# datadog-log-agent

**Repository Path**: mirrors_DataDog/datadog-log-agent

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: datadog-log-agent
- **Description**: Old version of the log-agent, now part of https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-03

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# datadog-log-agent

## This repository is deprecated

datadog-log-agent collects logs and submits them into datadog's infrastructure.
This repository is no longer maintained as its code has been merged to [datadog-agent](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent), see [logs-agent](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/tree/master/cmd/logs) for more information.

## Structure

`logagent` reads the config files, and instanciates what's needed.
Each log line comes from a source (e.g. file, network), and then enters one of the available pipeline - _decoder -> processor -> sender -> auditor_

`Tailer` tails a file and submits data to the processors

`Listener` listens on local network and submits data to the processors

`Decoder` converts bytes arrays into messages

`Processor` updates the messages, filtering, redacting or adding metadata, and submits to the forwarder

`Forwarder` submits the messages to the intake, and notifies the auditor

`Auditor` notes that messages were properly submitted, stores offsets for agent restarts

## How to run

- `rake deps`
- `rake build`
- setup config files
- `./build/logagent --ddconfig pkg/logagent/etc/datadog.yaml --ddconfd pkg/logagent/etc/conf.d/`