---
title: Fleet Automation
description: >-
  Centrally govern and remotely manage Datadog Agents and OpenTelemetry
  Collectors at scale with configuration views, upgrades, flare collection, and
  API key rotation.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Agent > Fleet Automation
---

# Fleet Automation

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# Important note for users on the following Datadog sites: app.ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com

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This product is not supported for your selected [Datadog site](https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/site.md). ().
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## Overview{% #overview %}

Datadog Fleet Automation allows you to centrally govern and remotely manage Datadog Agents and OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collectors at scale to support your evolving observability needs.

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## Key capabilities{% #key-capabilities %}

With Fleet Automation, you can:

- **[View Agent and OTel Collector configurations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/fleet_automation/fleet_view.md)** along with historical changes to confirm deployment updates and verify configuration consistency.
- **[Configure Datadog Agents](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/fleet_automation/configure_agents.md)** to centralize setup and gain visibility into your environments faster.
- **[Keep your fleet up to date](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/fleet_automation/upgrade_agents.md)** by identifying and upgrading outdated Agent and OTel Collector versions.
- **[Send a support flare remotely](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/troubleshooting/send_a_flare.md#send-a-flare-from-the-datadog-site)**, reducing the time it takes to debug issues on an Agent or DDOT Collector.

## Fleet Automation API{% #fleet-automation-api %}

Fleet Automation provides a public API that allows you to programmatically view and manage Datadog Agents at scale. For full endpoint details and usage examples, see the [Fleet Automation API documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/fleet-automation.md).

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The Fleet Automation API does not support all Datadog Agent configuration capabilities.
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## Control access to Fleet Automation{% #control-access-to-fleet-automation %}

Fleet Automation is available to all users in a Datadog organization. You can control access to specific functionality:

| Permission                       | Description                                                                  |
| -------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `API Keys Read`                  | Restricts which users can view and search Agents by API key.                 |
| `Agent Flare Collection`         | Restricts which users can remotely send flares from Fleet Automation.        |
| `Agent Upgrade`                  | Restricts which users have access to upgrade Agents from Fleet Automation.   |
| `Agent Configuration Management` | Restricts which users have access to configure Agents from Fleet Automation. |

For information on setting up roles and permissions, see [Access Control](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac.md).

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Centrally set up and scale monitoring of your infrastructure and apps with Datadog Fleet Automation](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/fleet-automation-central-configuration)
- [Manage all your OpenTelemetry collectors with Datadog Fleet Automation](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/manage-opentelemetry-collectors-with-datadog-fleet-automation)
- [Centralize and govern your OpenTelemetry pipeline with the DDOT gateway](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/ddot-gateway)
- [Find out more about Remote Configuration](https://docs.datadoghq.com/remote_configuration.md)
- [Learn about the Agent configuration view](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/list.md#agent-configuration)
- [Centrally govern and remotely manage Datadog Agents at scale with Fleet Automation](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/fleet-automation/)