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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.

Warning

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.