# How can I modify a collector

**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-modify-a-collector/8382
**Category:** Percona Toolkit
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-modify-a-collector/8382 "2020-12-11T05:25:09Z")
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### Author: ![mosad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/mosad/32/2871_2.png) [@mosad](https://forums.percona.com/u/mosad)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-modify-a-collector/8382/1 "2020-12-11T05:25:09Z")

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[Managing PMM Client](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-monitoring-and-management/pmm-admin.html#pmm-pmm-admin-monitoring-service-pass-parameter)

This document is not working with pmm 2.

I need to enable systemd collector but I can’t

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### Author: ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-modify-a-collector/8382/2 "2020-12-11T05:44:40Z")

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Hi @mosad,

Currently there is no such functionality as enabling/disabling collectors. It will be added in future releases.

You may use the prometheus/node\_exporter and connect it as an external service.

pmm-admin add external --listen-port=1234