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title: Enable Prometheus Monitoring
description: When true, the agent will produce Prometheus monitoring output. When false, the agent will not produce any output.
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version: 2025.11
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# Enable Prometheus Monitoring

When `true`, the agent will produce Prometheus monitoring output. When `false`, the agent will not produce any output.

|                          |                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Property name            | `org.forgerock.agents.prometheus.monitoring.enabled`                                |
| Aliases                  | `org.forgerock.agents.prometheus.monitoring.enabled`   Introduced in Java Agent 5.6 |
| Function                 | Global                                                                              |
| Type                     | Boolean: `true` returns true; all other strings return `false`.                     |
| Default                  | `true`                                                                              |
| Bootstrap property       | Yes                                                                                 |
| Required property        | No                                                                                  |
| Restart required         | No                                                                                  |
| Local configuration file | `AgentBootstrap.properties`                                                         |
| AM console               | Tab: `Monitoring`Title: `Enable Prometheus Monitoring`                              |