v0.31.1

[rfratto]

This is release v0.31.1 of the Grafana Agent.

Upgrading

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

Notable changes:

Breaking changes

• All release Windows .exe files are now published as a zip archive.
  Previously, grafana-agent-installer.exe was unzipped. (@rfratto)

Other changes

• Support Go 1.20 for builds. (@rfratto)

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 containers are published as grafana/agent:v0.31.1. For Windows Docker containers, use grafana/agent:v0.31.1-windows instead.

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/v0.31.1/grafana-agent-linux-amd64.zip"

# extract the binary
unzip "grafana-agent-linux-amd64.zip"

# make sure it is executable
chmod a+x "grafana-agent-linux-amd64"

agentctl

agentctl, a tool for helping you interact with the Agent, is available as a Docker image:

Docker containers are published as grafana/agentctl:v0.31.1. For Windows Docker containers, use grafana/agentctl:v0.31.1-windows instead.

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/v0.31.1/grafana-agentctl-linux-amd64.zip"

# extract the binary
unzip "grafana-agentctl-linux-amd64.zip"

# make sure it is executable
chmod a+x "grafana-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:v0.31.1"

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This discussion was created from the release v0.31.1.

[Fydon]

@rfratto Thank you for this. Now that the Windows .exe files are all zipped, the release asset link for the installer in the notes does not work.

I assume that the zips are due to some browsers flagging them and Windows blocking them?

[rfratto]

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix the instructions :)

I assume that the zips are due to some browsers flagging them and Windows blocking them?

It's mainly for compression and being consistent with the other zips.