Configuration file of the Universal Profiling Agent

The Universal Profiling Agent can be configured using a configuration file. Specify the path to the configuration file using the CLI argument -config. The default path for the configuration file is /etc/Elastic/universal-profiling/pf-host-agent.conf.

The expected format of the configuration file is a plaintext file, where each line holds one option.

Example:

			project-id: 73
secret-token: abc123
collection-agent: example.com:443

		

Warning

Command line arguments to the Universal Profiling Agent take precedence over environment variables, and environment variables take precedence over the configuration file.

Config file option	Type	Example	Description
verbose	bool	verbose: true	Run the Universal Profiling Agent in verbose mode.
no-kernel-version-check	bool	no-kernel-version-check: true	Disable the kernel version check. See Override kernel version check for more details.
tags	string	tags: 'cloud_region:us-central1;env:staging'	Set specific tags. See Tag data for querying for more details.
project-id	uint	project-id: 73	Splits profiling data into logical groups that you control. You can assign any non-zero, unsigned integer ⇐ 4095.
secret-token	string	secret-token: abc123	Set the secret token for communicating with the Universal Profiling Collector to abc123.
collection-agent	string	collection-agent: example.com:443	Set the destination for reporting profiling information to example.com:443.
probabilistic-interval	duration	probabilistic-interval: 2m30s	Set the probabilistic interval to 2m30s. See Probabilistic profiling for more details.
probabilistic-threshold	uint	probabilistic-threshold: 50	Set the probabilistic threshold to 50. See Probabilistic profiling for more details.