Sysdig Agents
Here you can quickly determine:
- Which agents are up-to-date, out-of-date, or approaching being out-of-date
- Which managed clusters have been detected in your cloud environment, but have not yet been instrumented with the Sysdig agent
- What environment the agents are running in, containerized or non-containerized
Review Environment
Select Integrations > Data Sources | Sysdig Agents.
The resulting page shows all detected nodes in your environment and the status of the agents installed on them, or not. The view shows nodes detected from previously installed agents on hosts and from connected cloud accounts.
Please note that for agents deployed in a Managed Cluster (EKS/GKE/AKS), the Cluster Name displayed will be the value retrieved from the cloud as opposed to the value configured in the agent configmap.
You can:
- See at a Glance: Quickly identify where agents are installed: by node, cluster name, or cloud account ID.
- Know the Status: Check agent connection status and age.
- Search or Filter: Narrow the view by searching or filtering on node name, cluster name, Account ID, agent version, or agent Status.
- Agent Count: View your total connected agent count over time.
- Understand Deployment Type: Check the agent breakdown per deployment type.
- Install or Troubleshoot: Link to quick steps for adding an agent or troubleshooting disconnected nodes.
Summary
The Summary panel includes counts of the following:
- Total Connected Agents: The total number of agents connected to Sysdig. This includes serverless agents, but not Cluster Shield connections.
- Containerised Connected Agents: The number of agents deployed in a containerized environment.
- Up to Date: The number of agents that are up to date and running the latest Agent version.
- Almost Out of Date: The number of agents that will be deprecated in the next release. Agent support is provided for the last three minor version releases.
- Out of Date: The number of deprecated agents.
Total Connected Agents Count
The Total Connected Agent Count chart displays the number of agents connected to Sysdig over time. The data is aggregated in 24-hour intervals. Metrics data may take up to 24 hours to appear. The count is segmented into containerized and non-containerized environments.
Understand Agent Status
| Status | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Never Connected | Cloud Accounts only. Detects nodes in a managed cluster in a cloud account connected to Sysdig, where an agent has not been deployed | Hover over the status to link to the Helm-based agent install instructions. |
| Out of date | Deprecated agent version. Agent support is provided for the last three minor version releases. | Hover over the status for information on upgrading the agent. |
| Almost out of date | On the next agent release, this agent will be deprecated. Agent support is provided for the last three minor version releases. | Hover over the status for information on upgrading the agent. |
| Disconnected | A Sysdig agent on a registered Kubernetes node lost connection to Sysdig. | Hover over the status for information on how to troubleshoot an agent installation |
| Up to date | Your agent version is up to date. | |
| Connected | The agent is connected. | This status includes agents that are Up to date, Almost out of date and Out of date. |
Understand Deployment Type
| Deployment Type | Description |
|---|---|
| host | The host agent did not detect containerized environment: virtual machine, host, bare metal server |
| host, containerised | The host agent detected the Kubernetes environment by identifying the presence of KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST environment variable. |
| fargate | Fargate Agent |
Agent version 12.18.0 or greater is required in order to show environment type (containerised/non-containerised).
Options to Add Agent
Go to Integrations > Data Sources | Sysdig Agents.
From the Summary panel, select Add Agent.
Select whether your environment is Kubernetes, Linux, Docker or Fargate.
Follow the wizard instructions.
Viewing Total Connected Agents
You can also view total connected agents from other parts of the UI. A different calculation may be used in these places.
- Subscription Page
- Sysdig Secure Home
- Sysdig Secure Integrations > Data Sources | Sysdig Agents
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