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# Agent 5 Configuration Files

## Overview{% #overview %}

This page covers Agent 5 configuration files. Datadog recommends installing or upgrading to Agent 7 for the latest features. For information on installing the latest version of the Agent, follow the [Agent 7 Installation Instructions](https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings/agent/latest?platform=overview). For information on upgrading to Agent 7 from an earlier version, see [Upgrade to Datadog Agent v7](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/versions/upgrade_to_agent_v7/).

## Agent main configuration file{% #agent-main-configuration-file %}

| Platform                             | Command                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Linux                                | `/etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf`                                               |
| macOS                                | `~/.datadog-agent/datadog.conf`                                            |
| Windows Server 2008, Vista and newer | `%ProgramData%\Datadog\datadog.conf`                                       |
| Windows Server 2003, XP or older     | `\\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Datadog\datadog.conf` |

See the [sample `config_template.yaml` file](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-agent/blob/master/datadog.conf.example) for all available configuration options.

## Agent configuration directory{% #agent-configuration-directory %}

| Platform                             | Command                                                              |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Linux                                | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| CentOS                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Debian                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Fedora                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| macOS                                | `~/.datadog-agent/conf.d/`                                           |
| RedHat                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Source                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Suse                                 | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Ubuntu                               | `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d/`                                              |
| Windows Server 2008, Vista and newer | `%ProgramData%\Datadog\conf.d`                                       |
| Windows Server 2003, XP or older     | `\\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Datadog\conf.d` |

## JMX configuration file{% #jmx-configuration-file %}

JMX Agent checks have an additional `metrics.yaml` file in their configuration folder. It is a list of all the beans that the Datadog Agent collects by default. This way, you do not need to list all of the beans manually when you configure a check through [Docker labels or k8s annotations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/kubernetes/integrations/#configuration).