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title: "How to create a Linux Data Collector"
slug: "how-to-create-a-linux-data-collector"
updated: 2025-07-03T12:16:52Z
published: 2025-07-03T12:16:52Z
canonical: "support.controlup.com/how-to-create-a-linux-data-collector"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# How to create a Linux Data Collector

End of Support - Linux Data CollectorsFrom release version 9.0.5, we will end support for Linux Data Collectors in the ControlUp Real-Time Console. While you won't be able to create new SSH connections to Linux from the Console, current connections will continue to work. Note that you won't be able to edit the current settings. To install the Edge DX Agent onto Linux devices, see [here](https://support.controlup.com/docs/edge-dx-agent-distribution-and-installation-for-linux).

1. Open the ControlUp Real-Time DX Console, **Home** ribbon bar > **Linux Data Collector**. ![Add Linux Data Collector window.](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/LinuxDC.png)NoteAlternatively, you can open this window from the Organization Tree. To do so, from the context menu of the organization or, if other LDCs already exist in your organization, from the **Linux Data Collectors** container object, select **Add** > **Linux Data Collector**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-1638885040943.png)

1. Under **Name**, enter a name for the LDC.  
NoteThe name must be unique; multiple LDCs in a single organization can't have the same name.

1. Under **Site**, select a site from the dropdown list.
2. Under **Credentials for Data Collector**, open the dropdown and select the credentials that the LDC should use to connect to each of the Linux machines that will be assigned to it. All Linux machines you assign to this LDC must be accessible using the credentials you selected.NoteThese credentials will only be used for monitoring; privileged credentials are not required.

1. If you want to assign machines to the LDC at this time, under **Machines**, click **Add**. The **Add Machines** window opens. For information about using this window to assign machines to the LDC, see [here](/tim-reorg/docs/adding-linux-computers-to-a-linux-data-collector).

NoteIt is not necessary to add machines to the LDC at this point. You can do so later, as necessary.

1. Click **OK**. The LDC is created and appears in the Organization Tree under the **Linux Data Collectors** folder. If no other LDCs existed at the time this LDC was created, the **Linux Data Collectors** folder is created at the same time.

## Performance Considerations

The cuAgent process of the data collector that is used to connect to Linux machines has shown the following performance:

- Memory consumption: approx. 168 MB of used memory per monitored Linux device
- Network consumption: approx. 0.075 Mbps per monitored Linux device