# How is elastic agent gathering statistics?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-elastic-agent-gathering-statistics/352028
**Category:** Elastic Agent
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-elastic-agent-gathering-statistics/352028 "2024-01-29T18:11:51Z")
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### Author: ![aorona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aorona/32/67827_2.png) [@aorona](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aorona)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-elastic-agent-gathering-statistics/352028/1 "2024-01-29T18:11:51Z")

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Is elastic agent parsing the text output of observability tools or is it reading directly from the OS libraries and kernel interfaces?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-elastic-agent-gathering-statistics/352028/2 "2024-02-26T18:12:27Z")

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