One-step install

The one-step command installs the APT packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

To install the Agent, run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY DD_SITE="datad0g.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent/scripts/install_script_agent6.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up APT so it can download through HTTPS and install curl and gnupg:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https curl gnupg
   

2. Set up the Datadog Debian repo on your system and create a Datadog archive keyring:

   sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.datadoghq.com/ stable 6' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/datadog.list"
   sudo touch /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg
   sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg
   
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_CURRENT.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_06462314.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_C0962C7D.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_F14F620E.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_382E94DE.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   

3. If running Debian 8 or earlier, copy the keyring to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d:

   sudo cp -a /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
   

4. Update your local APT repo and install the Agent:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install datadog-agent datadog-signing-keys
   

5. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

6. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/'
                    /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

9. Start the Agent:

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
   

One-step install

The one-step command installs the APT packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password. If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/dd-agent/master/packaging/datadog-agent/source/install_agent.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up APT so it can download through HTTPS and install curl and gnupg:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https curl gnupg
   

2. Set up the Datadog Debian repo on your system and create a Datadog archive keyring:

   sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.datadoghq.com/ stable 6' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/datadog.list"
   sudo touch /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg
   sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg
   
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_CURRENT.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_06462314.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_C0962C7D.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_F14F620E.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   curl https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_APT_KEY_382E94DE.public | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg --import --batch
   

3. If running Ubuntu 14 or earlier, copy the keyring to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d:

   sudo cp -a /usr/share/keyrings/datadog-archive-keyring.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
   

4. Update your local APT repo and install the Agent:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install datadog-agent datadog-signing-keys
   

5. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

6. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

9. Start the Agent:

   • Ubuntu 16.04 and higher:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
     

   • Ubuntu 14.04:

     sudo initctl start datadog-agent
     

One-step install

The one-step command installs the YUM packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

1. Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY DD_SITE="datad0g.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent/scripts/install_script_agent6.sh)"
   

2. For Amazon Linux 2022 installations on Agent version <= 6.39. The Agent requires the libxcrypt-compat package:

   dnf install -y libxcrypt-compat
   

Multi-step install

1. On an x86_64 host, set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

2. On an arm64 host, set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/aarch64/ 
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

3. If upgrading from Agent 5 or 6, delete the obsolete RPM GPG key:

   sudo sh -c 'if rpm -q gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6 >/dev/null; then rpm --erase gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6; fi'
   

4. Update your local yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum install datadog-agent
   

5. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

6. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

9. Start the Agent:

   • Amazon Linux 2.0:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
     

   • Amazon Linux 1.0:

     sudo initctl start datadog-agent
     

One-step install

The one-step command installs the YUM packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_UPGRADE=true DD_SITE="datad0g.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent/scripts/install_script_agent6.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/rpm/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=0
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

   Note: The repo_gpgcheck=0 option is a workaround for a bug in DNF.

2. If you’re upgrading from Agent 5 or a previous version of Agent 6, delete the obsolete RPM GPG key:

   sudo sh -c 'if rpm -q gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6 >/dev/null; then rpm --erase gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6; fi'
   

3. Update your local yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum remove datadog-agent-base
   sudo yum install datadog-agent
   

4. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

5. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: .*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

6. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Start the Agent:

   • Centos or Red Hat 7 and higher:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
     

   • Centos or Red Hat 6:

     sudo initctl start datadog-agent
     

One-step install

The one-step command installs the YUM packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_UPGRADE=true DD_SITE="datad0g.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent/scripts/install_script_agent6.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/rpm/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

2. If you’re upgrading from Agent 5 or a previous version of Agent 6, delete the obsolete RPM GPG key:

   sudo sh -c 'if rpm -q gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6 >/dev/null; then rpm --erase gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6; fi'
   

3. Update your local yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum remove datadog-agent-base
   sudo yum install datadog-agent
   

4. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

5. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: .*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

6. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Restart the Agent:

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
   

One-step install

The one-step command installs the YUM packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/dd-agent/master/packaging/datadog-agent/source/install_agent.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/rpm/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

2. If you’re upgrading from Agent 5 or a previous version of Agent 6, delete the obsolete RPM GPG key:

   sudo sh -c 'if rpm -q gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6 >/dev/null; then rpm --erase gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6; fi'
   

3. Update your local yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum install datadog-agent
   

4. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

5. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: .*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

6. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Restart the Agent:

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
   

One-step install

The one-step command installs the YUM packages for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password.

• If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.
• If you have an existing Agent configuration file, existing values are retained during the update.
• You can configure some of the Agent options during the initial install process. For more information, check the install_script configuration options.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY DD_SITE="datad0g.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://s3.amazonaws.com/dd-agent/scripts/install_script_agent6.sh)"

Multi-step install

1. Set up the Datadog YUM repo by creating /etc/zypp/repos.d/datadog.repo with the following configuration:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=hhttps://yum.datadoghq.com/suse/stable/6/x86_64
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
          https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   

2. If you’re upgrading from Agent 5 or a previous version of Agent 6, delete the obsolete RPM GPG key:

   sudo sh -c 'if rpm -q gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6 >/dev/null; then rpm --erase gpg-pubkey-4172a230-55dd14f6; fi'
   

3. Update your local zypper repo and install the Agent:

   sudo zypper refresh
   sudo rpm --import https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_CURRENT.public
   sudo rpm --import https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_4F09D16B.public
   sudo rpm --import https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_B01082D3.public
   sudo rpm --import https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_FD4BF915.public
   sudo rpm --import https://keys.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   sudo zypper install datadog-agent
   

4. Optionally, if upgrading from Agent 5.17 or higher, import your existing Agent 5 configuration:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent
   

5. If you’re not upgrading and do not want to use an old configuration, copy the example config into place and install the Agent. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: .*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

6. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

7. Ensure the Agent user’s permissions are correct::

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 640 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

8. Restart the Agent:

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
   

One-step install

The one-step command installs the latest BFF package for the Datadog Agent and prompts you for your password if necessary. If the Agent is not already installed on your machine and you don’t want it to start automatically after the installation, prepend DD_INSTALL_ONLY=true to the command before running it.

Run the following command, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY DD_SITE="datad0g.com" ksh -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-unix-agent/master/scripts/install_script.sh)"

Upgrade from a previous installation

To install the Agent while keeping your existing configuration, run the following command:

DD_UPGRADE=true DD_SITE="datad0g.com" ksh -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-unix-agent/master/scripts/install_script.sh)"

For a full list of the available installation script environment variables, see Basic Agent Usage for AIX.

Multi-step install

1. Download the preferred BFF from the datadog-unix-agent repo releases.

2. Install the artifact as root with installp:

   installp -aXYgd datadog-unix-agent-latest.powerpc.aix..bff datadog-unix-agent
   

3. If you don’t have an existing configuration file, copy the example config into place. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: MY_API_KEY/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

4. Configure the Datadog region:

   sudo sh -c "sed \'s/# site:.*/site: datad0g.com/\' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.new && mv /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.new /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

5. Ensure that the Datadog Agent has the correct permissions:

   sudo sh -c "chown dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml && chmod 660 /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"
   

6. Stop the Agent service:

   sudo stopsrc -s datadog-agent
   

7. Verify the Agent service has stopped:

   sudo lssrc -s datadog-agent
   

8. Restart the Agent service:

   sudo startsrc -s datadog-agent
   

Run the Datadog Agent directly in your Kubernetes cluster to start collecting your cluster and applications metrics, traces, and logs. You can deploy the Agent with a Helm chart, the Datadog Operator or directly with a DaemonSet. For more information about installing the Datadog Agent on different distributions, see the Kubernetes distributions documentation.

Installing the Datadog Agent

To install the chart with a custom release name RELEASE_NAME:

1. Install Helm.

2. Add the Datadog Helm repository:

   helm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com
   

3. Fetch the latest version of newly added charts:

   helm repo update
   

4. Create an empty values.yaml file, and override any of the default values if desired. See the Datadog helm-charts repo for examples.

5. Deploy the Datadog Agent, replacing MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key: With Helm v3+:

   helm install RELEASE_NAME -f datadog-values.yaml --set datadog.site='datad0g.com' --set agents.image.tag='6' --set datadog.apiKey=MY_API_KEY datadog/datadog
   

   With Helm v1 or v2:

   helm install -f datadog-values.yaml --name RELEASE_NAME --set datadog.site='datad0g.com' --set agents.image.tag='6' --set datadog.apiKey=MY_API_KEY datadog/datadog
   

   This chart adds the Datadog Agent to all nodes in your cluster using a DaemonSet. Soon after installation, Datadog begins to report hosts and metrics data in your account.

Enabling log collection

To enable log collection with Helm, update your datadog-values.yaml file with the following log collection configuration:

datadog:
  logs:
    enabled: true
    containerCollectAll: true

Then upgrade your Datadog Helm chart:

helm upgrade -f datadog-values.yaml RELEASE_NAME datadog/datadog

Enabling trace collection

Follow the dedicated APM setup documentation to learn how to collect your application traces in a Kubernetes environment.

Further Reading

For information on available Agent features, see the Kubernetes documentation.

One-step install

The one-step installation command runs a signed Docker container which embeds the Datadog Agent to monitor your host. The Docker integration is enabled by default, as well as Autodiscovery in automatic configuration mode.

For a one-step install, run the following command. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

On Amazon Linux v2:

docker run -d --name dd-agent -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro -v /proc/:/host/proc/:ro -v /cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro -e DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY -e DD_SITE="datad0g.com" gcr.io/datadoghq/agent:6

On other operating systems:

docker run -d --name dd-agent -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro -v /proc/:/host/proc/:ro -v /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro -e DD_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY -e DD_SITE="datad0g.com" gcr.io/datadoghq/agent:6

Troubleshooting

If the one-step installation command does not work, it’s possible that your system mounts the cgroup directory in an unexpected place or does not use CGroups for memory management. CGroups are required for the Docker check to succeed. To enable CGroups, see the Setup documentation.

If CGroups are enabled, but the check is failing because of an unexpected cgroup directory location:

1. Run mount | grep "cgroup type tmpfs" to retrieve the location of the cgroup directory.
2. Replace the first occurence of /sys/fs/cgroup in the one-step installation command with the location of the cgroup directory.

Send custom metrics with DogStatsD

By default, DogStatsD only listens to localhost. To listen to DogStatsD packets from other containers:

1. Add -e DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true to the container’s parameters.
2. Bind the container’s statsd port to the hosts’s IP by adding the -p 8125:8125/udp option to the container’s parameters.
3. Configure your client library to send UDP packets to the hosts’s IP.

Customize your Agent configuration

• For information on configuring the Agent, see Docker Agent for Docker, containerd, and Podman.
• To tune Autodiscovery, see Docker Integrations Autodiscovery.

Running CoreOS Container Linux is supported with the Docker runtime. For installation instructions, see Docker.

To run CoreOS Tectonic on Kubernetes, see Kubernetes.

Starting with version 6.1, the Datadog Agent supports monitoring OpenShift Origin and Enterprise clusters. Depending on your needs and the security constraints of your cluster, three deployment scenarios are supported:

• Restricted SCC operations
• Host network SCC operations
• Custom Datadog for all features

To install OpenShift, see the Kubernetes installation instructions. The Kubernetes integration targets OpenShift 3.7.0+ by default. For older versions of OpenShift, you must complete additional installation steps. For more information, see the OpenShift integration documentation.

1. Upload the Datadog Agent release to your BOSH Director:

   # BOSH CLI v1
   bosh upload release https://cloudfoundry.datadoghq.com/datadog-agent/datadog-agent-boshrelease-latest.tgz
   
   # BOSH CLI v2
   bosh upload-release https://cloudfoundry.datadoghq.com/datadog-agent/datadog-agent-boshrelease-latest.tgz
   

2. Configure Datadog as an addon in your runtime config. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key::

   # runtime.yml
   ---
   releases:
   - name: datadog-agent
      version: $UPLOADED_VERSION # e.g. 1.0.5140
   
   addons:
   - name: datadog
   jobs:
   - name: dd-agent
      release: datadog-agent
   properties:
      dd:
         use_dogstatsd: yes
         dogstatsd_port: 18125 # Many Cloud Foundry deployments have their own StatsD listening on port 8125
         api_key: MY_API_KEY
         tags: ["my-cloud-foundry-deployment"] # optional. Add any tags you wish
         # Optionally, enable any Agent Checks here
         # integrations:
         #   directory:
         #     init_config: {}
         #     instances:
         #       directory: "."
   

3. Add the runtime to your runtime config:

   # BOSH cli v1
   bosh update runtime-config runtime.yml
   
   # BOSH cli v2
   bosh update-runtime-config runtime.yml
   

4. Redeploy any existing deployments:

   # BOSH cli v1
   bosh deployment myDeployment.yml
   bosh -n deploy
   
   # BOSH cli v2
   bosh -n -d myDeployment deploy myDeployment.yml
   

Installing the Agent with Ansible requires Ansible version 2.10 or higher.

Prerequisites

Windows

Before you can use the Datadog Ansible Collection to manage Windows hosts, you must install the ansible.windows collection:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows

openSUSE and SLES

Before you can use the Datadog Ansible Collection to manage openSUSE/SLES hosts, you must install the community.general collection:

ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

Install Datadog

1. Install the Datadog Ansible collection from Ansible Galaxy on your Ansible server:

   ansible-galaxy collection install datadog.dd
   

   • The Datadog Ansible collection is also available through the Red Hat Automation Hub where it is officially certified by Red Hat.
   • Installing the collection is recommended. If needed, you can also install Datadog using the standalone role.

2. To deploy the Datadog Agent on hosts, add the Datadog role and your API key to your playbook. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   - hosts: servers
   tasks:
      - name: Import the Datadog Agent role from the Datadog collection
         import_role:
         name: datadog.dd.agent
   vars:
      datadog_api_key: "MY_API_KEY"
      datadog_agent_major_version: 6
      datadog_site: "datad0g.com"
   

   To ensure that the Agent can group your hosts together, only use node hostnames that the Datadog Agent is tracking. You can check what hostnames the Agent is tracking using the following command:

   sudo datadog-agent status
   

Specific Agent checks

To use a specific Agent check or integration on one of your nodes, you can use the datadog_checks variable. Here is an example for the process check:

- hosts: servers
  tasks:
    - name: Import the Datadog Agent role from the Datadog collection
      import_role:
        name: datadog.dd.agent
  vars:
    datadog_api_key: "MY_API_KEY"
    datadog_agent_major_version: 6
    datadog_site: "datad0g.com"
    datadog_checks:
      process:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - name: ssh
            search_string: ['ssh', 'sshd']
          - name: syslog
            search_string: ['rsyslog']
            cpu_check_interval: 0.2
            exact_match: true
            ignore_denied_access: true

You can find more examples of the Agent role usage on the GitHub repo for the standalone role.

Metrics and events

To get metrics and events on Datadog after Ansible runs, see the Ansible callback project’s GitHub page.

Requirements:

• Requires Puppet Open Source version >= 4.6 or Puppet Enterprise version >= 2016.4

Install the Agent

1. Install the datadog_agent module from the Puppet Forge on your Puppet server:

   • For fresh installs, run the module install command:

     puppet module install datadog-datadog_agent
     

   • If the module is already installed, upgrade it:

     puppet module upgrade datadog-datadog_agent
     

2. To deploy the Datadog Agent on nodes, add this parametrized class to your manifests. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   node "db1.mydomain.com" {
      class { "datadog_agent":
         api_key => "MY_API_KEY",
         datadog_site => "datad0g.com",
         agent_major_version => 6,
      }
   }
   

   To ensure that the Agent can group your hosts together, only use node hostnames that the Datadog Agent is tracking. You can check what hostnames the Agent is tracking using the following command:

   sudo datadog-agent status
   

3. Enable reporting to Datadog on your Puppet server:

   1. Add the following parameters to /etc/puppet/puppet.conf:

      [master]
      report = true
      reports = datadog_reports
      pluginsync = true
      
      [agent]
      report = true
      pluginsync = true
      

   2. In your manifest, add the puppet_run_reports option to your Puppet server. For example:

      node "puppet" {
         class { "datadog_agent":
            api_key => "MY_API_KEY",
            datadog_site => "datad0g.com",
            agent_major_version => 6,
            puppet_run_reports => true,
         }
      }
      

4. Run Puppet on your Puppet server to install all necessary dependencies.

5. Restart your Puppet server to begin receiving Puppet data in Datadog.

Specific Agent checks

To use a specific Agent check or integration on one of your nodes, see the relevant integration manifest for a code sample. Here is an example for the elasticsearch integration:

node "elastic-node1.mydomain.com" {
    class { "datadog_agent":
        api_key => "MY_API_KEY",
        datadog_site => "datad0g.com",
        agent_major_version => 6,
    }
    include "datadog_agent::integrations::elasticsearch"
}

Refer to the GitHub repository of the module for more examples and advanced use cases.

1. Add the Datadog cookbook:

   • If you are using Berkshelf, add the cookbook to your Berksfile:

     cookbook 'datadog', '~> 4.0'
     

   • If you’re not using Berkshelf, install the cookbook in to your repository using Knife:

     knife cookbook site install datadog 
     

2. Set the Datadog-specific attributes in either a role, environment, or another recipe. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   node.default['datadog']['api_key'] = "MY_API_KEY"
   
   # Use an existing application key or create a new one for Chef
   node.default['datadog']['application_key'] = "Generate Application Key"
   
   # Enable install for Agent version 6
   node.default['datadog']['agent_major_version'] = 6
   
   # Set the Datadog site
   node.default['datadog']['site'] = "datad0g.com"
   

3. Upload the updated cookbook to your Chef server:

   berks upload
   # or
   knife cookbook upload datadog
   knife cookbook list | grep datadog && 
   echo -e "e[0;32mdatadog cookbook - OKe[0m" ||
   echo -e "e[0;31mmissing datadog cookbook - OKe[0m"
   

4. Add the cookbook to your node’s run_list or role:

   "run_list": [
    "recipe[datadog::dd-agent]"
   ]
   

5. Wait for the next scheduled chef-client run.

For more information and examples, see the Agent GitHub repository.

Install using gitfs_remotes

1. Install the Datadog formula in the base environment of your Salt Master node, using the gitfs_remotes option in your Salt Master configuration file (by default /etc/salt/master):

   fileserver_backend:
   - roots # Active by default, necessary to be able to use the local salt files we define in the next steps
   - gitfs # Adds gitfs as a fileserver backend to be able to use gitfs_remotes
   
   gitfs_remotes:
   - https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-formula.git:
     - saltenv:
       - base:
       - ref: 3.0 # Pin here the version of the formula you want to use
   

2. Restart your Salt Master service:

   systemctl restart salt-master
   

   or

   service salt-master restart
   

Install by cloning the Datadog formula

1. Clone the Datadog formula on your Salt Master node:

   mkdir -p /srv/formulas && cd /srv/formulas
   git clone https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-formula.git
   

2. Add the cloned formula to the base environment in the file_roots of your Salt Master configuration file (by default /etc/salt/master):

   file_roots:
     base:
       - /srv/salt/
       - /srv/formulas/datadog-formula/
   

Deploy the Agent to your hosts

1. Add the Datadog formula to your top file (by default /srv/salt/top.sls):

   base:
     '*':
       - datadog
   

2. Add a datadog.sls pillar file to your pillar directory (by default /srv/pillar/) and add your API key. Replace MY_API_KEY with your Datadog API key:

   datadog:
     config:
       api_key: MY_API_KEY
     install_settings:
       agent_version: <AGENT6_VERSION>
   

3. Add the datadog.sls pillar file to the top pillar file (by default /srv/pillar/top.sls):

   base:
     '*':
       - datadog
   

4. To use a specific Agent check or integration on one of your hosts, you can use the checks variable. Here is an example for the directory integration:

   datadog:
     config:
       api_key: MY_API_KEY
     install_settings:
       agent_version: <AGENT6_VERSION>
     checks:
       directory:
         config:
           instances:
             - directory: "/srv/pillar"
               name: "pillars"
   

Refer to the formula GitHub repository for logs configuration, check examples, and advanced use cases.