# metadata.agentName for linkerd-buoyant

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**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/metadata-agentname-for-linkerd-buoyant/549 "2024-08-05T14:24:59Z")
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### Author: ![jennydaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jennydaman](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/jennydaman)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/metadata-agentname-for-linkerd-buoyant/549/1 "2024-08-05T14:24:59Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to install BEL operator following these documentation:

- [Migrating to BEL's lifecycle automation | Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd](https://docs.buoyant.io/buoyant-enterprise-linkerd/latest/tasks/migrating-to-bel-lifecycle-automation/#step-2-install-lifecycle-automation-components)
- [Production-grade installation | Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd](https://docs.buoyant.io/buoyant-enterprise-linkerd/latest/installation/production/)

The Helm chart `linkerd-buoyant/linkerd-buoyant` has the following values:

```yaml
metadata:
  # -- The ID for this agent
  agentID:

  # -- The name for this agent. Required.
  agentName:

```

I could not find documentation on what the purpose is of `metadata.agentName` nor what its purpose is.

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### Author: ![siggy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/linkerd.buoyant.io/siggy/32/81_2.png) [@siggy](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/siggy)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/metadata-agentname-for-linkerd-buoyant/549/2 "2024-08-08T16:37:23Z")

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Hi @jennydaman,

Good question, those `metadata.agentID` and `metadata.agentName` are specific to customers paying for Buoyant Cloud. Assuming you are doing `--set buoyantCloudEnabled=false` , you can ignore them.