Agent Commands

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For Linux based systems where the service wrapper command is not available, consult the list of alternatives.

Start, stop, and restart the Agent

Start the Agent

List of commands to start the Datadog Agent:

Platform	Command
AIX	`startsrc -s datadog-agent`
Linux	See the Agent documentation for your OS.
Docker	Use the installation command.
Kubernetes	`kubectl create -f datadog-agent.yaml`
macOS	`launchctl start com.datadoghq.agent` or through the systray app
Source	`sudo service datadog-agent start`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Platform	Command
Linux	`sudo service datadog-agent start`
Docker	See the Docker Agent documentation.
macOS	`/usr/local/bin/datadog-agent start`
Source	`sudo ~/.datadog-agent/bin/agent start`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Stop the Agent

List of commands to stop the Datadog Agent:

Platform	Command
AIX	`stopsrc -s datadog-agent`
Linux	See the Agent documentation for your OS.
Docker	`docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> agent stop`
Kubernetes	`kubectl delete pod <AGENT POD NAME>`—note: the pod is automatically rescheduled
macOS	`launchctl stop com.datadoghq.agent` or through the systray app
Source	`sudo service datadog-agent stop`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Platform	Command
Linux	`sudo service datadog-agent stop`
Docker	See the Docker Agent documentation.
macOS	`/usr/local/bin/datadog-agent stop`
Source	`sudo ~/.datadog-agent/bin/agent stop`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Restart the Agent

List of commands to restart the Datadog Agent:

Platform	Command
Linux	See the Agent documentation for your OS.
Docker	Use the installation command.
Kubernetes	`kubectl delete pod <AGENT POD NAME>`—note: the pod is automatically rescheduled
macOS	run `stop` then `start`, or through the systray app
Source	unsupported Platform
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Platform	Command
Linux	`sudo service datadog-agent restart`
Docker	See the Docker Agent documentation.
macOS	`/usr/local/bin/datadog-agent restart`
Source	`sudo ~/.datadog-agent/bin/agent restart`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Agent status and information

Service status

List of commands to display the status of the Datadog Agent:

Platform	Command
AIX	`lssrc -s datadog-agent`
Linux	See the Agent documentation for your OS.
Docker (Debian)	`sudo docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> s6-svstat /var/run/s6/services/agent/`
Kubernetes	`kubectl exec -it <POD_NAME> -- s6-svstat /var/run/s6/services/agent/`
macOS	`launchctl list com.datadoghq.agent` or through the systray app
Source	`sudo service datadog-agent status`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Platform	Command
Linux	`sudo service datadog-agent status`
Docker (Debian)	`sudo docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> /etc/init.d/datadog-agent status`
Kubernetes	`kubectl exec -it <POD_NAME> -- /etc/init.d/datadog-agent status`
macOS	`datadog-agent status`
Source	`sudo ~/.datadog-agent/bin/agent status`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

Platform	Command
Kubernetes	`datadog-cluster-agent status`

Agent information

List of commands to display the status of your Datadog Agent and enabled integrations.

Platform	Command
AIX	`datadog-agent status`
Linux	`sudo datadog-agent status`
Docker	`sudo docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> agent status`
Kubernetes	`kubectl exec -it <POD_NAME> -- agent status`
macOS	`datadog-agent status` or through the web GUI
Source	`sudo datadog-agent status`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

A properly configured integration is displayed under Running Checks with no warnings or errors, as seen below:

Running Checks
==============
  network (1.6.0)
  ---------------
    Total Runs: 5
    Metric Samples: 26, Total: 130
    Events: 0, Total: 0
    Service Checks: 0, Total: 0
    Average Execution Time : 0ms

Platform	Command
Linux	`sudo service datadog-agent info`
Docker	`sudo docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> /etc/init.d/datadog-agent info`
Kubernetes	`kubectl exec -it <POD_NAME> -- /etc/init.d/datadog-agent info`
macOS	`datadog-agent info`
Source	`sudo ~/.datadog-agent/bin/info`
Windows	See the Windows Agent documentation.

A properly configured integration is displayed under Checks with no warnings or errors, as seen below:

Checks
======
 network
 -------
   - instance #0 [OK]
   - Collected 15 metrics, 0 events & 1 service check

Platform	Command
Kubernetes	`datadog-cluster-agent status`

Other commands

The Agent v6 command line interface is sub-command based. To see the list of available sub-commands, run:

<AGENT_BINARY> --help

To run a sub-command, the Agent binary must be invoked:

<AGENT_BINARY> <SUB_COMMAND> <OPTIONS>

Some options have flags and options detailed under --help. For example, use help with the check sub-command:

<AGENT_BINARY> check --help

Subcommand	Notes
`check`	Run the specified check.
`config`	Runtime configuration management.
`configcheck`	Print all configurations loaded & resolved of a running Agent.
`diagnose`	Execute connectivity diagnosis on your system.
`flare`	Collect a flare and send it to Datadog.
`health`	Print the current Agent health.
`help`	Help about any command.
`hostname`	Print the hostname used by the Agent.
`import`	Import and convert configuration files from previous versions of the Agent.
`jmx`	JMX troubleshooting.
`launch-gui`	Start the Datadog Agent GUI.
`restart-service`	Restart the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only.
`start-service`	Start the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only.
`stream-logs`	Stream the logs being processed by a running agent.
`stopservice`	Stop the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only.
`version`	Print version info.