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Expand Up @@ -23,20 +23,25 @@ Before you start, make sure that you have:
The following table lists the NGINX Agent features:

{{< table "features" >}}
| Feature Name | Description | Default/Non-default |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| registration | Registering the NGINX Agent with the management plane. | Default |
| Feature Name | Description | Default/Non-default |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| registration | Registering the NGINX Agent with the management plane. | Default |
| nginx-config-async | Enable the publishing and uploading of NGINX configurations from the management plane. | Default |
| metrics | Enable collecting of NGINX metrics. | Default |
| metrics-throttle | Batch metrics before sending. | Non-default |
| metrics-sender | Reports metrics over the gRPC connection. | Non-default |
| dataplane-status | Report the health of the NGINX Instance. | Default |
| process-watcher | Observe changes to the NGINX process. | Default |
| file-watcher | Observe changes to the NGINX configuration or any changes to files on disk. | Default |
| activity-events | Send NGINX or NGINX Agent related events to the management plane. | Default |
| agent-api | Enable the NGINX Agent REST API. | Default |
| metrics | Enable collection, batching and reporting of metrics. | Default |
| metrics-collection | Enable collection of metrics. | Non-default |
| metrics-throttle | Batch metrics before sending. | Non-default |
| metrics-sender | Reports metrics over the gRPC connection. | Non-default |
| dataplane-status | Report the health of the NGINX Instance. | Default |
| process-watcher | Observe changes to the NGINX process. | Default |
| file-watcher | Observe changes to the NGINX configuration or any changes to files on disk. | Default |
| activity-events | Send NGINX or NGINX Agent related events to the management plane. | Default |
| agent-api | Enable the NGINX Agent REST API. | Default |
{{< /table >}}

{{< call-out "note" "Metrics Feature" >}}
The **metrics** feature is the equivalent of having the 3 sub-features **metrics-collection**, **metrics-throttle**, **metrics-sender** being configured.
{{< /call-out >}}

## Use cases

### Enable metrics only
Expand All @@ -53,9 +58,10 @@ The following table lists the NGINX Agent features:

```nginx
features:
- registration
- metrics
- metrics-throttle
- dataplane-status
- process-watcher
```

1. Restart the NGINX Agent service to apply the changes.
Expand All @@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ Once the steps have been completed, users will be able to view metrics data bein
- nginx-config-async
- dataplane-status
- file-watcher
- process-watcher

1. Restart the NGINX Agent service to apply the changes.

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