Configuring agents

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After installation, some agents are configured and started automatically, while some agents require manual configuration but start automatically. Some agents must be configured and started manually. Multiple instance agents require creating a first instance and starting manually.

Before you begin

When you install an agent, a sample silent configuration file is placed in the /opt/ibm/apm/agent/samples directory, for example, ynv_silent_config_agent.txt and datapower_silent_config.txt.

Note: Some agents, for example Monitoring Agent for WebSphere® Applications, have multiple silent configuration files for different tasks such as configuring the data collector.

About this task

For specific deployment details for agents, see Agent and data collector deployment.

To configure an agent, you can use the command line or a silent response file as described in this procedure.

Configuration methods vary across agents; use the procedure that is provided for your agent.

Procedure

Run the agent-name.sh config command.
For more commands, see Table 2 and Table 3.
Edit the silent response file and then run one of the following commands:
- For single instance agents, run the following command:
```
agent-name.sh config response_file
```
- For multiple-instance agents, run the following command:
```
agent-name.sh config instance_name response_file
```
- where instance_name is the instance name, which can be assigned to indicate what you are monitoring.
For agents that are supported on Windows systems, you can perform certain configuration tasks by using the IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management window. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Cloud Application Performance Management. For more information, see Using the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management window on Windows systems.
To perform advanced configuration for certain agents such as configuring transaction tracking or data collection, and enabling diagnostic data, use the Agent Configuration window. For more information, see Agent Configuration page.