You may have heard about our newest version of our APM+ product. Read below to see the new improvements to stability and performance. APM+ v2.3 is Here! Since our beta version APM was introduced earlier this year, a lot of work has been put into improving the performance and stability APM+, along with adding support for more libraries and .NET …
FAQ: Is Retrace APM+ Safe for Production Servers?
Designed for Production Usage Application performance monitoring products like Retrace APM+ are amazingly powerful for understanding the performance and behavior of your web applications. The downside is that APM solutions can slow down your applications due to their overhead. From day one we have designed Retrace APM+ to be very lightweight and safe for production servers. Three key reasons why …
Performance: APM+ Requests
While in the Performance (APM+) tab within the App Dashboard there is a sub tab called By Requests. The By Requests tab allows you detailed insight into your applications request chain as well as information on the traces that are taken. By clicking on the requested actions link listed below the Satisfaction chart, you will be taken to an individual …
Custom Profiling: Configure for .NET
By default, the Retrace .NET APM+ Profiler only instruments key, pre-defined events in the IIS pipeline and page life cycle. One of the key benefits of the profiler is that you may instrument tracing of how long any .NET method takes to execute and include that output in the call stack. In deciding what to profile, keep in mind the …
FAQ: How Do I Disable Retrace for .NET?
In the event you want to disable APM+ on a server but want to continue monitoring the server and the apps on it without profiling, just follow these simple steps. Disabling via Server Settings First go to Server Settings for the server that is running APM+ that you wish to disable. Disable APM+ Simply click the Disable APM+ button to …
Retrace: APM+ Overview
Retrace is a powerful new feature and serves as a core part of our Application Monitoring service. The feature implements byte code inspection of ASP.NET apps, giving you method-level telemetry on CLR code at run time. Use this tool to get instant insight on: Start time / end time and HTTP status codes HttpHandlers and HttpModules utilized in the IIS …
.NET Agent Installation: Overview
System Requirements In order to make sure your installation goes smoothly, please verify these prerequisites: Windows 2008 R2 and newer. You will need to install the Retrace Agent on each machine you intend to monitor. Port 443 needs to be open, outbound only, for the device(s) you install the monitoring agent on. You may need to set up configuration for http proxies and add exceptions to …
Web Log Monitoring: Overview
Retrace parses web server logs to capture the usage, error rates, and load times of your web applications. Statistics are gathered at the app level and at the individual URL or action level. Logs are parsed by the Retrace agent continuously and up to 250 distinct URLs will be measured per minute and uploaded to Stackify for aggregation. Retrace only …