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Grafana Alloy is the new name for our distribution of the OTel collector. Grafana Agent has been deprecated and is in Long-Term Support (LTS) through October 31, 2025. Grafana Agent will reach an End-of-Life (EOL) on November 1, 2025. Read more about why we recommend migrating to Grafana Alloy.

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Install Grafana Agent in flow mode on Linux

You can install Grafana Agent in flow mode as a systemd service on Linux.

Install on Debian or Ubuntu

To install Grafana Agent in flow mode on Debian or Ubuntu, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key and add the Grafana package repository:

    shell 
     sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/
 wget -q -O - https://apt.grafana.com/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg > /dev/null
 echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/grafana.gpg] https://apt.grafana.com stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list

  2. Update the repositories:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get update

  3. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get install grafana-agent-flow

Uninstall on Debian or Ubuntu

To uninstall Grafana Agent on Debian or Ubuntu, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent-flow

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo apt-get remove grafana-agent-flow

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo rm -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list

Install on RHEL or Fedora

To install Grafana Agent in flow mode on RHEL or Fedora, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key:

    shell 
    wget -q -O gpg.key https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key
sudo rpm --import gpg.key

  2. Create /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo with the following content:

    shell 
    [grafana]
name=grafana
baseurl=https://rpm.grafana.com
repo_gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

  3. Optional: Verify the Grafana repository configuration:

    shell 
    cat /etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo

  4. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo dnf install grafana-agent-flow

Uninstall on RHEL or Fedora

To uninstall Grafana Agent on RHEL or Fedora, run the following commands in a terminal window:

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent-flow

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo dnf remove grafana-agent-flow

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo rm -i /etc/yum.repos.d/rpm.grafana.repo

Install on SUSE or openSUSE

To install Grafana Agent in flow mode on SUSE or openSUSE, run the following commands in a terminal window.

  1. Import the GPG key and add the Grafana package repository:

    shell 
    wget -q -O gpg.key https://rpm.grafana.com/gpg.key
sudo rpm --import gpg.key
sudo zypper addrepo https://rpm.grafana.com grafana

  2. Update the repositories:

    shell 
    sudo zypper update

  3. Install Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo zypper install grafana-agent-flow

Uninstall on SUSE or openSUSE

To uninstall Grafana Agent on SUSE or openSUSE, run the following commands in a terminal:

  1. Stop the systemd service for Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo systemctl stop grafana-agent-flow

  2. Uninstall Grafana Agent:

    shell 
    sudo zypper remove grafana-agent-flow

  3. Optional: Remove the Grafana repository:

    shell 
    sudo zypper removerepo grafana

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