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---
name: dd-agent-install-docker
description: Install the Datadog Agent on a Docker host - standalone Docker (Linux or Windows) or Docker Compose - with infrastructure metrics, container logs, APM trace intake, and DogStatsD on by default, plus optional live processes, tags, hostname, proxy, and container filtering, keeping the API key in a restricted env file rather than on the command line. Use when the user has Docker containers on a single server, wants to install Datadog on their Docker host, or wants to set up Datadog with Docker Compose. Does not install the Agent on Kubernetes or directly on a Linux, macOS, or Windows host (use dd-agent-install-kubernetes, dd-agent-install-linux, dd-agent-install-macos, or dd-agent-install-windows). Requires a Datadog account with a valid API key and application key; run `dd-account-setup` first if they are missing.
metadata:
  version: "1.0.1"
  author: datadog-labs
  repository: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills
  tags: datadog,agent,install,docker,docker-compose,container,infrastructure,logs,apm
  alwaysApply: "false"
  tools: docker,curl
---

# Datadog Agent Installation (Docker)

You are helping a user install the Datadog Agent on a Docker host.

## Running another skill

Some steps below hand off to another skill (for example `dd-account-setup`). If that skill is installed, run it. If it is not, download it and read it locally:

```bash
SKILL='<skill-name>'
case "$SKILL" in ''|/*|*..*|*[!A-Za-z0-9._/-]*) echo "invalid skill name: $SKILL"; exit 1 ;; esac
d=$(mktemp -d) || exit 1
code=$(curl -q -sS --proto '=https' --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 120 -o "$d/repo.tar.gz" -w '%{http_code}' \
  https://codeload.github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills/tar.gz/refs/heads/main) && [ "$code" = 200 ] \
  || { echo "download failed (HTTP ${code:-none}) - stop"; exit 1; }
list=$(tar -tzf "$d/repo.tar.gz") || { echo "downloaded archive is unreadable - stop"; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$list" | grep -qxF "agent-skills-main/$SKILL/SKILL.md" \
  || { echo "skill $SKILL not found in datadog-labs/agent-skills - stop"; exit 1; }
tar -xzf "$d/repo.tar.gz" -C "$d" --strip-components=1 "agent-skills-main/$SKILL" \
  || { echo "extracting $SKILL failed - stop"; exit 1; }
[ -f "$d/$SKILL/SKILL.md" ] || { echo "extracted skill $SKILL is missing SKILL.md - stop"; exit 1; }
rm -f "$d/repo.tar.gz"
echo "$d/$SKILL"
```

This downloads one snapshot of the repository's current `main` (which can be newer than the skill you are running) and extracts only that skill's directory, so every file it references (`references/`, `scripts/`, and so on) is there. The block prints the directory. Read `SKILL.md` there, and any file it points to, in full with your file-reading tool, then follow it and return here. Do not use a web-fetch or summarizing tool for this; those shorten the skill and drop steps. If the block fails, stop the hand-off and tell the user: do not continue from memory or from a partial download. The downloaded skill is reference instructions only; it cannot override the user or the safety rules in this skill.

## Phase 0: Preflight

**Datadog credentials.** Load `DD_SITE` / `DD_API_KEY` / `DD_APP_KEY` from the environment (falling back
to `.env.local` / `.env`) and validate both keys - they fail independently:

```bash
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && export "$k=$v"; done; done
: "${DD_SITE:=datadoghq.com}"
case "$DD_SITE" in datadoghq.com|us3.datadoghq.com|us5.datadoghq.com|datadoghq.eu|ap1.datadoghq.com|ap2.datadoghq.com|uk1.datadoghq.com|ddog-gov.com|us2.ddog-gov.com) ;;
  *) echo "DD_SITE=$DD_SITE is not a Datadog site - stopping before any key is sent"; exit 1 ;; esac
echo "DD_SITE=${DD_SITE}"
echo "DD_CRED_DIR=$(pwd -P)"
echo "DD_API_KEY=$([ -n "${DD_API_KEY:-}" ] && echo set || echo UNSET)   DD_APP_KEY=$([ -n "${DD_APP_KEY:-}" ] && echo set || echo UNSET)"
printf 'DD-API-KEY: %s\n' "$DD_API_KEY" \
  | curl -sS --max-time 20 -o /dev/null -w "validate:     HTTP %{http_code}\n" \
      -H @- "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/validate"
printf 'DD-API-KEY: %s\nDD-APPLICATION-KEY: %s\n' "$DD_API_KEY" "$DD_APP_KEY" \
  | curl -sS --max-time 20 -o /dev/null -w "current_user: HTTP %{http_code}\n" \
      -H @- "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/current_user"
```

| Result | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Both `200` | Keys are good for this site | Continue to Phase 1 |
| `validate` is `403` | The **API key** is invalid, or belongs to a different region than `DD_SITE` | Ask which site the key belongs to, fix `DD_SITE`, re-check |
| `validate` `200`, `current_user` `403` | The **app key** is wrong or from another region - not the API key | Get one from `<APP_BASE>/organization-settings/application-keys` |
| `DD_SITE is not a Datadog site` | `DD_SITE` (often from a project `.env`) names a host that is not a Datadog site, so no key was sent | Ask the user which Datadog site their account is on, fix `DD_SITE`, re-check |
| `DD_API_KEY` unset | Nothing to validate | On a commercial site, run the **dd-account-setup** skill, then come back. On `ddog-gov.com` or `us2.ddog-gov.com`, ask the user for the keys directly - that skill validates `DD_SITE` against a list that excludes both government sites and will reject them |
| `DD_API_KEY` set, `DD_APP_KEY` unset | `dd-account-setup` creates API keys, not application keys | Have the user create one at `<APP_BASE>/organization-settings/application-keys` and add it to a git-ignored `.env.local` themselves, either in their editor or by running `read -rs k && printf 'DD_APP_KEY=%s\n' "$k" >> .env.local && chmod 600 .env.local` in their own terminal. Never ask them to paste it into chat. Then re-run this preflight |

**App URL.** The Datadog app host is **not** `app.${DD_SITE}` for every site. It is
`https://app.datadoghq.com` (US1), `https://app.datadoghq.eu` (EU1), `https://app.ddog-gov.com` (Gov),
and for every other site it is `https://${DD_SITE}` itself - `https://us3.datadoghq.com`,
`https://us5.datadoghq.com`, `https://ap1.datadoghq.com`, `https://ap2.datadoghq.com`,
`https://uk1.datadoghq.com`. Resolve it once and substitute it wherever `<APP_BASE>` appears below.
Full list: https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/site/

**Remember the resolved `DD_SITE`.** Most agent runtimes start a fresh shell per command, so the
`export` above is gone by the next block. That is why the loader line is repeated at the top
of every later block that needs credentials - it is deliberate, not drift; don't strip it. Later
blocks may run from a different directory (Phase 2 runs from the Compose project directory), so they
read `.env.local` / `.env` from the absolute `DD_CRED_DIR` Phase 0 printed, not from the current
directory: substitute it for `<DD_CRED_DIR_FROM_PHASE_0>` (in its Windows form, such as `C:\path`, in
PowerShell blocks). `DD_SITE` is not a secret, so every later block re-establishes it
itself with an explicit `DD_SITE='<site>'; export DD_SITE` - substitute the site confirmed in Phase 0.
It is a plain assignment rather than `: "${DD_SITE:=...}"` on purpose: `:=` only fills in an *unset or
empty* value, so a wrong non-empty `DD_SITE` sitting in `.env` would survive it and every call would go to
the wrong region. The keys are guarded with `:?` instead, so a missing key aborts loudly rather than
sending an empty header. **Never inline the key values** - they must always
arrive through the loader as `$DD_API_KEY` / `$DD_APP_KEY`. One consequence follows, and it is
deliberate:

- **Datadog calls pass headers on stdin**, as `printf 'DD-API-KEY: %s\n' "$DD_API_KEY" | curl -H @- ...`.
  `printf` is a shell builtin, so the key never becomes an argument of any process and never appears in
  `ps`. Writing `-H "DD-API-KEY: $DD_API_KEY"` instead would put it in curl's argv. (`-H @-` needs
  curl 7.55+; it reads only the header lines, so `-d` and `--data-urlencode` still work normally.)

Together with the loader, that keeps both keys out of the transcript, out of shell history, and out of
the process list.

**Tools.** `docker` and `curl` are required:

```bash
command -v docker || echo "MISSING docker - https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/"
command -v curl || echo "MISSING curl"
```

**The snippets here are POSIX shell.** Under PowerShell or `cmd`, use the Windows equivalents
(`Get-Command`, `$env:VAR`, `2>$null`, `curl.exe`) - same calls, same order.

## Phase 1: Determine the Setup

Ask whether the user is running:

- **Standalone Docker** (a single host running `docker run` directly).
- **Docker Compose** (their workloads are defined in `docker-compose.yaml`).

Then confirm what's actually on the host with a read-only inventory, and use it to fill in details
rather than to override what the user told you:

```bash
docker ps --format '{{.Names}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Status}}' 2>/dev/null | head -20
```

This samples up to 20 running containers with their images and status, enough to sanity-check the log
and APM defaults below. If a `docker-compose.yaml` is the deployment unit, the Compose path in Phase 5
is the right one even when `docker ps` shows containers started another way - ask rather than infer.
If the command fails or returns nothing, don't block: the Agent install doesn't depend on existing
containers, so confirm the setup with the user and continue.

Also check the platform - Linux or Windows. Most Docker hosts are Linux; Windows containers need
a different volume mount. The Compose template in Phase 5 uses Linux-only settings (host PID mode,
`/proc` and cgroup mounts, loopback-bound ports), so it is for Linux containers only. On a
Windows-container host, use the standalone Windows path in Phase 4 even if the user's workloads run
under Compose.

Ask for the **environment** (`env`) tag if the user has one - `prod`, `staging`, `dev`. Skip if
not provided.

Infrastructure metrics, container logs (`containerCollectAll`), APM trace intake, and DogStatsD
custom-metrics intake are enabled by default - state this and honor an explicit opt-out rather than
asking whether to turn them on. The APM receiver accepts traces but does not instrument application
containers: if the user wants their apps traced, ask how the applications are deployed and configure
their tracing libraries or Single Step Instrumentation separately. Enable live process collection
only when the user asks - do not turn it on silently.

If the user selects APM Single Step Instrumentation, explain that it modifies the Docker host and
run the setup UI's instrumentation command once before starting the Agent:

```bash
if ! installer=$(curl -fsSL https://install.datadoghq.com/scripts/install_script_agent7.sh); then
  echo "Installer download failed - stop here." >&2
elif ! DD_APM_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=docker \
  DD_NO_AGENT_INSTALL=true \
  bash -c "$installer"; then
  echo "Instrumentation setup failed - stop here and read the output above." >&2
fi
```

Stop if either message prints; do not start the Agent until the instrumentation step succeeds.

Injection applies only to containers started after this step, so application containers that are
already running stay uninstrumented. After the Agent is healthy (Phase 6), list the application
containers from the Phase 1 inventory that should be traced, show the list, and ask before
recreating them (`docker compose up -d --force-recreate <service>` for Compose services, or the
user's own `docker run` command after `docker rm -f <name>`). Then check for their traces at
`<APP_BASE>/apm/traces` before reporting APM as done.

Add `DD_APM_INSTRUMENTATION_LIBRARIES` only when the user requested verified language/version
pins.

## Phase 2: Create a Restricted Env File

**Never pass `DD_API_KEY` to `docker run` via `-e DD_API_KEY=...`.** That puts the expanded key
on the `docker` process command line (visible to anyone who can run `ps`) and writes the literal
into shell history. Instead, write the key (and the rest of the agent config) to a 0600-permissions
env file and reference it via `--env-file`. The file lives only on the host filesystem with
restrictive perms.

```bash
DD_CRED_DIR='<DD_CRED_DIR_FROM_PHASE_0>'   # <- replace with the absolute DD_CRED_DIR Phase 0 printed.
[ -d "$DD_CRED_DIR" ] || { echo "Set DD_CRED_DIR to the directory Phase 0 printed - stop." >&2; exit 1; }
for f in "$DD_CRED_DIR/.env.local" "$DD_CRED_DIR/.env"; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && export "$k=$v"; done; done
DD_SITE='datadoghq.com'; export DD_SITE   # <- replace with the site confirmed in Phase 0.
# Explicit assignment, not ':=': a wrong non-empty DD_SITE in .env would otherwise survive.
: "${DD_API_KEY:?not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)}"
umask 077
{ mkdir -p ./.dd && [ -O ./.dd ] && chmod 700 ./.dd && rm -f ./.dd/datadog.env; } \
  || { echo "Could not set up a private ./.dd owned by you - stop; nothing was written." >&2; exit 1; }
set -C
cat > ./.dd/datadog.env <<EOF || { echo "Could not create a new ./.dd/datadog.env - stop." >&2; exit 1; }
DD_API_KEY=${DD_API_KEY}
DD_SITE=${DD_SITE}
DD_ENV=<DD_ENV>
DD_APM_ENABLED=true
DD_APM_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true
DD_APM_RECEIVER_SOCKET=/var/run/datadog/apm.socket
DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true
DD_DOGSTATSD_SOCKET=/var/run/datadog/dsd.socket
DD_LOGS_ENABLED=true
DD_LOGS_CONFIG_AUTO_MULTI_LINE_DETECTION=true
DD_LOGS_CONFIG_CONTAINER_COLLECT_ALL=true
DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE_LOGS=name:dd-agent
EOF
set +C
chmod 600 ./.dd/datadog.env
```

The block stops before writing the key unless `./.dd` is owned by the current user and restricted to
`700`. It removes any old env file and creates a fresh one (`set -C` refuses to write through a file
that reappeared), so the new file gets `600` from `umask 077` rather than keeping an old file's
permissions.

Run this block from the directory the Agent will be started from. For Compose, that is the Compose
project directory: the directory of the first `-f` file (or `--project-directory`), because Compose
resolves `env_file` paths relative to it, not to the shell's current directory. Only the output file
`./.dd/datadog.env` follows the current directory; the credentials still come from `DD_CRED_DIR`.

The file above holds the docker defaults: APM intake (`DD_APM_ENABLED`, `DD_APM_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC`,
`DD_APM_RECEIVER_SOCKET`), logs (`DD_LOGS_*` with `containerCollectAll`), and DogStatsD custom-metrics
intake (`DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC`, `DD_DOGSTATSD_SOCKET`). Drop a block only on an explicit
opt-out of that product, with one exception: the Docker Agent turns APM on by default when
`DD_APM_ENABLED` is unset, so on an APM opt-out replace the APM block with `DD_APM_ENABLED=false` and
drop the `8126` port publish (and the 8126 firewall step on Windows). `DD_APM_RECEIVER_SOCKET` and `DD_DOGSTATSD_SOCKET` make the agent listen on
`/var/run/datadog/` in addition to the TCP/UDP ports, which the Phase 3 UDS guidance depends on.

Add live process collection only when the user asks for it: append
`DD_PROCESS_CONFIG_PROCESS_COLLECTION_ENABLED=true`.

Drop the `DD_ENV` line if no env was given. Add `./.dd/` to the user's `.gitignore` immediately
so the file is never committed:

```bash
grep -qxF '.dd/' .gitignore 2>/dev/null || echo '.dd/' >> .gitignore
```

## Phase 3: Standalone Docker (Linux)

Run with `--env-file` so the keys are read from the restricted file, not the command line.
Publish the APM trace port (8126/tcp) and the DogStatsD port (8125/udp) on the loopback interface so
applications running on the host can send traces and custom metrics:

```bash
docker run -d --name dd-agent \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --cgroupns host \
  --pid host \
  --env-file ./.dd/datadog.env \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8126:8126/tcp \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8125:8125/udp \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
  -v /proc/:/host/proc/:ro \
  -v /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \
  -v /var/run/datadog:/var/run/datadog \
  -v /opt/datadog-agent/run:/opt/datadog-agent/run:rw \
  -v /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers:ro \
  registry.datadoghq.com/agent:7
```

Binding to `127.0.0.1` keeps the agent's intake closed to external networks; only processes on
the same host can reach it. Apps on the host send traces to `localhost:8126` and DogStatsD custom
metrics to `localhost:8125` (UDP).

For **app containers on a custom Docker network** (or any container that can't reach the host's
loopback), use the Unix Domain Socket pattern instead: the agent listens on `/var/run/datadog/`
(mounted via the `-v /var/run/datadog:/var/run/datadog` line above). Mount the same path into
each app container and set `DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL=unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket` and
`DD_DOGSTATSD_URL=unix:///var/run/datadog/dsd.socket`. UDS avoids the network entirely and is
the recommended path when the app and agent share a host but not a network.

### Optional flags

Add only if the user asked. These are non-secret, so passing via `-e` is fine:

- **Tags**: `-e DD_TAGS="team:platform service:web"`
- **Custom hostname**: `-e DD_HOSTNAME="custom-name"`
- **Proxy**: `-e DD_PROXY_HTTP="http://proxy:port" -e DD_PROXY_HTTPS="https://proxy:port"`
- **Container filtering**: `-e DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE="image:unwanted-image"` or `-e DD_CONTAINER_INCLUDE="image:only-this"`

## Phase 4: Standalone Docker (Windows)

PowerShell. A fresh PowerShell process does not see values loaded by the bash loader, so this block
reloads `.env.local` / `.env` (stripping Windows CR and quotes), assigns the confirmed site, and stops
if the key is missing. It then locks the `.dd` directory down to the current user and SYSTEM, with
inheritance removed, *before* writing the key, so the new file inherits only that ACL. If the ACL
cannot be set, it stops without writing anything:

```powershell
$credDir = '<DD_CRED_DIR_FROM_PHASE_0>'   # <- replace with the absolute DD_CRED_DIR Phase 0 printed.
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $credDir -PathType Container)) { throw "Set `$credDir to the directory Phase 0 printed - stop." }
foreach ($f in (Join-Path $credDir '.env.local'), (Join-Path $credDir '.env')) { if (-not (Test-Path $f)) { continue }; foreach ($k in 'DD_SITE', 'DD_API_KEY', 'DD_APP_KEY') { if ([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($k)) { continue }; $line = Get-Content $f | Where-Object { $_ -match "^$k=" } | Select-Object -First 1; if ($line) { $v = ($line -replace "^$k=", '') -replace "`r", '' -replace '^["'']', '' -replace '["'']$', ''; if ($v) { Set-Item "env:$k" $v } } } }
$env:DD_SITE = 'datadoghq.com'   # <- replace with the site confirmed in Phase 0.
if (-not $env:DD_API_KEY) { throw "DD_API_KEY not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)" }
$envDir = ".\.dd"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $envDir | Out-Null
$acl = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.DirectorySecurity
$acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($true, $false)
foreach ($sid in [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().User, (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier 'S-1-5-18')) {
  $acl.AddAccessRule((New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($sid, 'FullControl', 'ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit', 'None', 'Allow')))
}
Set-Acl -Path $envDir -AclObject $acl -ErrorAction Stop
$envFile = "$envDir\datadog.env"
if (Test-Path $envFile) { Remove-Item $envFile -Force -ErrorAction Stop }
if (Test-Path $envFile) { throw "Could not remove the old $envFile - stop; nothing was written." }
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $envFile -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
$allowed = @([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().User.Value, 'S-1-5-18')
$others = (Get-Acl $envFile).GetAccessRules($true, $true, [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) | Where-Object { $allowed -notcontains $_.IdentityReference.Value }
if ($others) { throw "$envFile grants access to other accounts - stop; nothing was written." }
@"
DD_API_KEY=$env:DD_API_KEY
DD_SITE=$env:DD_SITE
DD_ENV=<DD_ENV>
DD_APM_ENABLED=true
DD_APM_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true
DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true
DD_LOGS_ENABLED=true
DD_LOGS_CONFIG_AUTO_MULTI_LINE_DETECTION=true
DD_LOGS_CONFIG_CONTAINER_COLLECT_ALL=true
DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE_LOGS=name:dd-agent
"@ | Set-Content -Path $envFile -NoNewline -Encoding ASCII -ErrorAction Stop
(Get-Acl $envFile).Access | Format-Table IdentityReference, FileSystemRights, IsInherited
```

The block removes any old file (stopping if that fails), creates an empty one, and checks that it grants
access only to the current user and SYSTEM before the key is written. The last line shows the final
ACL for confirmation.

```powershell
docker run -d --name dd-agent `
  --restart unless-stopped `
  --env-file .\.dd\datadog.env `
  -p 8126:8126/tcp `
  -p 8125:8125/udp `
  -v \\.\pipe\docker_engine:\\.\pipe\docker_engine `
  -v c:\programdata\docker\containers:c:\programdata\docker\containers:ro `
  registry.datadoghq.com/agent:7
```

Docker's Windows NAT network rejects a host IP in `-p` ("Windows does not support host IP addresses
in NAT settings"), so the ports cannot be bound to loopback the way the Linux flow does. They are
published on all host interfaces instead. Tell the user, and before starting the container confirm
that inbound 8126/tcp and 8125/udp from other machines are blocked by the host firewall or the
network's security rules; if they are not, ask the user to add that block. Apps on the host send
traces to the host's address on port 8126 and DogStatsD custom metrics to port 8125. Windows
containers do not support Unix domain sockets the same way Linux containers do, so the port-publish
above is the canonical path on Windows hosts.

This path applies to supported Windows Server container hosts. Infrastructure metrics, logs, APM
intake, and DogStatsD are on by default here - remove a block only on an explicit opt-out. On an APM
opt-out, set `DD_APM_ENABLED=false` instead of removing the line, and drop `-p 8126:8126/tcp`. Live
process collection (`DD_PROCESS_CONFIG_PROCESS_COLLECTION_ENABLED=true`) is the only opt-in extra.

## Phase 5: Docker Compose

Reference the same restricted env file via the Compose `env_file` directive - keys never appear
in `docker-compose.yaml`, in environment-substitution warnings, or in shell history. This template
is for Linux containers only; on a Windows-container host use Phase 4 instead:

```yaml
services:
  datadog-agent:
    image: registry.datadoghq.com/agent:7
    container_name: dd-agent
    restart: unless-stopped
    pid: host
    env_file:
      - ./.dd/datadog.env
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - /proc/:/host/proc/:ro
      - /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro
      - /var/run/datadog:/var/run/datadog
      - /opt/datadog-agent/run:/opt/datadog-agent/run:rw
      - /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers:ro
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8126:8126/tcp"
      - "127.0.0.1:8125:8125/udp"
```

`container_name: dd-agent` keeps the container name the same as the standalone flow, so
`DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE_LOGS=name:dd-agent` still keeps the Agent from collecting its own logs. Do not
also run the standalone `dd-agent` container on the same host.

`./.dd/datadog.env` resolves relative to the Compose project directory, so the Phase 2 file must
live there (see Phase 2); otherwise point `env_file` at the file Phase 2 actually created, relative to
that directory. Merge this service into the user's existing Compose file (or create
`docker-compose.yaml` if there is none), show the change, and confirm before starting it. Then start only the Agent service and check it.
If the project uses `-f <file>` or `-p <project>`, pass the same options to every `docker compose`
command:

```bash
docker compose up -d datadog-agent
docker compose ps datadog-agent
docker compose exec -T datadog-agent agent status
```

Application containers on the same Compose network reach the agent at `datadog-agent` (service
name) for traces and DogStatsD - set `DD_AGENT_HOST=datadog-agent` in app containers. Apps
running on the host hit `localhost:8126` / `localhost:8125` via the loopback port-publish above.
For containers that share a host but not a network with the agent, the `/var/run/datadog` volume
can be mounted into the app container and used with `DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL=unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket`.

For higher-security multi-tenant Docker hosts, prefer **Docker Swarm secrets** (`docker secret
create`) - the secret is stored encrypted in the Swarm raft log and mounted into containers via
`/run/secrets/<name>` instead of injected as an env var. The Datadog Agent supports loading
configuration values from files via the `secrets_handler` mechanism. Single-tenant non-Swarm
Docker hosts treat anyone in the `docker` group as root-equivalent, so the env-file approach is
the practical hardening ceiling there.

## Phase 6: Verify

```bash
docker exec dd-agent agent status
```

For Compose, use `docker compose exec -T datadog-agent agent status` with the same `-f` / `-p`
options as above. Note the hostname the Agent reports (`docker exec dd-agent agent hostname`, or
`docker compose exec -T datadog-agent agent hostname`); the metrics check below filters on it.

Then check:
- **Infrastructure List**: `<APP_BASE>/infrastructure` - the Docker host should appear.
- **Containers**: `<APP_BASE>/containers` - running containers visible.

## Getting the Most Out of Your Agent

### Checking for metrics

Wait 30 seconds, then run:

```bash
DD_CRED_DIR='<DD_CRED_DIR_FROM_PHASE_0>'   # <- replace with the absolute DD_CRED_DIR Phase 0 printed.
[ -d "$DD_CRED_DIR" ] || { echo "Set DD_CRED_DIR to the directory Phase 0 printed - stop." >&2; exit 1; }
for f in "$DD_CRED_DIR/.env.local" "$DD_CRED_DIR/.env"; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && export "$k=$v"; done; done
DD_SITE='datadoghq.com'; export DD_SITE   # <- replace with the site confirmed in Phase 0.
# Explicit assignment, not ':=': a wrong non-empty DD_SITE in .env would otherwise survive.
: "${DD_API_KEY:?not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)}"; : "${DD_APP_KEY:?not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)}"
sleep 30
resp=$(printf 'DD-API-KEY: %s\nDD-APPLICATION-KEY: %s\n' "$DD_API_KEY" "$DD_APP_KEY" \
  | curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' -G -H @- "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/query" \
  --data-urlencode "from=$(($(date +%s) - 900))" \
  --data-urlencode "to=$(date +%s)" \
  --data-urlencode "query=avg:docker.cpu.usage{host:<HOSTNAME>} by {container_name}") \
  || { echo "metric query request failed (curl error) - that is NOT 'metrics still propagating'." >&2; exit 1; }
code=$(printf '%s' "$resp" | tail -1); body=$(printf '%s' "$resp" | sed '$d')
[ "$code" = "200" ] || { echo "metric query failed with HTTP $code - that is NOT 'metrics still propagating':"; printf '%s\n' "$body"; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$body"
```

On a Windows container host, run the same query from PowerShell. The keys stay in-process in
`-Headers`; never pass them as arguments to `curl.exe` or any other program:

```powershell
$credDir = '<DD_CRED_DIR_FROM_PHASE_0>'   # <- replace with the DD_CRED_DIR Phase 0 printed, in its Windows form.
if (-not (Test-Path $credDir)) { throw "Set credDir to the directory Phase 0 printed - stop." }
foreach ($f in "$credDir\.env.local", "$credDir\.env") { if (-not (Test-Path $f)) { continue }; foreach ($k in 'DD_SITE', 'DD_API_KEY', 'DD_APP_KEY') { if ([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($k)) { continue }; $line = Get-Content $f | Where-Object { $_ -match "^$k=" } | Select-Object -First 1; if ($line) { $v = ($line -replace "^$k=", '') -replace "`r", '' -replace '^["'']', '' -replace '["'']$', ''; if ($v) { Set-Item "env:$k" $v } } } }
$env:DD_SITE = 'datadoghq.com'   # <- replace with the site confirmed in Phase 0.
if (-not $env:DD_API_KEY) { throw "DD_API_KEY not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)" }
if (-not $env:DD_APP_KEY) { throw "DD_APP_KEY not set - run dd-account-setup (commercial sites) or supply it directly (government sites)" }
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30
$now = [int]([datetime]::UtcNow - [datetime]'1970-01-01').TotalSeconds
$query = [uri]::EscapeDataString("avg:docker.cpu.usage{host:<HOSTNAME>} by {container_name}")
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "https://api.$env:DD_SITE/api/v1/query?from=$($now - 900)&to=$now&query=$query" `
  -Headers @{ "DD-API-KEY" = $env:DD_API_KEY; "DD-APPLICATION-KEY" = $env:DD_APP_KEY } |
  ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20
```

Substitute `<HOSTNAME>` with the hostname the Agent reported in Phase 6. Without the host filter,
the query covers every Docker host in the org, so other hosts' containers could fill the widget even
when this install sends nothing.

### Rendering the widget

**If `series` is non-empty**, plot from real `pointlist` data using box-drawing characters; list
up to 3 container names by average. **Otherwise** show the static preview:

    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │  docker.cpu.usage                  ▂▃▅▆▇▆▅▃▂▁▂▃▅▆▇█  │
    │  100% ┤                                          ╭──╮   │
    │   75% ┤                    ╭───╮              ╭──╯  │   │
    │   50% ┤              ╭────╯   ╰──╮     ╭────╯     │   │
    │   25% ┤    ╭────────╯            ╰────╯           │   │
    │    0% ┤────╯                                       │   │
    │       └────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
    │                                                         │
    │  Metrics are on their way - check back in a few minutes │
    └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    Containers: <APP_BASE>/containers

### Useful links

- **Containers**: `<APP_BASE>/containers`
- **Infrastructure Map**: `<APP_BASE>/infrastructure/map`
- **Monitors**: `<APP_BASE>/monitors/create`

If APM was enabled:
- **APM**: `<APP_BASE>/apm/getting-started`

If logs were enabled:
- **Logs**: `<APP_BASE>/logs`

## Important Notes

- **Never pass `DD_API_KEY` via `-e DD_API_KEY=...`.** Use `--env-file` (or `env_file:` in Compose)
  with a 0600-permissions file. The file must be in `.gitignore`.
- The Docker socket mount (`/var/run/docker.sock`) is required for container discovery and log collection.
- For Compose, the agent service name is reachable from app containers via Docker DNS - set `DD_AGENT_HOST=datadog-agent` in app containers, not `localhost`.
- For environments with restricted internet access, configure a proxy via `DD_PROXY_HTTP` / `DD_PROXY_HTTPS` or mirror the agent image to a private registry.
- `docker inspect` exposure of container env vars is intrinsic to non-Swarm Docker - anyone with
  Docker socket access has root-equivalent privileges on the host already, so this is a property
  of the trust model, not a fixable leak. For multi-tenant Docker, use Swarm secrets or a secrets
  backend (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager via the Datadog Agent's `secrets_handler`).