# \#observe-agent **URL:** https://community.observeinc.com/tag/observe-agent/17.md [Latest](https://community.observeinc.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.observeinc.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.observeinc.com/tags.md) --- ## [Deploying the Observe Agent on Amazon Linux 1 Using Docker](https://community.observeinc.com/t/deploying-the-observe-agent-on-amazon-linux-1-using-docker/364)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/deploying-the-observe-agent-on-amazon-linux-1-using-docker/364 "2025-11-14T07:36:20Z")
Amazon Linux 1 does not support native installation of the Observe Agent or Fluent Bit due to missing system-level dependencies (such as systemd). The recommended and fully supported deployment method for this OS is to r… --- ## [How to scrape kube-state-metrics using Observe-Agent](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-scrape-kube-state-metrics-using-observe-agent/360)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-scrape-kube-state-metrics-using-observe-agent/360 "2025-10-31T23:19:03Z")
:bar\_chart: Scraping kube-state-metrics with the Observe Agent By Default we don’t add a job to scrape kube-state-metrics to our Observe-Agent. To monitor the state of your Kubernetes objects — like pods, deployments, a… --- ## [How to Enable cAdvisor Metrics in Observe Agent](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-enable-cadvisor-metrics-in-observe-agent/358)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-enable-cadvisor-metrics-in-observe-agent/358 "2025-10-31T22:51:15Z")
:brain: Enabling cAdvisor Metrics for Your Node Monitoring If you’re looking to monitor node- and container-level performance metrics such as CPU, memory, filesystem, and network usage, cAdvisor is your go-to. It’s built… --- ## [Observe-Agent Deploying Tip While deploying using Gitops Tools](https://community.observeinc.com/t/observe-agent-deploying-tip-while-deploying-using-gitops-tools/353)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/observe-agent-deploying-tip-while-deploying-using-gitops-tools/353 "2025-10-31T06:38:50Z")
Important: Environment Variable Overrides in Observe Agent Deployments When deploying the Observe Agent through automation tools such as GitOps, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, or CI/CD pipelines, pay close attention to how environme… --- ## [How to deploy Observe Agent in a Custom Namespace](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-deploy-observe-agent-in-a-custom-namespace/351)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-deploy-observe-agent-in-a-custom-namespace/351 "2025-10-31T06:12:53Z")
When integrating Observe into your Kubernetes cluster, the Observe Agent Helm chart typically installs into the default observe namespace. However, you might prefer to deploy it in a custom namespace (for example, observ… --- ## [How can I troubleshoot missing CPU Usage and Memory Usage in Kubernetes Explorer when using the Observe K8 Agent?](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-can-i-troubleshoot-missing-cpu-usage-and-memory-usage-in-kubernetes-explorer-when-using-the-observe-k8-agent/225)
**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-can-i-troubleshoot-missing-cpu-usage-and-memory-usage-in-kubernetes-explorer-when-using-the-observe-k8-agent/225 "2025-09-19T14:12:27Z")
When monitoring CPU and memory usage in a containerized environment, you might encounter a situation where these metrics are missing, accompanied by an error indicating a failure to connect to the /stats/summary endpoint… --- ## [How do I resolve "unable to read the file file:OBSERVE\_URL" when deploying Observe Agent?](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-do-i-resolve-unable-to-read-the-file-file-observe-url-when-deploying-observe-agent/197)
**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-do-i-resolve-unable-to-read-the-file-file-observe-url-when-deploying-observe-agent/197 "2025-09-15T21:12:33Z")
Issue Overview: Starting with Observe Agent version 2.5.0, you may encounter the following error when referencing environment variables in the otel\_config\_overrides section: Error: failed to get config: cannot resolve t… --- ## [How do I update Observe K8 Agent resourcedetection/cloud detectors?](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-do-i-update-observe-k8-agent-resourcedetection-cloud-detectors/59)
**Author:** [@varun.vemulapalli](https://community.observeinc.com/u/varun.vemulapalli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-do-i-update-observe-k8-agent-resourcedetection-cloud-detectors/59 "2025-08-27T21:53:27Z")
This guide applies to the Observe Agent (based on OpenTelemetry Collector) deployments using Helm charts, focusing on updating the resourcedetection processor to include desired detectors and exclude the eks detector to … --- ## [How to set up Jenkins integration via Observe Agent](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-jenkins-integration-via-observe-agent/55)
**Author:** [@arthurdayton](https://community.observeinc.com/u/arthurdayton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-jenkins-integration-via-observe-agent/55 "2025-08-27T21:37:36Z")
This guide demonstrates how to set up Jenkins integrations to Observe using Observe Agent and Jenkins’ OTEL Plugin This guide is meant to be a replacement for Jenkins CI/CD integration - Observability Cloud documentatio…