Select your platform for Grafana Alloy

In this milestone, you navigate to the PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL integration and select your platform, complete the following steps:

1. Click Connections > Add new connection in the left-side menu.

2. Filter the connections by typing PostgreSQL in the search.

3. Click the PostgreSQL tile to open the setup page.

4. Grafana Alloy supports the following platforms:

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

5. Select the operating system that matches your platform.

6. Select the architecture that matches your system (Amd64 for x86_64, Arm64 for aarch64).

   If you are unsure of the architecture of a Linux machine, run uname -m in your terminal. If it returns x86_64, select Amd64. If it returns aarch64, 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.