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isPrivate: true
title: Agent Guides
description: >-
  Collection of comprehensive guides covering Datadog Agent configuration,
  installation, troubleshooting, and advanced features.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Agent > Agent Guides
---

# Agent Guides

## Configuration guides{% #configuration-guides %}

- [Set up Remote Configuration for Fleet Automation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/setup_remote_config)
- [Agent Environment Variables](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/environment-variables)
- [Datadog Disaster Recovery](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/datadog-disaster-recovery)
- [Installing the Agent on a server with limited internet connectivity](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/installing-the-agent-on-a-server-with-limited-internet-connectivity)
- [Set up Ansible Using a Standalone Datadog Role](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/ansible_standalone_role/)
- [Agent Retry and Buffering Logic](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-retry/)
- [How do I uninstall the Agent?](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/how-do-i-uninstall-the-agent)
- [Linux key rotation 2024](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/linux-key-rotation-2024)

## Windows guides{% #windows-guides %}

- [Datadog Agent Manager for Windows](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/datadog-agent-manager-windows)
- [Datadog Windows Agent user](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/windows-agent-ddagent-user)

## Cloud infrastructure guides{% #cloud-infrastructure-guides %}

- [Can I set up the dd-agent mysql check on my Google CloudSQL?](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/can-i-set-up-the-dd-agent-mysql-check-on-my-google-cloudsql/)
- [Instrumenting a Ruby on Rails application on Heroku with Datadog](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/heroku-ruby)
- [Datadog-Heroku Buildpack troubleshooting](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/heroku-troubleshooting/)
- [Forward your telemetry securely to Datadog over AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/private-link)
- [Connect to Datadog over Azure Private Link](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/azure-private-link)
- [Why should I install the Datadog Agent on my cloud instances?](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/why-should-i-install-the-agent-on-my-cloud-instances)
- [Connect to Datadog over GCP Private Service Connect](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/gcp-private-service-connect)

## Integration guides{% #integration-guides %}

- [Use Community Integrations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/use-community-integrations)
- [Integration Management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/integration-management)

- [Agent Version differences](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/version_differences)
- [Upgrade your Datadog Agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/upgrade_agent_fleet_automation)
- [Python version management: Use Python 3 with Datadog Agent v6](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-v6-python-3)
- [Python 2 to 3 Custom Check Migration](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/python-3)

## Agent 6 guides{% #agent-6-guides %}

- [Install Agent 6](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/install-agent-6)
- [Agent 6 commands](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-6-commands)
- [Agent 6 configuration files](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-6-configuration-files)
- [Agent 6 log files](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-6-log-files)
- [Upgrade to Agent 6](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/upgrade_to_agent_6)

## Agent 5 guides{% #agent-5-guides %}

- [Agent 5 architecture](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-architecture)
- [Agent 5 commands](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-commands)
- [Agent 5 configuration files](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-configuration-files)
- [Agent 5 log files](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-log-files)
- [Install Agent 5](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/install-agent-5)
- [Agent 5 ports](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-ports)
- [Agent 5 proxy configuration](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-proxy)
- [Send an Agent 5 flare](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-flare)
- [Autodiscovery in Agent 5](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-autodiscovery)
- [Kubernetes Basic Agent Usage in Agent 5](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-kubernetes-basic-agent-usage)
- [Troubleshoot an Agent Check on Agent 5](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-check-status)
- [Agent 5 permission issues](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-permissions-issues)
- [Agent 5 debug mode](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-5-debug-mode)
- [Dogstream](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/dogstream)