Table of Agent Configuration Properties

This is the properties list supported in agent/config/agent.config.

property key	Description	System Environment Variable	Default
agent.service_name	The service name to represent a logic group providing the same capabilities/logic. Suggestion: set a unique name for every logic service group, service instance nodes share the same code, Max length is 50(UTF-8 char). Optional, once service_name follows <group name>::<logic name> format, OAP server assigns the group name to the service metadata.	SW_AGENT_NAME	Your_ApplicationName
agent.namespace	Namespace represents a subnet, such as kubernetes namespace, or 172.10..	SW_AGENT_NAMESPACE	Not set
agent.cluster	Cluster defines the physical cluster in a data center or same network segment.	SW_AGENT_CLUSTER	Not set
agent.sample_n_per_3_secs	Negative or zero means off, by default.SAMPLE_N_PER_3_SECS means sampling N TraceSegment in 3 seconds tops.	SW_AGENT_SAMPLE	Not set
agent.authentication	Authentication active is based on backend setting, see application.yml for more details.For most scenarios, this needs backend extensions, only basic match auth provided in default implementation.	SW_AGENT_AUTHENTICATION	Not set
agent.trace_segment_ref_limit_per_span	The max number of TraceSegmentRef in a single span to keep memory cost estimatable.	SW_TRACE_SEGMENT_LIMIT	500
agent.span_limit_per_segment	The max number of spans in a single segment. Through this config item, SkyWalking keep your application memory cost estimated.	SW_AGENT_SPAN_LIMIT	300
agent.ignore_suffix	If the operation name of the first span is included in this set, this segment should be ignored.	SW_AGENT_IGNORE_SUFFIX	Not set
agent.is_open_debugging_class	If true, skywalking agent will save all instrumented classes files in /debugging folder. SkyWalking team may ask for these files in order to resolve compatible problem.	SW_AGENT_OPEN_DEBUG	Not set
agent.is_cache_enhanced_class	If true, SkyWalking agent will cache all instrumented classes files to memory or disk files (decided by class cache mode), allow another java agent to enhance those classes that enhanced by SkyWalking agent. To use some Java diagnostic tools (such as BTrace, Arthas) to diagnose applications or add a custom java agent to enhance classes, you need to enable this feature.	SW_AGENT_CACHE_CLASS	false
agent.class_cache_mode	The instrumented classes cache mode: MEMORY or FILE. MEMORY: cache class bytes to memory, if instrumented classes is too many or too large, it may take up more memory. FILE: cache class bytes in /class-cache folder, automatically clean up cached class files when the application exits.	SW_AGENT_CLASS_CACHE_MODE	MEMORY
agent.instance_name	Instance name is the identity of an instance, should be unique in the service. If empty, SkyWalking agent will generate an 32-bit uuid. Default, use UUID@hostname as the instance name. Max length is 50(UTF-8 char)	SW_AGENT_INSTANCE_NAME	""
agent.instance_properties_json={"key":"value"}	Add service instance custom properties in json format.	SW_INSTANCE_PROPERTIES_JSON	Not set
agent.cause_exception_depth	How depth the agent goes, when log all cause exceptions.	SW_AGENT_CAUSE_EXCEPTION_DEPTH	5
agent.force_reconnection_period	Force reconnection period of grpc, based on grpc_channel_check_interval.	SW_AGENT_FORCE_RECONNECTION_PERIOD	1
agent.operation_name_threshold	The operationName max length, setting this value > 190 is not recommended.	SW_AGENT_OPERATION_NAME_THRESHOLD	150
agent.keep_tracing	Keep tracing even the backend is not available if this value is true.	SW_AGENT_KEEP_TRACING	false
agent.force_tls	Force open TLS for gRPC channel if this value is true.	SW_AGENT_FORCE_TLS	false
agent.ssl_trusted_ca_path	gRPC SSL trusted ca file.	SW_AGENT_SSL_TRUSTED_CA_PATH	/ca/ca.crt
agent.ssl_key_path	The private key file. Enable mTLS when ssl_key_path and ssl_cert_chain_path exist.	SW_AGENT_SSL_KEY_PATH	""
agent.ssl_cert_chain_path	The certificate file. Enable mTLS when ssl_key_path and ssl_cert_chain_path exist.	SW_AGENT_SSL_CERT_CHAIN_PATH	""
osinfo.ipv4_list_size	Limit the length of the ipv4 list size.	SW_AGENT_OSINFO_IPV4_LIST_SIZE	10
collector.grpc_channel_check_interval	grpc channel status check interval.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_GRPC_CHANNEL_CHECK_INTERVAL	30
collector.heartbeat_period	agent heartbeat report period. Unit, second.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_HEARTBEAT_PERIOD	30
collector.properties_report_period_factor	The agent sends the instance properties to the backend every collector.heartbeat_period * collector.properties_report_period_factor seconds	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES_REPORT_PERIOD_FACTOR	10
collector.backend_service	Collector SkyWalking trace receiver service addresses.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_BACKEND_SERVICES	127.0.0.1:11800
collector.grpc_upstream_timeout	How long grpc client will timeout in sending data to upstream. Unit is second.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_GRPC_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT	30 seconds
collector.get_profile_task_interval	Sniffer get profile task list interval.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_GET_PROFILE_TASK_INTERVAL	20
collector.get_agent_dynamic_config_interval	Sniffer get agent dynamic config interval	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_GET_AGENT_DYNAMIC_CONFIG_INTERVAL	20
collector.is_resolve_dns_periodically	If true, skywalking agent will enable periodically resolving DNS to update receiver service addresses.	SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_IS_RESOLVE_DNS_PERIODICALLY	false
logging.level	Log level: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF. Default is info.	SW_LOGGING_LEVEL	INFO
logging.file_name	Log file name.	SW_LOGGING_FILE_NAME	skywalking-api.log
logging.output	Log output. Default is FILE. Use CONSOLE means output to stdout.	SW_LOGGING_OUTPUT	FILE
logging.dir	Log files directory. Default is blank string, means, use “{theSkywalkingAgentJarDir}/logs " to output logs. {theSkywalkingAgentJarDir} is the directory where the skywalking agent jar file is located	SW_LOGGING_DIR	""
logging.resolver	Logger resolver: PATTERN or JSON. The default is PATTERN, which uses logging.pattern to print traditional text logs. JSON resolver prints logs in JSON format.	SW_LOGGING_RESOLVER	PATTERN
logging.pattern	Logging format. There are all conversion specifiers:   * %level means log level.   * %timestamp means now of time with format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss:SSS.   * %thread means name of current thread.   * %msg means some message which user logged.   * %class means SimpleName of TargetClass.   * %throwable means a throwable which user called.   * %agent_name means agent.service_name. Only apply to the PatternLogger.	SW_LOGGING_PATTERN	%level %timestamp %thread %class : %msg %throwable
logging.max_file_size	The max size of log file. If the size is bigger than this, archive the current file, and write into a new file.	SW_LOGGING_MAX_FILE_SIZE	300 * 1024 * 1024
logging.max_history_files	The max history log files. When rollover happened, if log files exceed this number,then the oldest file will be delete. Negative or zero means off, by default.	SW_LOGGING_MAX_HISTORY_FILES	-1
statuscheck.ignored_exceptions	Listed exceptions would not be treated as an error. Because in some codes, the exception is being used as a way of controlling business flow.	SW_STATUSCHECK_IGNORED_EXCEPTIONS	""
statuscheck.max_recursive_depth	The max recursive depth when checking the exception traced by the agent. Typically, we don’t recommend setting this more than 10, which could cause a performance issue. Negative value and 0 would be ignored, which means all exceptions would make the span tagged in error status.	SW_STATUSCHECK_MAX_RECURSIVE_DEPTH	1
correlation.element_max_number	Max element count in the correlation context.	SW_CORRELATION_ELEMENT_MAX_NUMBER	3
correlation.value_max_length	Max value length of each element.	SW_CORRELATION_VALUE_MAX_LENGTH	128
correlation.auto_tag_keys	Tag the span by the key/value in the correlation context, when the keys listed here exist.	SW_CORRELATION_AUTO_TAG_KEYS	""
jvm.buffer_size	The buffer size of collected JVM info.	SW_JVM_BUFFER_SIZE	60 * 10
buffer.channel_size	The buffer channel size.	SW_BUFFER_CHANNEL_SIZE	5
buffer.buffer_size	The buffer size.	SW_BUFFER_BUFFER_SIZE	300
profile.active	If true, skywalking agent will enable profile when user create a new profile task. Otherwise disable profile.	SW_AGENT_PROFILE_ACTIVE	true
profile.max_parallel	Parallel monitor segment count	SW_AGENT_PROFILE_MAX_PARALLEL	5
profile.duration	Max monitor segment time(minutes), if current segment monitor time out of limit, then stop it.	SW_AGENT_PROFILE_DURATION	10
profile.dump_max_stack_depth	Max dump thread stack depth	SW_AGENT_PROFILE_DUMP_MAX_STACK_DEPTH	500
profile.snapshot_transport_buffer_size	Snapshot transport to backend buffer size	SW_AGENT_PROFILE_SNAPSHOT_TRANSPORT_BUFFER_SIZE	4500
meter.active	If true, the agent collects and reports metrics to the backend.	SW_METER_ACTIVE	true
meter.report_interval	Report meters interval. The unit is second	SW_METER_REPORT_INTERVAL	20
meter.max_meter_size	Max size of the meter pool	SW_METER_MAX_METER_SIZE	500
log.max_message_size	The max size of message to send to server.Default is 10 MB.	SW_GRPC_LOG_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE	10485760
plugin.mount	Mount the specific folders of the plugins. Plugins in mounted folders would work.	SW_MOUNT_FOLDERS	plugins,activations
plugin.peer_max_length	Peer maximum description limit.	SW_PLUGIN_PEER_MAX_LENGTH	200
plugin.exclude_plugins	Exclude some plugins define in plugins dir,Multiple plugins are separated by comma.Plugin names is defined in Agent plugin list	SW_EXCLUDE_PLUGINS	""
plugin.mongodb.trace_param	If true, trace all the parameters in MongoDB access, default is false. Only trace the operation, not include parameters.	SW_PLUGIN_MONGODB_TRACE_PARAM	false
plugin.mongodb.filter_length_limit	If set to positive number, the WriteRequest.params would be truncated to this length, otherwise it would be completely saved, which may cause performance problem.	SW_PLUGIN_MONGODB_FILTER_LENGTH_LIMIT	256
plugin.elasticsearch.trace_dsl	If true, trace all the DSL(Domain Specific Language) in ElasticSearch access, default is false.	SW_PLUGIN_ELASTICSEARCH_TRACE_DSL	false
plugin.springmvc.use_qualified_name_as_endpoint_name	If true, the fully qualified method name will be used as the endpoint name instead of the request URL, default is false.	SW_PLUGIN_SPRINGMVC_USE_QUALIFIED_NAME_AS_ENDPOINT_NAME	false
plugin.toolit.use_qualified_name_as_operation_name	If true, the fully qualified method name will be used as the operation name instead of the given operation name, default is false.	SW_PLUGIN_TOOLIT_USE_QUALIFIED_NAME_AS_OPERATION_NAME	false
plugin.jdbc.trace_sql_parameters	If set to true, the parameters of the sql (typically java.sql.PreparedStatement) would be collected.	SW_JDBC_TRACE_SQL_PARAMETERS	false
plugin.jdbc.sql_parameters_max_length	If set to positive number, the db.sql.parameters would be truncated to this length, otherwise it would be completely saved, which may cause performance problem.	SW_PLUGIN_JDBC_SQL_PARAMETERS_MAX_LENGTH	512
plugin.jdbc.sql_body_max_length	If set to positive number, the db.statement would be truncated to this length, otherwise it would be completely saved, which may cause performance problem.	SW_PLUGIN_JDBC_SQL_BODY_MAX_LENGTH	2048
plugin.solrj.trace_statement	If true, trace all the query parameters(include deleteByIds and deleteByQuery) in Solr query request, default is false.	SW_PLUGIN_SOLRJ_TRACE_STATEMENT	false
plugin.solrj.trace_ops_params	If true, trace all the operation parameters in Solr request, default is false.	SW_PLUGIN_SOLRJ_TRACE_OPS_PARAMS	false
plugin.light4j.trace_handler_chain	If true, trace all middleware/business handlers that are part of the Light4J handler chain for a request.	SW_PLUGIN_LIGHT4J_TRACE_HANDLER_CHAIN	false
plugin.springtransaction.simplify_transaction_definition_name	If true, the transaction definition name will be simplified.	SW_PLUGIN_SPRINGTRANSACTION_SIMPLIFY_TRANSACTION_DEFINITION_NAME	false
plugin.jdkthreading.threading_class_prefixes	Threading classes (java.lang.Runnable and java.util.concurrent.Callable) and their subclasses, including anonymous inner classes whose name match any one of the THREADING_CLASS_PREFIXES (splitted by ,) will be instrumented, make sure to only specify as narrow prefixes as what you’re expecting to instrument, (java. and javax. will be ignored due to safety issues)	SW_PLUGIN_JDKTHREADING_THREADING_CLASS_PREFIXES	Not set
plugin.tomcat.collect_http_params	This config item controls that whether the Tomcat plugin should collect the parameters of the request. Also, activate implicitly in the profiled trace.	SW_PLUGIN_TOMCAT_COLLECT_HTTP_PARAMS	false
plugin.springmvc.collect_http_params	This config item controls that whether the SpringMVC plugin should collect the parameters of the request, when your Spring application is based on Tomcat, consider only setting either plugin.tomcat.collect_http_params or plugin.springmvc.collect_http_params. Also, activate implicitly in the profiled trace.	SW_PLUGIN_SPRINGMVC_COLLECT_HTTP_PARAMS	false
plugin.httpclient.collect_http_params	This config item controls that whether the HttpClient plugin should collect the parameters of the request	SW_PLUGIN_HTTPCLIENT_COLLECT_HTTP_PARAMS	false
plugin.http.http_params_length_threshold	When COLLECT_HTTP_PARAMS is enabled, how many characters to keep and send to the OAP backend, use negative values to keep and send the complete parameters, NB. this config item is added for the sake of performance.	SW_PLUGIN_HTTP_HTTP_PARAMS_LENGTH_THRESHOLD	1024
plugin.http.http_headers_length_threshold	When include_http_headers declares header names, this threshold controls the length limitation of all header values. use negative values to keep and send the complete headers. Note. this config item is added for the sake of performance.	SW_PLUGIN_HTTP_HTTP_HEADERS_LENGTH_THRESHOLD	2048
plugin.http.include_http_headers	Set the header names, which should be collected by the plugin. Header name must follow javax.servlet.http definition. Multiple names should be split by comma.	SW_PLUGIN_HTTP_INCLUDE_HTTP_HEADERS	``(No header would be collected)
plugin.feign.collect_request_body	This config item controls that whether the Feign plugin should collect the http body of the request.	SW_PLUGIN_FEIGN_COLLECT_REQUEST_BODY	false
plugin.feign.filter_length_limit	When COLLECT_REQUEST_BODY is enabled, how many characters to keep and send to the OAP backend, use negative values to keep and send the complete body.	SW_PLUGIN_FEIGN_FILTER_LENGTH_LIMIT	1024
plugin.feign.supported_content_types_prefix	When COLLECT_REQUEST_BODY is enabled and content-type start with SUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPES_PREFIX, collect the body of the request , multiple paths should be separated by ,	SW_PLUGIN_FEIGN_SUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPES_PREFIX	application/json,text/
plugin.influxdb.trace_influxql	If true, trace all the influxql(query and write) in InfluxDB access, default is true.	SW_PLUGIN_INFLUXDB_TRACE_INFLUXQL	true
plugin.dubbo.collect_consumer_arguments	Apache Dubbo consumer collect arguments in RPC call, use Object#toString to collect arguments.	SW_PLUGIN_DUBBO_COLLECT_CONSUMER_ARGUMENTS	false
plugin.dubbo.consumer_arguments_length_threshold	When plugin.dubbo.collect_consumer_arguments is true, Arguments of length from the front will to the OAP backend	SW_PLUGIN_DUBBO_CONSUMER_ARGUMENTS_LENGTH_THRESHOLD	256
plugin.dubbo.collect_provider_arguments	Apache Dubbo provider collect arguments in RPC call, use Object#toString to collect arguments.	SW_PLUGIN_DUBBO_COLLECT_PROVIDER_ARGUMENTS	false
plugin.dubbo.provider_arguments_length_threshold	When plugin.dubbo.collect_provider_arguments is true, Arguments of length from the front will to the OAP backend	SW_PLUGIN_DUBBO_PROVIDER_ARGUMENTS_LENGTH_THRESHOLD	256
plugin.kafka.bootstrap_servers	A list of host/port pairs to use for establishing the initial connection to the Kafka cluster.	SW_KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS	localhost:9092
plugin.kafka.get_topic_timeout	Timeout period of reading topics from the Kafka server, the unit is second.	SW_GET_TOPIC_TIMEOUT	10
plugin.kafka.producer_config	Kafka producer configuration. Read producer configure to get more details. Check Kafka report doc for more details and examples.	sw_plugin_kafka_producer_config
plugin.kafka.producer_config_json	Configure Kafka Producer configuration in JSON format. Notice it will be overridden by plugin.kafka.producer_config[key], if the key duplication.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_PRODUCER_CONFIG_JSON
plugin.kafka.topic_meter	Specify which Kafka topic name for Meter System data to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_METER	skywalking-meters
plugin.kafka.topic_metrics	Specify which Kafka topic name for JVM metrics data to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_METRICS	skywalking-metrics
plugin.kafka.topic_segment	Specify which Kafka topic name for traces data to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_SEGMENT	skywalking-segments
plugin.kafka.topic_profiling	Specify which Kafka topic name for Thread Profiling snapshot to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_PROFILINGS	skywalking-profilings
plugin.kafka.topic_management	Specify which Kafka topic name for the register or heartbeat data of Service Instance to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_MANAGEMENT	skywalking-managements
plugin.kafka.topic_logging	Specify which Kafka topic name for the logging data to report to.	SW_PLUGIN_KAFKA_TOPIC_LOGGING	skywalking-logging
plugin.kafka.namespace	isolate multi OAP server when using same Kafka cluster (final topic name will append namespace before Kafka topics with - ).	SW_KAFKA_NAMESPACE	``
plugin.springannotation.classname_match_regex	Match spring beans with regular expression for the class name. Multiple expressions could be separated by a comma. This only works when Spring annotation plugin has been activated.	SW_SPRINGANNOTATION_CLASSNAME_MATCH_REGEX	All the spring beans tagged with @Bean,@Service,@Dao, or @Repository.
plugin.toolkit.log.transmit_formatted	Whether or not to transmit logged data as formatted or un-formatted.	SW_PLUGIN_TOOLKIT_LOG_TRANSMIT_FORMATTED	true
plugin.lettuce.trace_redis_parameters	If set to true, the parameters of Redis commands would be collected by Lettuce agent.	SW_PLUGIN_LETTUCE_TRACE_REDIS_PARAMETERS	false
plugin.lettuce.redis_parameter_max_length	If set to positive number and plugin.lettuce.trace_redis_parameters is set to true, Redis command parameters would be collected and truncated to this length.	SW_PLUGIN_LETTUCE_REDIS_PARAMETER_MAX_LENGTH	128
plugin.jedis.trace_redis_parameters	If set to true, the parameters of Redis commands would be collected by Jedis agent.	SW_PLUGIN_JEDIS_TRACE_REDIS_PARAMETERS	false
plugin.jedis.redis_parameter_max_length	If set to positive number and plugin.jedis.trace_redis_parameters is set to true, Redis command parameters would be collected and truncated to this length.	SW_PLUGIN_JEDIS_REDIS_PARAMETER_MAX_LENGTH	128
plugin.redisson.trace_redis_parameters	If set to true, the parameters of Redis commands would be collected by Redisson agent.	SW_PLUGIN_REDISSON_TRACE_REDIS_PARAMETERS	false
plugin.redisson.redis_parameter_max_length	If set to positive number and plugin.redisson.trace_redis_parameters is set to true, Redis command parameters would be collected and truncated to this length.	SW_PLUGIN_REDISSON_REDIS_PARAMETER_MAX_LENGTH	128
plugin.neo4j.trace_cypher_parameters	If set to true, the parameters of the cypher would be collected.	SW_PLUGIN_NEO4J_TRACE_CYPHER_PARAMETERS	false
plugin.neo4j.cypher_parameters_max_length	If set to positive number, the db.cypher.parameters would be truncated to this length, otherwise it would be completely saved, which may cause performance problem.	SW_PLUGIN_NEO4J_CYPHER_PARAMETERS_MAX_LENGTH	512
plugin.neo4j.cypher_body_max_length	If set to positive number, the db.statement would be truncated to this length, otherwise it would be completely saved, which may cause performance problem.	SW_PLUGIN_NEO4J_CYPHER_BODY_MAX_LENGTH	2048

Dynamic Configurations

All configurations above are static, if you need to change some agent settings at runtime, please read CDS - Configuration Discovery Service document for more details.