grafana/agent v0.24.1

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This is release v0.24.1 of the Grafana Agent.

Upgrading

Read the upgrade guide for specific instructions on upgrading from older versions.

Notable changes

Bugfixes

• Add missing version information back into agentctl --version. (@rlankfo)

• Bump version of github-exporter to latest upstream SHA 284088c21e7d, which
  includes fixes from bugs found in their latest tag. This includes a fix
  where not all releases where retrieved when pulling release information.
  (@rfratto)

• Set the Content-Type HTTP header to application/json for API endpoints
  returning json objects. (@marctc)

• Operator: fix issue where a username_file field was incorrectly set.
  (@rfratto)

• Initialize the logger with default log_level and log_format parameters.
  (@tpaschalis)

Other changes

• Embed timezone data to enable Promtail pipelines using the location field
  on Windows machines. (@tpaschalis)

Changelog

The full list of changes can be viewed in the CHANGELOG.

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:

• https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/agent

docker pull "grafana/agent:v0.24.1"

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.

Note: ppc64le builds are currently considered secondary release targets and do not have the same level of support and testing as other platforms.

Example for the linux operating system on amd64:

# download the binary
curl -O -L "https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/download/v0.24.1/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:v0.24.1"

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/v0.24.0/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:v0.24.1"