Select macOS platform architecture
Your first step on this journey is to detemine your Mac’s architecture, so that the correct Alloy package can be installed.
Log in to your Grafana Cloud account or select your stack.
Click the Grafana icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
The left-side menu appears.
Click Connections > Add new connection in the left-side menu.
Search for and select the macOS tile.
Use the following table to determine which architecture to select.
Select the architecture.
If you are unsure of your Mac’s architecture, perform the following steps:
On the Mac, open the Terminal.
Run the following command:
uname -m
If this command returns
x86_64
, you have an Intel Mac: selectAmd64
.If the command returns
arm64
, selectArm64
.Did you know?
Grafana Cloud uses the values you select to generate the commands you use to install Grafana Alloy on your machine.
Select the
Homebrew
installation method.