datadog-agent (deprecated)

Disable date: 2026-09-01

Install command: 
brew install --cask datadog-agent

Name: Datadog Agent

Monitoring and security across systems, apps, and services

https://www.datadoghq.com/

Development: Pull requests

Cask JSON API: /api/cask/datadog-agent.json

Cask code: datadog-agent.rb on GitHub

Current version: 7.78.0-1

Requirements: macOS >= 12

You will need to update /opt/datadog-agent/etc/datadog.yaml and replace
APIKEY with your api key

If you ever want to start/stop the Agent, please use the Datadog Agent App
or datadog-agent command.
It will start automatically at login, if you want to enable it at startup,
run these commands:

    sudo cp '/opt/datadog-agent/etc/com.datadoghq.agent.plist.example' /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.datadoghq.agent.plist

    sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.datadoghq.agent.plist

Versions:

Intel tahoe 7.78.0-1
sequoia 7.78.0-1
sonoma 7.78.0-1
ventura 7.78.0-1
monterey 7.78.0-1

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