Added instructions to install Cloud Ops Agent for monitoring

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+
+### Configuring Cloud Ops Logging Agent
+
+To set up the Google Cloud Ops Agent to monitor log files in your VM, follow these steps:
+1. **Determine the Linux Distribution**
+To determine the exact version and type of Linux distribution you're running on your VM, use the following command:
+```bash
+ cat /etc/os-release
+```
+2. **Update Package Lists:**
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+```
+
+3. **Install Google Cloud Ops Agent:**
+```bash
+sudo bash -c "$(curl -sSfL https://dl.google.com/cloudagents/add-google-cloud-ops-agent-repo.sh)"
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install google-cloud-ops-agent
+```
+
+4. **Install Google Cloud Ops Agent:**
+```bash
+sudo systemctl start google-cloud-ops-agent
+sudo systemctl enable google-cloud-ops-agent
+```
+
+5. **Edit the Ops Agent Configuration File:**
+Open the configuration file located at `/etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml` using a text editor such as `nano` or `vim`
+```bash
+sudo nano /etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml
+```
+
+Add the logging agent configuration, replacing USERNAME with your actual username:
+
+```bash
+logging:
+ receivers:
+ my_application:
+ type: files
+ include_paths:
+ - /home/USERNAME/experiment_runs/logs/*.log
+ service:
+ pipelines:
+ default_pipeline:
+ receivers: [my_application]
+```
+5. **Save file and restart the Ops Agent:**
+```bash
+sudo systemctl restart google-cloud-ops-agent
+```
+
+
 ## Installation
 
 If you have not installed the package and dependencies yet see [Installation](/README.md#installation).