The Linux System Agent gathers statistical information through certain C APIs and through the /proc virtual file system. In order to gather system metrics from a Linux machine, you must ensure that Agent Controller is running on the host you wish to monitor.
The Linux Agent has no agent specific variables, so selecting Linux System Trace in the Agents Tab will complete the launch configuration to monitor a Linux machine.
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