This is release v0.21.0 of the Grafana Agent.
Upgrading
Read the migration guide for specific instructions on upgrading from older versions.
Notable changes:
This release contains several enhancements in the form of dependency updates, bug fixes, and documentation changes.
This release includes a notable change to integrations: self-scraped integrations will now derive the value of the instance label from the system the integration is connecting to. For example, the MySQL integration will use the address of the MySQL server, making it easier to identify the system being observed in dashboards. If an integration doesn't connect to an external system (such as statsd_exporter), it will continue to use the agent's HTTP address for the instance label.
Integrations also now support modifying an instance field to override the inferred value. Please see the documentation for each integration for more information.
Please refer to the CHANGELOG for a complete list of changes.
Installation:
Grafana Agent is currently distributed in plain binary form, Docker container images, a Windows installer, and a Kubernetes install script. Choose whichever fits your use-case best.
Kubernetes
Install directions here.
Docker container:
docker pull "grafana/agent:v0.21.0"Windows installer
The Windows installer is provided as a release asset for x64 machines.
Binary
We provide precompiled binary executables for the most common operating systems. Choose from the assets below for your matching operating system. Example for the linux operating system on amd64:
# download the binary
curl -O -L "https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/download/v0.21.0/agent-linux-amd64.zip"
# extract the binary
unzip "agent-linux-amd64.zip"
# make sure it is executable
chmod a+x "agent-linux-amd64"agentctl
agentctl, a tool for helping you interact with the Agent, is available as a Docker image:
docker pull "grafana/agentctl:v0.21.0"Or as a binary. Like before, choose the assets below that matches your operating system. For example, with linux on amd64:
# download the binary
curl -O -L "https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/download/v0.21.0/agentctl-linux-amd64.zip"
# extract the binary
unzip "agentctl-linux-amd64.zip"
# make sure it is executable
chmod a+x "agentctl-linux-amd64"agent-operator
agent-operator, a Kubernetes Operator for the Grafana Agent, is available only as a Docker image:
docker pull "grafana/agent-operator:v0.21.0"