# Does performance analyzer agent start automatically?

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/does-performance-analyzer-agent-start-automatically/908>\
**Category:** Performance Analyzer\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/does-performance-analyzer-agent-start-automatically/908 "2019-06-17T07:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![worapojc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@worapojc](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/worapojc)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/does-performance-analyzer-agent-start-automatically/908/1 "2019-06-17T07:41:45Z")

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Hi team,

I can start Elasticsearch + Open Distro cluster but I cannot see the performance analyzer agent process on my host.

Do I need to start the agent manually?  
(/usr/share/eleasticsearch/plugins/opendistro\_performance\_analyzer/pa\_bin/performance-analyzer-agent)  
If yes, how to start the agent?

Or

Does the agent start automatically?

Regards,  
Worapoj

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**Author:** ![sendkb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sendkb](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/sendkb)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/does-performance-analyzer-agent-start-automatically/908/2 "2019-08-21T17:38:06Z")

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hi Worapoj,  
Can you please try out the instructions provided here [1] to start performance analyzer agent and let us know if you run into any issues

[1] - [Standalone Elasticsearch Plugin Install - Open Distro Documentation](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/install/plugins/#performance-analyzer)