# dd-agent **Repository Path**: mirrors_alekstorm/dd-agent ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: dd-agent - **Description**: Datadog Agent - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: LGPL-2.1 - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: None - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 0 - **Forks**: 0 - **Created**: 2020-09-24 - **Last Updated**: 2026-05-17 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/DataDog/dd-agent.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/DataDog/dd-agent) The Datadog Agent faithfully collects events and metrics and brings them to [Datadog](https://app.datadoghq.com) on your behalf so that you can do something useful with your monitoring and performance data. You're looking at the source code right now. We provide a number of [pre-packaged binaries](https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings#agent) for your convenience. # [Change log](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-agent/wiki/Change-Log) # How to contribute code First of all and most importantly, **thank you** for sharing. If you want to submit code, please fork this repository and submit pull requests against the `master` branch. Please note that the Agent is licensed for simplicity's sake under a simplified BSD license, as indicated in the `LICENSE` file. Exceptions are marked with LICENSE-xxx where xxx is the component name. If you do **not** agree with the licensing terms and wish to contribute code nonetheless, please email us at before submitting your pull request. # How to configure the Agent If you are using packages on linux, the main configuration file lives in `/etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf`. Per-check configuration files are in `/etc/dd-agent/conf.d`. We provide an example in the same directory that you can use as a template. # How to write your own checks Writing your own checks is easy using our checks.d interface. Read more about how to use it on our [Guide to Agent Checks](http://docs.datadoghq.com/guides/agent_checks/).