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title: Agent Client Collector
description: The Agent Client Collector is an agent that is installed on infrastructure components. The Agent Client Collector is built on a Sensu framework which enables you to adopt and extend monitoring checks from the community. It executes commands on the machines it is installed on and sends output data to the ServiceNow instance via the MID Server, storing events and metrics in the relevant database.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-landing-page.html
release: australia
product: Agent Client Collector
classification: agent-client-collector
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [IT Operations Management]
---

# Agent Client Collector

The Agent Client Collector is an agent that is installed on infrastructure components. The Agent Client Collector is built on a Sensu framework which enables you to adopt and extend monitoring checks from the community. It executes commands on the machines it is installed on and sends output data to the ServiceNow® instance via the MID Server, storing events and metrics in the relevant database.

Watch this video for an overview of how the Agent Client Collector works.

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[Preparing for Agent Client Collector implementation\[Omitted image "bus-automated-testing-framework.svg"\] Alt text:Follow the steps described in the planning and deployment checklists to ensure successful Agent Client Collector deployment.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-preparation.md)

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[Exploring Agent Client Collector\[Omitted image "bus-automated-testing-framework.svg"\] Alt text:Analyze CI data sent to the instance, and provide data to other Agent Client Collector applications.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/exploring-agent-client-collector.md)

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[Agent Client Collector server deployment\[Omitted image "bus-server.svg"\] Alt text:Connect agents directly to the ServiceNow® cloud using a MID Server or ITOM Cloud Services \(ICS\).](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-server-deployment.md)

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[Agent Client Collector endpoint deployment \[Omitted image "bus-monitor.svg"\] Alt text:Connect agents directly to the ServiceNow® cloud using ITOM Cloud Services \(ICS\).](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-endpoint-deployment.md)

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[Agent Client Collector shared deployment\[Omitted image "bus-server.svg"\] Alt text: \[Omitted image "bus-monitor.svg"\] Alt text:Deploy selected Agent Client Collector components on both servers and endpoints.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-shared-deployment.md)

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[Agent Client Collector Log Analytics\[Omitted image "bus-log-store.svg"\] Alt text:Stream log data from Linux and Windows hosts to a ServiceNow instance.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-log-analytics.md)

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[Live CI View \[Omitted image "bus-transaction-data.svg"\] Alt text:View live data for incident related CIs to help resolve incidents.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-live-ci-view.md)

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