Upgrade to Datadog Agent v6

The Agent v6 installer can automatically convert v5 configurations during the upgrade:

Note: The import process won’t automatically move custom Agent checks. This is by design as Datadog cannot guarantee full backwards compatibility out of the box.

There is no one step install for Windows platforms, refer to the Manual Upgrade.

The Agent v6 installer can automatically convert v5 configurations during the upgrade:

DD_UPGRADE=true bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/master/cmd/agent/install_mac_os.sh)"

Note: The import process won’t automatically move custom Agent checks. This is by design as Datadog cannot guarantee full backwards compatibility out of the box.

Find below the manual upgrade instructions for:

• Amazon Linux
• CentOS
• Debian
• Fedora
• Red Hat
• SUSE
• Ubuntu

Amazon Linux

1. Set up Datadog’s Yum repo on your system by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the contents:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
          https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public

2. Update your local Yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum install datadog-agent

3. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6 with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

5. (Re-)start the Agent:

   • Amazon Linux 2.0:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service

   • Amazon Linux 1.0:

     sudo initctl start datadog-agent

CentOS

1. Set up Datadog’s Yum repo on your system by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the contents:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
          https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public

2. Update your local Yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum remove datadog-agent-base
   sudo yum install datadog-agent

3. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

5. Restart the Agent:

   • Centos 7 and above:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service

   • Centos 6:

     sudo initctl restart datadog-agent

Debian

1. Enable HTTPS support for APT:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

2. Set up the Datadog API repo on your system and import Datadog’s APT key:

   sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://apt.datadoghq.com/ stable 6' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/datadog.list"
   sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 A2923DFF56EDA6E76E55E492D3A80E30382E94DE

   Note: You might need to install dirmngr to import Datadog’s APT key.

3. Update your local APT cache and install the Agent:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install datadog-agent

4. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

5. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

6. Start the Agent:

   sudo service datadog-agent start

Fedora

1. Set up Datadog’s Yum repo on your system by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the contents:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
          https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public

2. Update your local Yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum remove datadog-agent-base
   sudo yum install datadog-agent

3. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

5. Restart the Agent

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service

Red Hat

1. Set up Datadog’s Yum repo on your system by creating /etc/yum.repos.d/datadog.repo with the contents:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6/x86_64/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
          https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public

2. Update your local Yum repo and install the Agent:

   sudo yum makecache
   sudo yum remove datadog-agent-base
   sudo yum install datadog-agent

3. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

5. Restart the Agent:

   • Red Hat 7 and above:

     sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service

   • Red Hat 6:

     sudo initctl restart datadog-agent

Ubuntu

1. Enable HTTPS support for APT:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

2. Set up the Datadog API repo on your system and import Datadog’s APT key:

   sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://apt.datadoghq.com/ stable 6' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/datadog.list"
   sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 A2923DFF56EDA6E76E55E492D3A80E30382E94DE

   Note: You might need to install dirmngr to import Datadog’s APT key.

3. Update your local APT cache and install the Agent:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install datadog-agent

4. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

5. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled.:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

6. Start the Agent:

   • Ubuntu 16.04 or higher:

     sudo systemctl start datadog-agent

   • Ubuntu 14.04 or lower:

     sudo initctl start datadog-agent

SUSE

1. Set up Datadog’s Yum repo on your system by creating /etc/zypp/repos.d/datadog.repo with the contents:

   [datadog]
   name=Datadog, Inc.
   enabled=1
   baseurl=https://yum.datadoghq.com/suse/stable/6/x86_64
   type=rpm-md
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=0
   gpgkey=https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
        https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public

2. Update your local Zypper repo and install the Agent:

   sudo zypper refresh
   sudo rpm --import https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY.public
   sudo rpm --import https://yum.datadoghq.com/DATADOG_RPM_KEY_E09422B3.public
   sudo zypper install datadog-agent

3. Copy the example configuration into place and plug in your API key:

   sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: <YOUR_API_KEY>/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml"

4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled:

   sudo -u dd-agent -- datadog-agent import /etc/dd-agent/ /etc/datadog-agent/

5. Re-start the Agent:

   sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service

Download the latest version available and run the installation package.

Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled.:

datadog-agent import <OLD_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY> <DESTINATION_DIRECTORY>

With:

• <OLD_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY> is the directory containing the datadog.conf file
• <DESTINATION_DIRECTORY> is the directory where the imported datadog.yaml is written (you can use the same directory as <OLD_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY>).

Note: datadog.conf is automatically upgraded to datadog.yaml on upgrade.

1. Download the DMG package of the latest Agent version. Use the latest macOS release listed on the [release page][9] of the repository.
2. Install the DMG package.
3. Add your API key to /opt/datadog-agent/etc/datadog.yaml.
4. Transition your Agent configuration paths and formats from Agent v5 to Agent v6, with the import command. The command parses an existing v5 datadog.conf and converts the configuration options to the new v6 datadog.yaml format. It also copies configuration files for checks that are currently enabled: datadog-agent import /opt/datadog-agent/etc/ /opt/datadog-agent/etc/

Then start the Datadog Agent application (once started, you should see it in the system tray), and manage the Agent from there. Agent v6 includes a web-based GUI to edit the Agent configuration files and much more.

https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/releases