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Install Grafana Agent in static mode as a standalone binary
Grafana Agent is distributed as a standalone binary for the following operating systems and architectures:
- Linux: AMD64, ARM64, PPC64, S390X
- macOS: AMD64, (Intel), ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
- Windows: AMD64
Note
ppc64le builds are considered secondary release targets and do not have the same level of support and testing as other platforms.
The binary executable will run Grafana Agent in standalone mode. If you want to run Grafana Agent as a service, refer to the installation instructions for:
Download Grafana Agent
To download the Grafana Agent as a standalone binary, perform the following steps.
Navigate to the current Grafana Agent release page.
Scroll down to the Assets section.
Download the
grafana-agent
zip file that matches your operating system and machine’s architecture.Extract the package contents into a directory.
If you are installing Grafana Agent on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD, run the following command in a terminal:
shellchmod +x EXTRACTED_BINARY
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