# Grafana Alloy

The following points will tell you how to install an Alloy agent on a Linux machine:

1. Click on the 'Install Agent Manager' button at the top right corner of the Fleet page.

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2. Once the Modal Opens, choose Linux as a platform and Grafana Alloy as the agent type. On completion, click Proceed.

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3. A modal opens with a README file and an installation file. Execute the install script to install the agent manager and the Grafana Alloy instance on the Linux Machine.

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{% hint style="info" %}
Make sure the install.sh script file has execute access. \
To do so, execute the following command in the directory where the install.sh file is placed:\
$ chmod +x ./install.sh
{% endhint %}

#### Check agent-manager status:

To check the status of agent-manager, and the running agents on a Linux host:

```
$ sudo systemctl status agent-manager-grafana-alloy
```

To get agent-manager logs on a Linux host:

```
$ sudo journalctl -n 100 -f -u agent-manager-grafana-alloy
```


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