Agent 5 Configuration Files
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. For information on upgrading to Agent 7 from an earlier version, see Upgrade to Datadog Agent v7.
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 for all available configuration options.
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 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.
