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+%% Agent collectors won't start if metrics collection is disabled, only external stats are enabled.
+%% Also the management application will refuse to start if metrics collection is disabled
+{mapping, "management_agent.disable_metrics_collector", "rabbitmq_management_agent.disable_metrics_collector",
+    [{datatype, {enum, [true, false]}}]}.