Agent 6 is the latest major version of the Datadog Agent. The big difference between Agent 5 and Agent 6 is that Agent 6 is a complete rewrite of the core Agent in Golang. Don’t worry! We still support Python checks.
To install the Agent you can either upgrade from an older version, or start fresh with a new installation - in both cases, please refer to the official documentation for your system. If you want to go back to version 5.x, please follow the instructions about how to downgrade.
There are a number of differences between the old major version of the Agent and the new one, please refer to:
- the doc on the general Agent changes
- the doc on the differences in the Agent config options
- the list of Agent 5 features that are not ported to Agent 6
If you need to retrieve secrets at run-time, please read this document.
Agent 6 is currently available on these platforms:
| System | Supported version |
|---|---|
| Debian x86_64 | version 7 (wheezy) and above (SysVinit support in agent >=6.6.0) |
| Ubuntu x86_64 | version 12.04 and above |
| RedHat/CentOS x86_64 | version 6 and above |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux x86_64 | version 11 SP4 and above (we do not support SysVinit) |
| MacOS | 10.12 and above |
| Windows Server 64-bit | 2008 R2 and above |
| Docker | Version 1.12 and higher |
| Kubernetes | Version 1.3 and higher |