# APM Agent Monitoring

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-monitoring/377499>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** agent-explorer\
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-monitoring/377499 "2025-04-24T18:14:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![erikg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-monitoring/377499/1 "2025-04-24T18:14:48Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to monitor or check on the status of an apm agent?  
For example, a service might not be producing any traffic so no metrics are reported in, is there a way to check if the apm agent is okay and operating?

I also seen other solutions make their apm agent as a service, making it easier to check when it stopped or is running, would that be a consideration?

Thanks,  
Erik