Here are some of the highlights from the October 2016 release: APM Tracked Functions RabbitMQ Montoring APM Tracked Functions for Linux This release introduces Tracked Functions, which allows you to track a specific portion of a request independently from the rest of the request. Support for Windows will be coming soon. More information on how to configure Tracked Functions can be found …
Connections: RabbitMQ
Setting up a RabbitMQ Connection To get to the RabbitMQ connections screen, navigate to Settings>RabbitMQ Connections. Note: RabbitMQ connections are only supported with the Linux Agent. In order to set up a connection for RabbitMQ running on Windows, you will need to have an agent installed on a Linux box to facilitate the connection. 1. Name your RabbitMQ connection in the Connection Description …
Servers: Remove A Server Programmatically
This article is intended to help you leverage Stackify’s API by making a REST service call to programmatically remove Retrace instances from the Servers page of Retrace. To see how to remove servers from the Retrace portal, see the “How Do I Remove a Server” article. Below are the REST calls to the API for both Windows and Linux machines …
Web Log Monitoring: Configure Apache Applications
The Retrace Monitoring Agent can monitor the health of your Apache web application, including Requests/min vs Average Page Load time, HTTP Request Error Rate, and Apdex Satisfaction Score. To enable Retrace to monitor your Apache web application from the Monitoring Agent, there are a couple of things to make sure of. Configuring Apache’s apache2.conf Logging Settings Within apache2.conf or each …
Web Log Monitoring: Configure Nginx Applications
The Retrace Monitoring Agent can monitor the health of your web application, including Requests/min vs Average Page Load time, HTTP Request Error Rate, and Apdex Satisfaction Score. To enable Retrace to monitor your Nginx web application from the Monitoring Agent, there are a couple of things to make sure of. Configuring Access Logs and Log Formats The Retrace Monitoring Agent …
FAQ: Where Do I Find the Agent Log File?
There may be times when the support team requests the log file for the Stackify agent located on one of your servers. This log file contains information that can help with any support issues you might run into. Below are the instructions on how to locate these files for both Windows and Linux agents. For Windows Agents If you have …
FAQ: How Does the Linux Agent Work with cPanel?
cPanel by default sets the number of file descriptors to 100. In order for the Retrace agent to work correctly, the number of file descriptors needs to be set to 256. This article will show you how to set these limits so that the agent will work properly. Errors in the Log File To confirm that the issue the agent …
HTTP Proxies: Configure
If you have a network architecture that requires internet traffic to flow through a proxy server, this guide will help you ensure that Retrace can communicate out through your proxy server seamlessly. Before you proceed through these steps, you need to ensure that YUM or APT are configured to use the proxy as the Stackify Linux Agent installer will use …