon is /opt/Homebrew. To verify the default prefix for Homebrew on your computer, open a terminal window and type brew --prefix.

Install

To install Grafana Agent on macOS, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Update Homebrew:

    shell 
    brew update

  2. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    brew install grafana-agent

Grafana Agent is installed by default at $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/grafana-agent/VERSION.

Upgrade

To upgrade Grafana Agent on macOS, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Upgrade Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    brew upgrade grafana-agent

  2. Restart Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    brew services restart grafana-agent

Uninstall

To uninstall Grafana Agent on macOS, run the following command in a terminal window:

shell 
brew uninstall grafana-agent

Configure

  1. To create the Agent config.yml file, open a terminal and run the following command:

    shell 
    touch $(brew --prefix)/etc/grafana-agent/config.yml

  2. Edit $(brew --prefix)/etc/grafana-agent/config.yml and add the configuration blocks for your specific telemetry needs. Refer to Configure Grafana Agent for more information.

Note

To send your data to Grafana Cloud, set up Grafana Agent using the Grafana Cloud integration. Refer to how to install an integration and macOS integration.

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