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+++ title = "Installing on Mac" description = "Installing Grafana on Mac" keywords = ["grafana", "configuration", "documentation", "mac", "homebrew", "osx"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] parent = "installation" weight = 4 +++
Installing on Mac
Install using homebrew
Installation can be done using homebrew
Install latest stable:
brew update
brew install grafana
To start grafana look at the command printed after the homebrew install completes.
To upgrade use the reinstall command
brew update
brew reinstall grafana
You can also install the latest unstable grafana from git:
brew install --HEAD grafana/grafana/grafana
To upgrade grafana if you've installed from HEAD:
brew reinstall --HEAD grafana/grafana/grafana
Starting Grafana
To start Grafana using homebrew services first make sure homebrew/services is installed.
brew tap homebrew/services
Then start Grafana using:
brew services start grafana
Configuration
The Configuration file should be located at /usr/local/etc/grafana/grafana.ini.
Logs
The log file should be located at /usr/local/var/log/grafana/grafana.log.
Plugins
If you want to manually install a plugin place it here: /usr/local/var/lib/grafana/plugins.
Database
The default sqlite database is located at /usr/local/var/lib/grafana
Installing from binary tar file
Download the latest .tar.gz file and
extract it. This will extract into a folder named after the version you
downloaded. This folder contains all files required to run Grafana. There are
no init scripts or install scripts in this package.
To configure Grafana add a configuration file named custom.ini to the
conf folder and override any of the settings defined in
conf/defaults.ini.
Start Grafana by executing ./bin/grafana-server web. The grafana-server
binary needs the working directory to be the root install directory (where the
binary and the public folder is located).