AppDynamics probe

Features and specification of the AppDynamics probe

The AppDynamics probe allows you to query AppDynamics metrics and compare the results against specified criteria.

Prerequisites

To use the AppDynamics probe, you need:

• An active AppDynamics account

• Access to the AppDynamics API from the kubernetes execution plane

• Authentication credentials (either basic auth or OAuth token)

Interactive Setup Guide

Follow along with this interactive guide to learn how to configure AppDynamics probe:

Create AppDynamics APM Probe

Steps to configure

1. In Resilience probe section under chaos module, click on New Probe button

   

   Create AppDynamics Probe
2. Select the APM Probe

3. Provide the name of the probe and select AppDynamics under APM Type

   

   Select AppDynamics Probe
4. Under AppDynamics connector select connector

5. In Connector settings, you can either choose an existing connector or click New Connector

   

   AppDynamics Connector
6. Provide the credentials of the appdynamics controller

   

   AppDynamics Connector

   NOTE

   If you select API Client as the authentication type, ensure that the API client has at minimum the Applications & Dashboards Viewer (Default) role assigned.

7. Select the delegate and verify the connection and click on Finish

   

   Delegate
8. Now connector is created and selected, click on Configure Details

   

   Configure Details
9. Under Probe Properties, Pass the value of AppDynamics Metric Full Path and Lookback Window

   

   AppDynamics Lookback Window

   • AppDynamics Metric Full Path:

     • A metric full path in AppDynamics is the complete hierarchical string that uniquely identifies a specific metric within an application for use in dashboards, alerts, and API queries

     • You can get the Metric Full Path from the Browse Metrics section in AppDynamics controller. For more details, refer to AppDynamics docs.

     • Examples:

       • Application Infrastructure Performance|Root|Individual Nodes|boutique/adservice-54d59c5594-gggb9|Hardware Resources|CPU|%Busy

       • Application Infrastructure Performance|Root|Individual Nodes|boutique/adservice-54d59c5594-gggb9|Hardware Resources|Memory|Used (MB)

     

     AppDynamics Metric Full Path
   • LookBack Window (In Minutes):

     • The lookback window refers to the time range from a specified number of minutes ago up to the current moment, over which data is aggregated

10. Provide the comparison criteria under AppDynamics Data Comparison

    

    AppDynamics Data Comparison
11. Provide the Run Properties

    

    Create probe
12. Then click on Create Probe