Agent Installation

The Infrastructure Agent is lightweight software that runs on your hosts and sends events and metrics to Middleware. It collects system- and process-level data in real time, giving you detailed insight into host performance and behaviour — and it is what every other part of Middleware builds on.

Choose your platform#

The same Infra Agent, packaged for each place it runs. Pick the one that matches where your services live.

Hosts3

Install directly on a server, VM or workstation.

LinuxRuns as a system service on DEB- and RPM-based distributions.WindowsRuns as a Windows service, collecting host metrics and event logs.macOSCollects host and process metrics from macOS machines.

Containers & orchestration3

Run the agent alongside the workloads it monitors.

KubernetesDeploys as a DaemonSet so every node in the cluster reports.DockerRuns as a container next to your workloads and reads the Docker socket.Amazon ECSCollects metrics from your ECS clusters, services and tasks.

Platform as a service1

For managed runtimes where you do not control the host.

HerokuRuns inside your dynos to report host and application metrics.

Why a host agent

Agents are the most secure and complete way to collect data from your infrastructure.

Secure and lightweightOperates inside the trusted boundary of the host, with minimal impact on system resources.

Flexible collectionConfigure, customise and extend it to collect from every supported integration — including tools without a usable API.

Frequently asked questions#

Asked before installing the agent on any platform.