Steadybit extension-appdynamics
A Steadybit extension to integrate AppDynamics into Steadybit.
Learn about the capabilities of this extension in our Reliability Hub.
Prerequisites
You need to have an Api Client.
The token must have the following permissions:
Configuration
| Environment Variable |
Helm value |
Meaning |
Required |
Default |
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_BASE_URL |
appdynamics.apiBaseUrl |
The base url for AppDynamics API Calls, for example https://XXXXXXXXX.saas.appdynamics.com |
yes |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_CLIENT_NAME |
appdynamics.apiClientName |
The name of the API client. |
yes |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_CLIENT_SECRET |
appdynamics.apiClientSecret |
The secret of the API client. |
yes |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_ACCOUNT_NAME |
appdynamics.accountName |
The name of the AppDynamics account, usually the first part of you url. |
yes |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_EVENT_APPLICATION_ID |
appdynamics.eventApplicationID |
The extension reports experiment executions to AppDynamics if an Application Event ID (A manually created Steadybit App is sufficient) is given, which helps you to correlate experiments with your dashboards. |
no |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_ACTION_SUPPRESSION_TIMEZONE |
appdynamics.actionSuppressionTimezone |
The timezone to enforce for the action suppression action in the form "Europe/Paris", if none, the local one will be determined where the extension is deployed (optional). |
no |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_APPLICATION_FILTER |
appdynamics.applicationFilter |
List of Application IDs that should be reported by the extension. If not set, all applications will be discovered. |
no |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_DISCOVERY_ATTRIBUTES_EXCLUDES_APPLICATIONS |
discovery.attributes.excludes.application |
List of Application attributes to exclude from discovery.. Checked by key equality and supporting trailing "*" |
no |
|
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_DISCOVERY_ATTRIBUTES_EXCLUDES_HEALTH_RULES |
discovery.attributes.excludes.healthRule |
List of Health Rule attributes to exclude from discovery.. Checked by key equality and supporting trailing "*" |
no |
|
The extension supports all environment variables provided by steadybit/extension-kit.
Installation
Kubernetes
Detailed information about agent and extension installation in kubernetes can also be found in
our documentation.
Recommended (via agent helm chart)
All extensions provide a helm chart that is also integrated in the
helm-chart of the agent.
You must provide additional values to activate this extension.
--set extension-appdynamics.enabled=true \
--set extension-appdynamics.appdynamics.apiBaseUrl="{{API_BASE_URL}}" \
--set extension-appdynamics.appdynamics.apiClientName="{{API_CLIENT_NAME}}" \
--set extension-appdynamics.appdynamics.apiClientSecret="{{API_CLIENT_SECRET}}" \
--set extension-appdynamics.appdynamics.accountName="{{ACCOUNT_NAME}}" \
Additional configuration options can be found in
the helm-chart of the
extension.
Alternative (via own helm chart)
If you need more control, you can install the extension via its
dedicated helm-chart.
helm repo add steadybit-extension-appdynamics https://steadybit.github.io/extension-appdynamics
helm repo update
helm upgrade steadybit-extension-appdynamics \
--install \
--wait \
--timeout 5m0s \
--create-namespace \
--namespace steadybit-agent \
--set appdynamics.apiBaseUrl="{{API_BASE_URL}}" \
--set appdynamics.apiClientName="{{API_CLIENT_NAME}}" \
--set appdynamics.apiClientSecret="{{API_CLIENT_SECRET}}" \
--set appdynamics.accountName="{{ACCOUNT_NAME}}" \
steadybit-extension-appdynamics/steadybit-extension-appdynamics
Linux Package
Please use
our agent-linux.sh script
to install the extension on your Linux machine. The script will download the latest version of the extension and install
it using the package manager.
After installing, configure the extension by editing /etc/steadybit/extension-appdynamics and then restart the service.
Extension registration
Make sure that the extension is registered with the agent. In most cases this is done automatically. Please refer to
the documentation for more
information about extension registration and how to verify.
Version and Revision
The version and revision of the extension:
- are printed during the startup of the extension
- are added as a Docker label to the image
- are available via the
version.txt/revision.txt files in the root of the image