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/opt/datadog-agent/embedded/bin/trace-agent

Collect events and metrics from your hosts that send data to Datadog.

From datadog-agent-7.82 7.82.3-r13 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running trace-agent --help (exit 0). permalink

The Datadog trace-agent aggregates, samples, and forwards traces to datadog submitted by tracers loaded into your application.

Usage:
  trace-agent [command] [flags]
  trace-agent [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  config      Print the runtime configuration of a running trace-agent
  help        Help about any command
  info        Gather Datadog trace-agent information.
  run         Start datadog trace-agent.
  version     Print the version info

Flags:
  -c, --config string        path to directory containing datadog.yaml (default "/etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml")
  -l, --cpu-profile string   enables CPU profiling and specifies profile path.
  -h, --help                 help for trace-agent
  -m, --mem-profile string   enables memory profiling and specifies profile.
  -p, --pidfile string       path for the PID file to be created

Use "trace-agent [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --config stringpath to directory containing datadog.yaml (default "/etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml")help
-l, --cpu-profile stringenables CPU profiling and specifies profile path.help
-h, --helphelp for trace-agenthelp
-m, --mem-profile stringenables memory profiling and specifies profile.help
-p, --pidfile stringpath for the PID file to be createdhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.