Basic Agent Usage for AIX

This page outlines the installation and configuration of the Datadog UNIX Agent for AIX.

Note: The Datadog Unix Agent currently supports the following versions of AIX:

• AIX 6.1 TL9 SP6+
• AIX 7.1 TL5 SP3+
• AIX 7.2 TL3 SP0+

Installation

A one-step ksh install script is provided on the Agent download page within Datadog. The script supports the following environment variables:

• CHANNEL: defaults to stable. Specifies the package repository channel.
  • Values: stable, beta, unstable
• VERSION: defaults to latest. Specifies the package version.
• PROXY: defaults to none. Specifies the proxy URI.
  • Example: http://proxy.foo.com
• PROXY_USER: defaults to empty. Specifies the proxy server username.
• PROXY_PASSWORD: defaults to empty. Specifies the proxy server password. For the process/container Agent, this variable is required for passing in an authentication password and cannot be renamed.
• INSECURE: defaults to false. Allows skipping TLS validation.

Alternatively, download links for the latest releases can be found on this page.

The installer may be executed as follows (as root):

installp -aXYgd ./datadog-unix-agent-<VEERSION>.powerpc.bff -e dd-aix-install.log datadog-unix-agent

This installs the Agent in /opt/datadog-agent.

Note: Agent installation logs can be found in the dd-aix-install.log file. To disable this logging, remove the -e parameter in the installation command.

Commands

Configuration

The configuration files and folders for the Agent are located in: /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml That said, configuration files are searched in this order (with the first match being taken):

• /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml
• ./etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml
• ./datadog.yaml

A sample configuration file can be found in /opt/datadog-agent/etc/datadog-agent.

A basic configuration typically requires your Datadog API key. To submit your metrics to the EU instance, the site configuration option is available.

You can also override dd_url manually, but that should not be required.

Occassionally a proxy configuration must be specified depending on your network setup.

Configuration files for Integrations: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/

Integrations

Additional integrations available:

• process
• lparstats
• disk
• network

To enable the above integrations, copy and edit the sample configuration files provided. These are expected to be found in /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d. The name of the YAML configuration file should match that of the integration: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/<INTEGRATION_NAME>.yaml enables the integration <INTEGRATION_NAME>, and set its configuration.

Running DogStatsD

DogStatsD allows collecting and submitting custom metrics to Datadog. It listens on a UDP port and DogStatsD metrics may be submitted to it. These are then relayed to Datadog.

DogStatsD relies on the same configuration file defined for the Agent, where a DogStatsD configuration section is available. The DogStatsD server typically runs within the same Agent process—but should you need a dedicated process, it may also be launched in standalone mode.

To enable DogStatsD, edit /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml and set the relevant configuration options.

dogstatsd:                        # DogStatsD configuration options
  enabled: true                   # disabled by default
  bind_host: localhost            # address we'll be binding to
  port: 8125                      # DogStatsD UDP listening port
  non_local_traffic: false        # listen to non-local traffic

Note: DogStatsD does not daemonize and runs in the foreground.

There are also facilities to run the Agent via the known Python supervisor. This might be your preferred way to manage the Agent daemon if you are familiar with the tool. There are entries for both the Agent and DogStatsD.

Uninstall

To remove an installed Agent, run the following installp command:

installp -e dd-aix-uninstall.log -uv datadog-unix-agent

Note: Agent uninstallation logs can be found in the dd-aix-install.log file. To disable this logging, remove the -e parameter in the uninstallation command.

Further Reading

Documentation, liens et articles supplémentaires utiles:

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