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Managing agents in Cloudera Edge Management

Learn about the Agent Manager, which provides a centralized view for monitoring and managing individual agents across all agent classes..

The Agent Manager view provides you with better understanding and more control over the agents in the system. The health of the agents can be easily monitored. Richer details about the agents can be retrieved. With the debug command option, live logs and configuration can be gathered without leaving Edge Flow Manager. With the property update functionality, the agent configuration can be changed through Edge Flow Manager.

To access the Agent Manager view, click Agent Manager in the left navigation.

For more information about the Agent Manager, see Managing agents in Edge Flow Manager on the Cloudera Edge Management YouTube playlist:.

Agent list

The Agent Manager displays a list of agents across agent classes and provides filtering and customization options to help you focus on relevant agents.

You can:

  • Filter agents using the available filters (for example, Status, Class Name, Flow Version, Agent ID, Last Seen)
  • Customize the table layout to display relevant columns
  • Identify agents with configuration inconsistencies (for example, manifest out of sync)

The Agent Manager provides the following information for each agent:

Status

Indicates the current state of the agent:

  • Running – The agent is active and sending heartbeats
  • Stopped – The agent is registered but not currently running
  • Missing – The agent is not sending heartbeats and is considered unavailable

Status helps you quickly identify agents that may require attention.

The Agent Manager helps you detect configuration inconsistencies at the agent level. Agents that are not aligned with the expected configuration (for example, using an outdated manifest) are indicated in the UI. You can also use the Agents with Manifest Out of Sync filter to quickly identify affected agents.

Configuration inconsistencies may occur when:

  • Updates are still in progress
  • Some agents did not receive the latest configuration
  • Synchronization across nodes is delayed

Use this view together with the Dashboard alerts to identify and resolve inconsistencies.

Class Name

Displays the agent class the agent belongs to.

Flow Version

Shows the version of the flow currently assigned to the agent.

Agent ID

Shows the unique identifier of the agent.

Last Seen

Indicates the last time the agent sent a heartbeat to Edge Flow Manager.

Sorting and filtering

You can sort data by most of the columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the column header.

To filter agents:
  1. Select a column from the filter drop-down at the top of the table.
  2. Enter a filter value.
  3. Click to apply the filter.

You can apply multiple filters across different columns to refine the results.



Items per page

Use the Items per page dropdown at the bottom of the table to control how many agents are displayed on a page.

If multiple pages are available, use the pagination controls to navigate between pages (first, previous, next, or last).

More options

Click ⋮ > View Agent Details at the end of an agent row to open the agent details pane, which provides detailed information about a selected agent, including its status, configuration, system properties, and available actions.

From here, you can:
  • View metrics
  • View alerts
  • View and assign resources
  • View and modify configurations