Motivation
Users behind restrictive firewalls or without a reliable proxy may have difficulty downloading Prometheus, Tempo, and Grafana binaries during rl-insight server install. We explored several mirror-based acceleration strategies to mitigate this. However, since we were unable to find a suitable Grafana mirror, this approach has not been formally adopted and is documented here for reference only.
Configuration Hook
The installer already support a download_url_template field per service in the config file (although it's not provided in config). Users can override the default download location by setting a custom template. Templates support three variables:
{version} — bare version number (e.g. 2.54.1){os} — always linux{arch} — amd64 or arm64
Prometheus — Works
Via gh-proxy
prometheus:
download_url_template: "https://gh-proxy.com/https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v{version}/prometheus-{version}.{os}-{arch}.tar.gz"Via TUNA mirror (Tsinghua University)
prometheus:
download_url_template: "https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/github-release/prometheus/prometheus/{version}/prometheus-{version}.{os}-{arch}.tar.gz"Tempo — Works
Via gh-proxy
tempo:
download_url_template: "https://gh-proxy.com/https://github.com/grafana/tempo/releases/download/v{version}/tempo_{version}_{os}_{arch}.tar.gz"Grafana — Blocked
Grafana binaries are distributed via dl.grafana.com, which is not covered by GitHub-based proxies. Most public mirrors (e.g. TUNA) only carry Grafana .deb packages rather than standalone release tarballs, which makes them incompatible with the installer's current archive-based workflow.
Workaround: users can fall back to Approach 3 (manual/pre-downloaded installation) from the server installation docs to handle Grafana separately.
ARM Binaries (Personal Link)
Pre-built binaries for all three services on ARM architectures (Apple Silicon, Raspberry Pi, Kunpeng, etc.) are temporarily available at:
📦 ARM packages — Prometheus + Tempo + Grafana
⚠️ This is a personal link that may be unstable or expire. Use at your own discretion.
Call for Help
If you know of a reliable mirror for Grafana release tarballs, or need binaries for other architectures, please leave a comment below.
Motivation
Users behind restrictive firewalls or without a reliable proxy may have difficulty downloading Prometheus, Tempo, and Grafana binaries during
rl-insight server install. We explored several mirror-based acceleration strategies to mitigate this. However, since we were unable to find a suitable Grafana mirror, this approach has not been formally adopted and is documented here for reference only.Configuration Hook
The installer already support a
download_url_templatefield per service in the config file (although it's not provided in config). Users can override the default download location by setting a custom template. Templates support three variables:{version}— bare version number (e.g.2.54.1){os}— alwayslinux{arch}—amd64orarm64Prometheus — Works
Via gh-proxy
Via TUNA mirror (Tsinghua University)
Tempo — Works
Via gh-proxy
Grafana — Blocked
Grafana binaries are distributed via
dl.grafana.com, which is not covered by GitHub-based proxies. Most public mirrors (e.g. TUNA) only carry Grafana.debpackages rather than standalone release tarballs, which makes them incompatible with the installer's current archive-based workflow.Workaround: users can fall back to Approach 3 (manual/pre-downloaded installation) from the server installation docs to handle Grafana separately.
ARM Binaries (Personal Link)
Pre-built binaries for all three services on ARM architectures (Apple Silicon, Raspberry Pi, Kunpeng, etc.) are temporarily available at:
📦 ARM packages — Prometheus + Tempo + Grafana
Call for Help
If you know of a reliable mirror for Grafana release tarballs, or need binaries for other architectures, please leave a comment below.