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Install Grafana Alloy on Windows

You can install Alloy on Windows as a standard graphical install, a WinGet install, or a silent install.

Standard graphical install

To do a standard graphical install of Alloy on Windows, perform the following steps.

  1. Navigate to the releases page on GitHub.
  2. Scroll down to the Assets section.
  3. Download alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe or download and extract alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe.zip.
  4. Double-click on alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe to install Alloy.

The installer places Alloy in the default directory %PROGRAMFILES%\GrafanaLabs\Alloy.

WinGet install

To install Alloy with WinGet, perform the following steps.

  1. Make sure that the WinGet package manager is installed.

  2. Run the following command.

    cmd 
    winget install GrafanaLabs.Alloy
    powershell 
    winget install GrafanaLabs.Alloy

Silent install

To do a silent install of Alloy on Windows, perform the following steps.

  1. Navigate to the releases page on GitHub.

  2. Scroll down to the Assets section.

  3. Download alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe or download and extract alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe.zip..

  4. Run the following command as Administrator.

    cmd 
    <PATH>\alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe /S
    powershell 
    & <PATH>\alloy-installer-windows-amd64.exe /S

    Replace the following:

    • <PATH_TO_INSTALLER>: The path to the uncompressed installer executable.

Silent install options

  • /CONFIG=<path> Path to the configuration file. Default: $INSTDIR\config.alloy
  • /DISABLEREPORTING=<yes|no> Disable data collection. Default: no
  • /DISABLEPROFILING=<yes|no> Disable profiling endpoint. Default: no
  • /ENVIRONMENT="KEY=VALUE\0KEY2=VALUE2" Define environment variables for Windows Service. Default: ``
  • /RUNTIMEPRIORITY="normal|below_normal|above_normal|high|idle|realtime" Set the runtime priority of the Alloy process. Default: normal
  • /STABILITY="generally-available|public-preview|experimental" Set the stability level of Alloy. Default: generally-available
  • /USERNAME="<username>" Set the fully qualified user that Windows uses to run the service. Default: NT AUTHORITY\LocalSystem
  • /PASSWORD="<password>" Set the password of the user that Windows uses to run the service. This isn’t required for standard Windows Service Accounts like LocalSystem. Default: ``

Note

The --windows.priority flag is in public preview and isn’t covered by Grafana Alloy backward compatibility guarantees. The /RUNTIMEPRIORITY installation option sets this flag, and if Alloy isn’t running with an appropriate stability level, it fails to start.

Service configuration

Alloy uses the Windows registry key HKLM\Software\GrafanaLabs\Alloy for service configuration.

  • Arguments: Type REG_MULTI_SZ. Each value represents a binary argument for the Alloy binary.
  • Environment: Type REG_MULTI_SZ. Each value represents an environment value KEY=VALUE for the Alloy binary.

Uninstall

Uninstalling Alloy stops the service and removes it from disk. This includes any configuration files in the installation directory.

Standard graphical uninstall

To uninstall Alloy, use Add or Remove Programs or run the following command as Administrator.

cmd 
%PROGRAMFILES%\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\uninstall.exe
powershell 
& ${env:PROGRAMFILES}\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\uninstall.exe

Uninstall with WinGet

To install Alloy with WinGet, run the following command.

cmd 
winget uninstall GrafanaLabs.Alloy
powershell 
winget uninstall GrafanaLabs.Alloy

Silent uninstall

To silently uninstall Alloy, run the following command as Administrator.

cmd 
%PROGRAMFILES%\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\uninstall.exe /S
powershell 
& ${env:PROGRAMFILES}\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\uninstall.exe /S

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