Google Cloud's operations suite provides the following agents for collecting metrics on Linux and Windows VM
instances.
Which agent should you choose?
Ops Agent: the primary and preferred agent for collecting telemetry from your
Compute Engine instances. This agent combines logging and metrics into a single agent,
providing YAML-based configurations for collecting your logs and metrics, and features
high-throughput logging.
Legacy Monitoring agent: gathers system and application metrics from virtual
machine instances and sends them to Cloud Monitoring. By default, the legacy
Monitoring agent collects disk, CPU, network, and process metrics. You
can configure the agent to monitor third-party applications to get the full list of
agent metrics.
If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how
Google Cloud's operations suite performs in real-world
scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and
deploy workloads.