Edit agent settings
This topic applies only to the following SolarWinds Platform products:
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
DPAIM — LA — NAM — NPM — SAM — SCM — SRM — VMAN*
Editing the configuration of an agent may be necessary if you experience problems and want to collect diagnostics.
- Click Settings > All Settings in the menu bar.
- Under Node & Group Management, click Manage Agents.
- Select an agent, and click Edit Settings.
Agent settings and troubleshooting options
- Agent Name: change the display name displayed in Orion.
- Communication type: displays whether the agent uses server-initiated or agent-initiated communication.
- Allow automatic agent updates: choose whether the SolarWinds Platform server can update the agent software to the latest version available.
- Troubleshooting:
- Log level: the amount of detail saved to the log.
- Diagnostics: click Collect new diagnostics, and then Download to save to your local disk. Send the zip file to our support team if requested.