Select your platform for Grafana Alloy

In this milestone, you navigate to the MySQL integration page in Grafana Cloud and select your platform environment. This generates customized configuration snippets for your specific operating system and deployment scenario.

The integration page provides configuration options for different platforms including Debian, Windows, and generic configurations for other Linux distributions. It also offers advanced configuration options for security-enhanced deployments.

To navigate to the MySQL integration and select your platform, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your Grafana Cloud environment, for example mystack.grafana.net.

2. On the Grafana Cloud home page, open the navigation menu on the left side of the screen and click Connections > Add new connection.

3. Search for MySQL and click the MySQL integration tile to open the setup page.

4. Select your operating system and architecture.

   Grafana Alloy supports the following platforms:

   • Linux (x86_64, ARM64)
   • macOS (x86_64, ARM64)
   • Windows (x86_64)
   • Kubernetes deployments

5. Select the architecture.

6. If you are unsure of the architecture of a Linux machine, perform the following steps:

   1. On the Linux machine, open the Terminal.

   2. Run the following command:

      Copy

      uname -m

   If this command returns x86_64, then select Amd64. If the command returns aarch64, then select Arm64. If the command returns anything else, your system isn’t supported by Grafana Alloy; you need to use a 64-bit x86 or ARM system.

7. If you are installing Grafana Alloy on MacOS, select an installation method that best fits your infrastructure:

   • Homebrew for direct system deployment
   • Binary download for custom installations

In your next milestone, you’ll install Grafana Alloy on your selected platform.