Java Agent Installation: Enable APM+ for Play Framework

If you have not already installed an agent on a server where your app lives, please see our Installation Documentation. Once the agent has been installed, please follow the steps below depending on your version of the Play Framework. Play Framework 1.2.x-1.4.x Before running your application, enter the following command: export JAVA_OPTS=’-javaagent:/usr/local/stackify/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm.jar’ Then start the app: ./play run {app_name} Play Framework …

Release Notes: Linux Agent 2.5

Release Overview Release Date: 11/20/17 Release Features Netty/Akka Framework Support Added support for the Netty and Akka frameworks in APM. Release Enhancements Java APM Async instrumentation has been improved. Netty 4.x Akka 3.x Bug Fixes Fixed some values getting duplicated in JBoss/Postgres requests. Fixed a single incident issue where Java APM was causing a SQL problem for a specific setup.

Release Notes: Windows Agent 4.8

Release Overview Release Date: 9/18/2017 Notable Feature: APM for Azure WebJobs Release Features Azure WebJob Support Azure WebJob Discovery – continuous discovery of Azure WebJobs Azure WebJob APM – full support of Azure WebJobs Azure Installation: Configure Azure WebJobs Extended APM Web External Tracking Moving away from tracking at the domain level and starting to track the complete tokenized URL for …

Release Notes: Windows Agent 4.9

Release Overview Release Date: 10/11/2017 High Memory Fix in the Agent Windows Installer Updates Release Features Memory Leak Fixes A couple enhancements were made to reduce the memory usage in the Agent/WebJob. Windows Install Updates Wording added to include enabling Retrace for Worker Roles. Includes an option to run a diagnostic utility following an installation. Release Enhancements Improved Agent Diagnostics …

Release Notes: Linux Agent 2.4

Release Overview Release Date: 10/25/17 Notable Feature: Docker Swarm Support Release Features Docker Swarm Support Added support for Docker Swarm Support. Java Agent Installation: Configure Docker Containers  JMX Support for Wildfly Retrace can now discover Wildfly applications through a JMX connection. Release Enhancements Nginx discovery no longer needs a Server Name/Root Directive in the Conf file Improved the handling of truncated …

Troubleshoot: Retrace Agent v4.6.11.0 Uninstall Fix

A Note About Agent Version 4.6.11 Retrace Agent v4.6.11.0 shipped with a new executable packaged (EnvCleaner.exe) that would, upon uninstall of the agent, remove environment variables set for profiling functions. It would also be triggered during an upgrade to later versions. Inadvertently, this executable was compiled against .Net 4.5.2 without that version of the .Net Framework being a prerequisite for …

Java Agent Installation: Configure APM+ on Standalone Applications

Pre-Requisites: 1) Application must be setup with our custom configuration or be using one our supported Non-WebApp frameworks (Quartz, Spring Batch, Akka). Please follow these steps here first: Configure Custom Profiling for Java. 2) Application must be setup as a Linux Service. 3) Linux Agent Installed   Example using annotations: import com.stackify.apm.Trace; @Trace public class ClassToBeInstrumented { @Trace(start = true) …

Java Agent Installation: Default Linux Install

One Step Installation Script Here is a script you can copy into your terminal that will download, un-tar, and install the agent all in one step: wget https://s1.stackify.com/Account/AgentDownload/Linux –output-document=stackify.tar.gz && tar -zxvf stackify.tar.gz stackify-agent-install-32bit && cd stackify-agent-install-32bit && sudo ./agent-install.sh –devicealias [aliasname] Note: The devicealias parameter is optional and [aliasname] should be replaced with the desired name for your device. …