Grafana

Endless Lifecycle Support (ELS) for Grafana from TuxCare provides security fixes for Grafana versions that have reached their end of life. This allows you to continue running Grafana without vulnerability concerns, even after official support has ended.

Supported Grafana Versions

Grafana 10.4.1, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.5.0

Supported Operating Systems

TuxCare provides ELS for Grafana as pre-built binaries for the following distributions:

Alpine Linux 3.22
Debian 12
Debian 13

Installation

Prerequisites

Nexus repository access credentials (username and password) — contact sales@tuxcare.com
To browse available artifacts, visit TuxCare Nexus and click Sign in in the top right corner. You may need to refresh the page after logging in.

Browse and download from Nexus
Visit TuxCare Nexus and sign in with your credentials. Navigate to the grafana folder, choose the directory for your operating system, and download the appropriate archive.
Or download from the command line
Choose operating system:
```
curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -O https://nexus.repo.tuxcare.com/repository/els-golang/grafana/debian13/grafana-10.4.1-tuxcare.1.tar.gz
```
For other Grafana versions, replace 10.4.1 in the path with 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, or 11.5.0 as needed.
Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your TuxCare credentials, and choose the URL that matches your OS and Grafana version.
Extract the archive
Create an installation directory (for example /opt/grafana) and extract.
```
sudo mkdir -p /opt/grafana
sudo tar -xzf grafana-10.4.1-tuxcare.1.tar.gz -C /opt/grafana --strip-components=1
```
Adjust the archive filename if you downloaded a different version.
Verify the installation
Change to the installation directory and run the binary to confirm the TuxCare ELS build.
```
cd /opt/grafana
./bin/grafana-server --version
```
Start Grafana
Use your deployment method (systemd, Docker, or manual) and verify that the application runs correctly.