Install the PDC binaries on your server

If you are installing the PDC binaries on your server, you must manually download and install them on your server. The PDC binaries support the following operating systems and architectures:

  • Mac OS, ARM64
  • Mac OS, AMD64
  • Linux OS, ARM64
  • Linux OS, 32-bit
  • Linux OS, AMD64
  • Windows OS, ARM64
  • Windows OS, 32-bit
  • Windows OS, AMD64

To download and install the PDC binaries, complete the following steps:

  1. In Grafana Cloud, click PDC Agent releases page.

  2. Use the following table to determine which PDC Agent files to download.

    Did you know?

    If you are installing PDC Agent on a Linux machine and you are unsure of the architecture, open the terminal and run uname -m. The output of this command provides you with the architecture.

    If you haveThen download
    Mac OS with ARM64 architecturepdc-agent_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz
    Mac OS with AMD64 architecturepdc-agent_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
    Linux OS with ARM64 architecturepdc-agent_Linux_arm64.tar.gz
    Linux OS with 32-bit architecturepdc-agent_Linux_i386.tar.gz
    Linux OS with AMD64 architecturepdc-agent_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
    Windows OS with ARM64 architecturepdc-agent_Windows_arm64.zip
    Windows OS with 32-bit architecturepdc-agent_Windows_i386.zip
    Windows OS with AMD64 architecturepdc-agent_Windows_x86_64.zip
  3. Sign in to the server on which you are installing PDC and open the terminal.

    Tip

    If you are installing PDC on a Linux machine, run sudo su - to switch to the root user.

  4. Download the PDC binary compressed file.

    For example, to download pdc-agent_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz, run the following command:

    wget https://github.com/grafana/pdc-agent/releases/download/v0.0.38/pdc-agent_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
  5. Extract the contents of the compressed file.

    For example, to extract pdc-agent_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz, run the following command:

    tar -xvzf pdc-agent_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz

    You should see something similar to the following:

    pdc-agent_Linux_arm64/LICENSE
    pdc-agent_Linux_arm64/README.md
    pdc-agent_Linux_arm64/pdc

You are now ready to deploy PDC agent to your machine.

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