APM Probes

Configure APM probes to validate metrics from Prometheus, Datadog (v1 and v2 timeseries), Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk Observability, Splunk Enterprise, AppDynamics, and GCP Cloud Monitoring

APM (Application Performance Monitoring) probes query metrics from your monitoring systems and compare them against expected values during chaos experiments. They use Harness Platform connectors to securely store credentials for the target APM system.

When to use APM probes

Use APM probes when your application is monitored by an APM system and you want to observe how metrics behave under failure conditions. For example, you can track response times in Prometheus while injecting pod-delete faults, or monitor error rates in Datadog during a network disruption.

For pre-built Datadog APM probe templates (CPU, memory, latency, and error rate), go to Datadog APM Probe Templates.

Configure APM Probes

Select the APM provider to view configuration details: