Hands-On Lab: Simplify Configuration with CA Application Performance Management Command Center

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Hands-OnLab:SimplifyConfigurationwithCAApplicationPerformanceManagement(CAAPM)CommandCenter

GuenterGrossberger– Sr.EngineeringServicesArchitect- CATechnologiesAndreasReiss- Sr.PrincipalEngineeringServicesArchitect- CATechnologies

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Abstract

ThenewCAApplicationPerformanceManagement(CAAPM)CommandCentersimplifiestheadministrationofCAAPMinstallations.YoucancreateyouragentconfigurationintheCommandCenteruserinterface,selectfeatures,andaddextensionsfromtheCAAPMMarketplace.Finally,youcanpublishtheagentpackageyouhavecreatedtohundredsofagents.

GuenterGrossberger

AndreasReissCATechnologiesSr.PrincipalEngineeringServicesArchitects

CATechnologiesSr.EngineeringServicesArchitect


Agenda

CAAPMCOMMANDCENTERVISION

AGENTPACKAGESANDBUNDLES

Q&A

EXTENSIONSANDCAAPMMARKETPLACE

PACKAGEUPGRADESANDDYNAMICEXTENSIONS

LAB:UPDATEANDDEPLOYAGENTPACKAGE

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CAAPMCommandCenter:AgentPackagesandBundles


Recap:CommandCenterFocusAreas

§ CommandCentercanbedistilledinto4distinctareas

Diagnostics Health

ViewInformationaboutJavaagentsrunningwithintheenvironment

Remotelyfetchagentlogfilesandotherdiagnosticinformation

Packagediagnosticsforuploadtosupportticket

RemotelychangetheloglevelonasingleJavaagent

Deployment

Abilitytocreatetailoredpackages fordeploymenttoproductionsystems

PackagesexposedviaAPIforconsumptionby3rdpartydeploymenttools

Cloudbasedstoreforagentrelatedpackages:APMMarketplace

Configuration

Abilitytocreateconfigurationgroups

Createandenforceconfigurationpolicies

Supportfor‘hot’and‘cold’configuration

Audittrailofconfigurationchanges

Suggestadditionalmonitoringopportunities

Reviewthemonitoringoverheadoftheagents

Reportissues/errorswiththemonitoring

Suggestchangestothemonitoringtoreduceoverhead


Recap:Architecture


WhatisaPackage?

Apackageisanarchive (ziportar)thatcontainsallofthematerialsrequiredtodeployanCAAPMJavaagent.Thisincludes:

§ AgentJAR

§ AgentprofileandPBDs

§ OthersupportJARsandbinaries

§ Installinstructions


WhatisaPackage?

Apackageistailoredtotheenvironmentbeingmonitored

§ Applicationserver

§ Requiredmonitoringfunctionality

§ Specificmonitoringcapabilities

§ Specificinstallationrequirements

Apackageismadeupofoneormorebundles,eachofwhichrepresentsapieceoffunctionalityofferedbytheagent


HowisaPackageBuilt?

Creatingapackageinvolvesusinga4stepwizardto

1. Definetheenvironment

2. Tailorthebundles

3. Tailortheconfiguration

4. Tailortheinstallationinstructions

Skippingsteps2-4willcreateadefaultpackagefortheselectedenvironment


WhatDoesaBuiltPackageLookLike?

Apackageisaziportarfilethatexactlyresemblesanagentinstalldirectory,withtheusual‘wily’rootfolderAdditionalfilescreated:§ installInstructions.md – providestailoredinstructionson

howthispackageshouldbedeployed

§ manifest.txt – provideslistofbundlesused,togetherwithanypropertyoverrides

§ acc-master.pbl – usedtoprovideanexactlistofpbd filesincludedintheconfiguration

wily

core

config

tools

acc-master.pbl

IntroscopeAgent.profile

pbdfiles

hotdeploy

ext

manifest.txt

installInstructions.md

Agent.jar

common

connectors

logs


CAAPMCommandCenterLab1:CreateanAgentPackage


CreateNewAgentPackage

2.ClickNew

1.ClickPackages



2.SelectOS

1.Enternameandcomment

3.Selectagentversion

4.EnterMOM/EM(optionalorlist)

5.ClickDone



Downloadlink

OOTBrequiredandrecommendedbundlesper

applicationserver

Version



Downloadlink

Installandconfigurationinstructions


CAAPMCommandCenterLab2:CustomizeAgentPackage


CustomizeAgentPackage

1.Selectagentbundle

2.Click“EDIT”

Or“COPY”



Bundledescriptionanddependencyinformation

Bundlesareorganizedintofourcategories:

1. Core2. Environment3. Feature4. Custom

1.Selectbundle

3.Click“ConfigureBundles”

2.Click“ADD”



§ IntroscopeAgent.profileisbrokendownintobundles– EnterpriseManagerconnection– Javaagent– CommandCenter

– Browseragent– JMX– EJB

§ CommandCenterconstructspackageIntroscopeAgent.profilefrombundles



Changedpropertiesareshowninboldfont

Youcanadd,revertanddeleteyourownpropertieshere.

Descriptionandpropertiesareshown

perbundle

E.g.use“MathClient”asagentname

Enteracustomproperty

Custompropertiesaremarkedwiththestar



Youcanedittheinstallinstructionsaswell.

2.Click“DONE”whenyou’refinished

1.Click“InstallInstructions”

Textismarkdownsyntax(helpexplains

markdown!).


CAAPMCommandCenterLab3:ImportBundlefromAPMMarketplace


Motivation

§ CAAPMisextensible

§ Therearemanyfieldextensionsoutthere– where?

§ CAAPMCommunity,github.com/CA-APM,colleagueslaptop,…

§ WehavestartedtomakeextensionsfullysupportedviaCASupport

§ CAAPMMarketplaceistheplacetofindallCAAPMextensions

§ http://marketplace.ca.com/apm


CAAPMMarketplacehttp://marketplace.ca.com/apm

CAsupportedextension

Searchorselectcategory

Searchorselectcategory

• Agentextensions• EPAagentplugins/scripts• Examples

SSO:ca.com,Support,Communitieslogin

AllCAAPMextensionsarefree!


CAAPMMarketplace

§ Afterorderingyouwillgettwoemails– Orderconfirmation– Downloadlink

§ DownloadedFile(ifAgentExtension)– <extension>-<version>-dist.tar.gz

e.g.spring-3.3.0-dist.tar.gz§ post-10.5/spring-3.3.0.tar.gz(agentbundle!)

§ pre-10.5/spring-3.3.0-pre-10.5.tar.gz(agentbundle!)

– ImportintoCommandCenter:ImportbuttoninCAPM10.5,copytoimportfolderinCAAPM10.2andCAAPM10.3

http://marketplace.ca.com/apm


ImportExtensions

2.Click“IMPORT”andselectfile

1.Click“Bundles”


ImportExtensions

Restartnecessary

Bundlewillappearinlist


CAAPMCommandCenterLab4:DynamicExtensions


DynamicExtensions

Newagentsub-directoriesTodeployandagentextension:

1. UseCommandCenteror2. Copyextensioninto$WILYHOME/deploy

Extensionwillbeextractedintoextensionsdirectory– Iftheextensionisdynamic(propertyin

bundle.json)§ Loadedversionofextensionisunloaded

§ Newversionofextensionisloaded§ Noapplicationserverrestartrequired

– Otherwiseonlyloadedonapplicationserverrestart

Oldagentextensions:core/config,core/ext

DropnewextensionsintodeployoruseACC

Newextensionsdirectory


DynamicExtensions

Norestartnecessary

Bundlerequiresrestart

Dynamicextension

Old(pre-CAAPM10.5)extension,notdynamic


DynamicExtensions

Dynamicextensions

Bundlerequiresrestart

Dynamicextension


DynamicExtensions

Youcanpushachangedconfigurationtoagroupofagents(“NamedFilter”)directlyfromtheCommandCenterUI

Agentstatuswillshowifanagentneedstoberestarted


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