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aliases:
  - /docs/grafana/v2.1/installation/install/
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description: Installation guide for Grafana
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  - grafana
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title: Installation
weight: 30
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# Install Grafana

This section discusses the hardware and software requirements as well as the process of installing Grafana on different operating systems. This section has the following topics:

- [Requirements]({{< relref "requirements" >}})
- [Install on Debian or Ubuntu]({{< relref "debian" >}})
- [Install on RPM-based Linux (CentOS, Fedora, OpenSuse, RedHat)]({{< relref "rpm" >}})
- [Install on macOS]({{< relref "mac" >}})
- [Install on Windows]({{< relref "windows" >}})
- [Run Docker image]({{< relref "docker" >}})
- [Deploy Grafana on Kubernetes]({{< relref "kubernetes" >}})

For upgrade instructions, refer to [Upgrade Grafana]({{< relref "upgrading.md" >}}).
To restart Grafana, refer to [Restart Grafana]({{< relref "restart-grafana.md" >}}).

To install Grafana Enterprise, refer to the instructions for installing Grafana on your system. Then, refer to [Activate an Enterprise license]({{< relref "../enterprise/license/activate-license.md" >}}).
