Alloy Install on MacOS fails: Errno::EACCES: Permission denied @ rb_file_s_rename - (config.alloy, /usr/local/etc/alloy/config.alloy.default)

  • What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?
    Trying to install Grafana Alloy
    Install Grafana Alloy on macOS | Grafana Alloy documentation

  • What are you trying to achieve?
    Trying to integrate Jenkins with Grafana using this link:
    Jenkins integration | Grafana Cloud documentation

  • How are you trying to achieve it?

  • What happened?

  • What did you expect to happen?
    Alloy gets installed successfully

  • Can you copy/paste the configuration(s) that you are having problems with?

  • Did you receive any errors in the Grafana UI or in related logs? If so, please tell us exactly what they were.

  • Did you follow any online instructions? If so, what is the URL?

says already downloaded. is alloy already running?

No. I tried install again. The installation did not complete. If I tried to upgrade, it clearly says grafa/alloy not installed. Thanks.

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how about a manual install, download the tar file etc

Thanks, let me try it.

I have extracted the tar file contents. How do I install Alloy now, Thanks.

Follow the steps the automated install does

Here are the contents of the directory. What commands should I execute. Thanks.

It is okay. I reinstalled Homebrew and now it is able to install. Thanks.

what have you tried and what are you blocked on

The issue has been resolved. We reinstalled Homebrew and were able to complete the installation. Thanks.