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description: >-
  We support a variety of ways to collect and forward system performance metrics
  from your running instances and servers. Some of these agents also have
  plugins compatible with other 3rd party services.
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# Agents Guide

* [HG-CLI](hg-cli) (recommended)
  * An easy to use command line tool for installing and configuring agents
* [The Hosted Graphite Agent](agents-guide/the-hosted-graphite-agent)
  * Our agent made specifically for Hosted Graphite, with an easy 1-click installation
* [Telegraf](agents-guide/telegraf)
  * Our **favorite** agent because of it's many input plugins for 3rd party technologies
* [K8 Telegraf Daemon](agents-guide/k8-telegraf-daemon)
  * A quick and easy way to monitor the performance of your Kubernetes clusters
* [OpenTelemetry](agents-guide/opentelemetry)
  * A powerful and flexible observability agent that supports Graphite metric exporting
* [StatsD](agents-guide/statsd-agent)
  * Commonly used for application monitoring and can also be used as a pre-aggregator
* [collectd](agents-guide/collectd-agent)
  * A well documented agent that also supports a wide range of 3rd party plugins
* [Diamond](agents-guide/diamond)
  * A reliable agent that we use for our own internal monitoring

### Security Disclaimer

All agents we recommend for metric collection are configured to securely transmit data using your unique Hosted Graphite API key. This ensures that each data packet is authenticated and isolated to your specific environment. We prioritize security in our recommendations, selecting agents with proven records in secure data handling.

With the recommended Telegraf agent, most of their input plugins also have an **optional** TLS config for additional security measures when connecting to your internal services.

<figure><img src="https://495119770-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZtHmoGZNsmARIViZEdbz%2Fuploads%2FTXl8bgpscLQdRg5JQMsB%2Ftelegraf-tls-config.png?alt=media&#x26;token=4d3c7d39-471e-46f3-a154-7b29f0a141cb" alt=""><figcaption><p>Telegraf TLS Config</p></figcaption></figure>
