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Environment variables to configure the Universal Profiling Agent

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Environment variables to configure the Universal Profiling Agent

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The Universal Profiling Agent can be configured with environment variables.

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

Environment variable Example Description

PRODFILER_VERBOSE

PRODFILER_VERBOSE=true

Run the Universal Profiling Agent in verbose mode.

PRODFILER_NO_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK

PRODFILER_NO_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK=true

Disable the kernel version check. See Override kernel version check for more details.

PRODFILER_TAGS

PRODFILER_TAGS="cloud_region:us-central1;env:staging"

Set specific tags. See Tag data for querying for more details.

PRODFILER_PROJECT_ID

PRODFILER_PROJECT_ID=73

Set project ID to 73.

PRODFILER_SECRET_TOKEN

PRODFILER_SECRET_TOKEN=my_secret_token

Set the secret token to my_secret_token.

PRODFILER_COLLECTION_AGENT

PRODFILER_COLLECTION_AGENT=example.com:443

Set the destination for reporting profiling information to example.com:443.

PRODFILER_PROBABILISTIC_THRESHOLD

PRODFILER_PROBABILISTIC_THRESHOLD=50

Set the probabilistic threshold to 50. See Probabilistic profiling for more details.

PRODFILER_PROBABILISTIC_INTERVAL

PRODFILER_PROBABILISTIC_INTERVAL=2m30s

Set the probabilistic interval to 2m30s. See Probabilistic profiling for more details.

PRODFILER_CONFIG

PRODFILER_CONFIG=/etc/Elastic/universal-profiling/pf-host-agent.conf

Set the path for the configuration file of the Universal Profiling Agent. See Configuration file of the Universal Profiling Agent for more details.
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