This page details the configuration options supported in Agent version 6 or later compared to version 5. If you don't see a configuration option listed here, this might mean:
- The option is supported as it is, in this case you can find it in the example file
- The option refers to a feature that's currently under development
- The option refers to a feature that's scheduled but will come later
Orchestration has now been deferred to OS facilities wherever possible. To this purpose
we now rely on upstart/systemd on linux environments and windows services on Windows.
Enabling the APM and Process agents bundled with the agent can now be achieved via
configuration flags defined in the main configuration file: datadog.yaml.
To enable the process agent add the following to datadog.yaml:
...
process_config:
enabled: true
...
To enable the trace agent add the following to datadog.yaml:
...
apm_config:
enabled: true
...
The OS-level services will be enabled by default for all agents. The agents will process the configuration and decide whether to stay up or gracefully shut down. You may decide to disable the OS-level service units, but that will require your manual intervention if you ever wish to re-enable any of the agents.
This is the list of configuration options that are either new, renamed or changed in any way.
| Old Name | New Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
proxy_host |
proxy |
Proxy settings are now expressed as a list of URIs like http://user:password@proxyurl:port, one per transport type (see the proxy section of datadog.yaml for more details). |
collect_instance_metadata |
enable_metadata_collection |
This now enabled the new metadata collection mechanism |
collector_log_file |
log_file |
|
syslog_host |
syslog_uri |
The Syslog configuration is now expressed as an URI |
syslog_pem |
Syslog configuration client certificate for TLS client validation | |
syslog_key |
Syslog configuration client private key for TLS client validation |
This is the list of configuration options that were removed in the new Agent beacause either superseded by new options or related to features that works differently from Agent version 5.
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
proxy_port |
superseded by proxy |
proxy_user |
superseded by proxy |
proxy_password |
superseded by proxy |
proxy_forbid_method_switch |
obsolete |
use_mount |
deprecated in v5 |
use_curl_http_client |
obsolete |
exclude_process_args |
deprecated feature |
check_timings |
superseded by internal stats |
dogstatsd_target |
|
dogstreams |
|
custom_emitters |
|
forwarder_log_file |
superseded by log_file |
dogstatsd_log_file |
superseded by log_file |
jmxfetch_log_file |
superseded by log_file |
syslog_port |
superseded by syslog_uri |
check_freq |
|
collect_orchestrator_tags |
feature now implemented in metadata collectors |
utf8_decoding |
|
developer_mode |
|
use_forwarder |
|
autorestart |
|
dogstream_log |
|
use_curl_http_client |
|
gce_updated_hostname |
v6 behaves like v5 with gce_updated_hostname set to true. May affect reported hostname, see doc |
collect_security_groups |
feature still available with the aws integration |