Install Core Agent on macOS

This feature isn’t available to all Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline users. For more information, contact Chronosphere Support.

Core Agent v26.3.2 and later does not support macOS.

In Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, you can use fleets to manage instances of Core Agent. Use this guide to install Core Agent on macOS.

Supported architectures

Core Agent supports both x86-64 and Apple Silicon M1 architectures.

Dependencies

For macOS installations, Core Agent has the following general dependencies:

• libc
• libsasl
• libsystemd
• libyaml
• OpenSSL
• zlib

Install

Use these steps to install Core Agent:

1. Either download the latest .pkg file from the Core Agent downloads page, or run the following command:

   wget https://calyptia-lts-release-standard.s3.amazonaws.com/macos/VERSION/calyptia-fluent-bit-VERSION-apple.pkg
   

   Replace both instances of VERSION with the latest version of Core Agent.

2. Run the following command to install Core Agent:

   sudo installer -pkg calyptia-fluent-bit-VERSION-apple.pkg -target /usr/local/bin/
   

   Replace VERSION with the latest version of Core Agent.

3. Run the following command to test whether your installation was successful:

   calyptia-fluent-bit -i dummy -o stdout -f 1