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:

• Account Owner

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_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