Deploy PDC agent on a private network and test connection

In the final step of your journey, you start the PDC agent using the deployment method you chose in Grafana Cloud (standalone binary, Kubernetes, or Docker).

You’ll bring the agent online in your environment, then use Grafana Cloud to confirm it connected.

1. If you deploy on Kubernetes or Docker, follow the instructions in Grafana Cloud for that method: use the published PDC agent image, supply your PDC signing token and any host or cluster values the UI shows, and start the workload. For more detail, see Configure Private data source connect.

   When the agent is running, continue to the connection test step at the end of this section.

2. If you installed the standalone binary on a server, on that machine open a terminal and go to the directory that contains the agent files. For example, after extracting the Linux x86_64 tarball:

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   cd pdc-agent_Linux_x86_64

3. If you are using the standalone binary, in Grafana Cloud copy the command in the Run this binary field.

4. If you are using the standalone binary, in your server terminal run the command you copied.

   You should receive a success message indicating that the PDC agent is running.

5. In Grafana Cloud, click Test agent connection.

   You should receive an Agent connected message.

The agent is running on your network and Grafana Cloud confirmed the connection.

You can now install a data source plugin.

Troubleshooting

Explore the following troubleshooting topics if you need help:

• No such file or directory message appears