Select Linux distribution
Your first step on this journey is to select the Linux distribution and architecture you are using.
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Grafana Cloud uses the values you select to generate the commands you use to install Grafana Alloy on your machine.
To select the distribution:
Log in to your Grafana Cloud account or select your stack.
If this is your first time signing into Grafana Cloud, click the Grafana icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
The left-side menu appears.
Click Connections > Add new connection in the left-side menu.
Search for and select the Linux Server tile.
Use the following table to select the operating system.
If you are running Select Debian Debian Ubuntu Debian Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) RedHat Fedora RedHat CentOS RedHat Select the architecture.
If you are unsure of the architecture, perform the following steps:
On the Linux machine, open the Terminal.
Run the following command:
uname -m
If this command returns
x86_64, then selectAmd64. If the command returnsaarch64, then selectArm64. 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.