KickStarter Series 15 Minutes Introduction to AppDynamics
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Mac OS (64 bit)
2. Download and install AppDynamics Controller (https://download.AppDynamics.com).
Installation is pretty straight forward.
3. Download and install one of the App agents (Agents are available for the following):
JVM (Oracle HotSpot, JRockit, IBM JVM)
.NET
PHP
Node.js
Python
WebServer on Linux (Apache)
DB Agent (DB2,Oracle,MySQL,SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Sybase IQ)
4. Configure the App agent; Restart the Application and start monitoring like never before
(instruction on configuring a Java agent in the next section)
Note:
The controller listens on port 8090 and 8091. Make sure these ports are not blocked by Firewall.
Controller on Linux requires libaio installed. Also, the number of File Descriptors available should
be at least 65635.
You will need to create two or three user accounts during the install. Remember all the user
names and passwords (especially the root user for the Controller)
Instead of installing the Controller in your local environment, you can choose to use one of
AppDynamics hosted Controller (SaaS based). I suggest on premise to start with so that you get the
real taste of managing the Controller first hand.
Configure your first Java Agent
Installing and Configuring a Java agent is pretty straight forward and simple. You can do this two
ways: Use the ‘Agent download Wizard’ from the controller UI (recommended if this is the first agent
you are configuring), or simply download the agent software from https://download.AppDynamics.com.
Using the Agent download Wizard