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Vendor-neutral programmable observability pipelines.
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> **Deprecation notice**: Grafana Agent has been deprecated and is now in

> Long-Term Support mode. We recommend migrating to the new [Grafana Alloy]

> collector, which is built on the foundation of Grafana Agent Flow.

>

> For more information, read our blog posts about Alloy and how to easily

> migrate from Agent to Alloy:

>

> * [Alloy announcement blog post](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/09/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-with-prometheus-pipelines/)

> * [Alloy FAQ](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/09/grafana-agent-to-grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-faq/)

> * [Migrate to Alloy](https://grafana.com/docs/alloy/latest/tasks/migrate/)

>

> [Grafana Alloy]: https://github.com/grafana/alloy



Grafana Agent logo



Grafana Agent is an OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with configuration

inspired by [Terraform][]. It is designed to be flexible, performant, and

compatible with multiple ecosystems such as Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.



Grafana Agent is based around **components**. Components are wired together to

form programmable observability **pipelines** for telemetry collection,

processing, and delivery.



> **NOTE**: This page focuses mainly on "[Flow mode][Grafana Agent Flow]," the

> Terraform-inspired revision of Grafana Agent.



Grafana Agent can collect, transform, and send data to:



* The [Prometheus][] ecosystem

* The [OpenTelemetry][] ecosystem

* The Grafana open source ecosystem ([Loki][], [Grafana][], [Tempo][], [Mimir][], [Pyroscope][])



[Terraform]: https://terraform.io

[Grafana Agent Flow]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/

[Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io

[OpenTelemetry]: https://opentelemetry.io

[Loki]: https://github.com/grafana/loki

[Grafana]: https://github.com/grafana/grafana

[Tempo]: https://github.com/grafana/tempo

[Mimir]: https://github.com/grafana/mimir

[Pyroscope]: https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope



## Why use Grafana Agent?



* **Vendor-neutral**: Fully compatible with the Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and

  Grafana open source ecosystems.

* **Every signal**: Collect telemetry data for metrics, logs, traces, and

  continuous profiles.

* **Scalable**: Deploy on any number of machines to collect millions of active

  series and terabytes of logs.

* **Battle-tested**: Grafana Agent extends the existing battle-tested code from

  the Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Collector projects.

* **Powerful**: Write programmable pipelines with ease, and debug them using a

  [built-in UI][UI].

* **Batteries included**: Integrate with systems like MySQL, Kubernetes, and

  Apache to get telemetry that's immediately useful.



[UI]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/monitoring/debugging/#grafana-agent-flow-ui



## Getting started



Check out our [documentation][] to see:



* [Installation instructions][] for Grafana Agent Flow

* Details about [Grafana Agent Flow][]

* Steps for [Getting started][] with Grafana Agent Flow

* The list of Grafana Agent Flow [Components][]



[documentation]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/

[Installation instructions]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/setup/install/

[Grafana Agent Flow]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/

[Getting started]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/getting_started/

[Components]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/reference/components/



## Example



```river

// Discover Kubernetes pods to collect metrics from.

discovery.kubernetes "pods" {

  role = "pod"

}



// Collect metrics from Kubernetes pods.

prometheus.scrape "default" {

  targets    = discovery.kubernetes.pods.targets

  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.default.receiver]

}



// Get an API key from disk.

local.file "apikey" {

  filename  = "/var/data/my-api-key.txt"

  is_secret = true

}



// Send metrics to a Prometheus remote_write endpoint.

prometheus.remote_write "default" {

  endpoint {

    url = "http://localhost:9009/api/prom/push"



    basic_auth {

      username = "MY_USERNAME"

      password = local.file.apikey.content

    }

  }

}

```



We maintain an example [Docker Compose environment][] that can be used to

launch dependencies to play with Grafana Agent locally.



[Docker Compose environment]: ./example/docker-compose/



## Release cadence



A new minor release is planned every six weeks.



The release cadence is best-effort: if necessary, releases may be performed

outside of this cadence, or a scheduled release date can be moved forwards or

backwards.



Minor releases published on cadence include updating dependencies for upstream

OpenTelemetry Collector code if new versions are available. Minor releases

published outside of the release cadence may not include these dependency

updates.



Patch and security releases may be created at any time.



## Community



To engage with the Grafana Agent community:



* Chat with us on our community Slack channel. To invite yourself to the

  Grafana Slack, visit  and join the `#agent`

  channel.

* Ask questions on the [Discussions page][].

* [File an issue][] for bugs, issues, and feature suggestions.

* Attend the monthly [community call][].



[Discussions page]: https://github.com/grafana/agent/discussions

[File an issue]: https://github.com/grafana/agent/issues/new

[community call]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TqaZD1JPfNadZ4V81OCBPCG_TksDYGlNlGdMnTWUSpo



## Contribute



Refer to our [contributors guide][] to learn how to contribute.



[contributors guide]: ./docs/developer/contributing.md