The present repository contains the source code of the Datadog Agent version 6, currently in beta. Please refer to the beta docs for more informations about the status of the project, the limitations and how to install the latest version of the Agent.
Note: the source code of the stable Datadog Agent 5 is located in the dd-agent repository.
To build the Agent you need:
- Go 1.9.2 or later.
- Python 2.7 along with development libraries.
- Invoke, you can install it via
pip install invokeor via Homebrew on OSX/macOS withbrew install pyinvoke.
Builds and tests are orchestrated with invoke, type invoke --list on a shell
to see the available tasks.
To start working on the Agent, you can build the master branch:
- checkout the repo:
git clone https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent. - cd into the project folder:
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent. - install project's dependencies:
invoke deps. Make sure that$GOPATH/binis in your$PATHotherwise this step might fail. - build the whole project with
invoke agent.build --build-exclude=snmp
Please refer to the Agent Developer Guide for more details.
To start the agent type agent start from the bin/agent folder, it will take
care of adjusting paths and run the binary in foreground.
You need to provide a valid API key. You can either use the config file or overwrite it with the environment variable like:
DD_API_KEY=12345678990 ./bin/agent/agent -c bin/agent/dist/datadog.yaml
The general documentation of the project (including instructions on the Beta builds, Agent installation, development, etc) is located under the docs directory of the present repo.
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