# Source: https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/troubleshooting/cluster-agent.md

---
title: Cluster Agent Troubleshooting
description: >-
  Troubleshoot common issues with the Datadog Cluster Agent deployment and
  configuration
breadcrumbs: Docs > Containers > Container Troubleshooting > Cluster Agent Troubleshooting
---

# Cluster Agent Troubleshooting

This document contains troubleshooting information for the following components:

- Datadog Cluster Agent
- Node Agent

## Datadog Cluster Agent{% #datadog-cluster-agent %}

To execute the troubleshooting commands for the Cluster Agent, you first need to be inside the Cluster Agent or the node-based Agent pod. For this, use:

```text
kubectl exec -it <DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_POD_NAME> -- bash
```

To see what cluster level metadata is served by the Datadog Cluster Agent, run:

```text
agent metamap
```

You should see the following result:

```text
root@datadog-cluster-agent-8568545574-x9tc9:/# agent metamap

===============
Metadata Mapper
===============

Node detected: gke-test-default-pool-068cb9c0-sf1w

  - Namespace: kube-system
      - Pod: kube-dns-788979dc8f-hzbj5
        Services: [kube-dns]
      - Pod: kube-state-metrics-5587867c9f-xllnm
        Services: [kube-state-metrics]
      - Pod: kubernetes-dashboard-598d75cb96-5khmj
        Services: [kubernetes-dashboard]

Node detected: gke-test-default-pool-068cb9c0-wntj

  - Namespace: default
      - Pod: datadog-cluster-agent-8568545574-x9tc9
        Services: [datadog-custom-metrics-server dca]

  - Namespace: kube-system
      - Pod: heapster-v1.5.2-6d59ff54cf-g7q4h
        Services: [heapster]
      - Pod: kube-dns-788979dc8f-q9qkt
        Services: [kube-dns]
      - Pod: l7-default-backend-5d5b9874d5-b2lts
        Services: [default-http-backend]
      - Pod: metrics-server-v0.2.1-7486f5bd67-v827f
        Services: [metrics-server]
```

To verify that the Datadog Cluster Agent is being queried, look for:

```text
root@datadog-cluster-agent-8568545574-x9tc9:/# tail -f /var/log/datadog/cluster-agent.log
2018-06-11 09:37:20 UTC | DEBUG | (metadata.go:40 in GetPodMetadataNames) | CacheKey: agent/KubernetesMetadataMapping/ip-192-168-226-77.ec2.internal, with 1 services
2018-06-11 09:37:20 UTC | DEBUG | (metadata.go:40 in GetPodMetadataNames) | CacheKey: agent/KubernetesMetadataMapping/ip-192-168-226-77.ec2.internal, with 1 services
```

If you are not collecting events properly, ensure that `DD_LEADER_ELECTION` and `DD_COLLECT_KUBERNETES_EVENTS` are set to `true`, as well as the proper verbs listed in the RBAC (notably, `watch events`).

If you have enabled those, check the leader election status and the `kube_apiserver` check with the following command:

```text
agent status
```

This should produce the following result:

```text
root@datadog-cluster-agent-8568545574-x9tc9:/# agent status
[...]
  Leader Election
  ===============
    Leader Election Status:  Running
    Leader Name is: datadog-cluster-agent-8568545574-x9tc9
    Last Acquisition of the lease: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:38:53 UTC
    Renewed leadership: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:41:34 UTC
    Number of leader transitions: 2 transitions
[...]
  Running Checks
  ==============
    kubernetes_apiserver
    --------------------
      Total Runs: 736
      Metrics: 0, Total Metrics: 0
      Events: 0, Total Events: 100
      Service Checks: 3, Total Service Checks: 2193
[...]
```

## Node Agent{% #node-agent %}

You can check the status of the Datadog Cluster Agent by running the Agent status command: `agent status`

If the Datadog Cluster Agent is enabled and correctly configured, you should see:

```text
[...]
 =====================
 Datadog Cluster Agent
 =====================
   - Datadog Cluster Agent endpoint detected: https://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:5005
   Successfully Connected to the Datadog Cluster Agent.
   - Running: {Major:1 Minor:0 Pre:xxx Meta:xxx Commit:xxxxx}
```

Make sure the Cluster Agent service was created before the Agents' Pods, so that the DNS is available in the environment variables:

```text
root@datadog-agent-9d5bl:/# env | grep DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT | sort
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_PORT=tcp://10.100.202.234:5005
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_PORT_5005_TCP=tcp://10.100.202.234:5005
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_PORT_5005_TCP_ADDR=10.100.202.234
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_PORT_5005_TCP_PORT=5005
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_PORT_5005_TCP_PROTO=tcp
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_SERVICE_HOST=10.100.202.234
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_SERVICE_PORT=5005
DATADOG_CLUSTER_AGENT_SERVICE_PORT_AGENTPORT=5005

root@datadog-agent-9d5bl:/# echo ${DD_CLUSTER_AGENT_AUTH_TOKEN}
DD_CLUSTER_AGENT_AUTH_TOKEN=1234****9
```

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Introducing the Datadog Cluster Agent](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/datadog-cluster-agent/)
- [Kubernetes Installation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/kubernetes/installation/)
- [Custom Integrations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/kubernetes/integrations/)