Retrace Azure Integration Overview Retrace integrates with Azure via the Azure Rest API to determine the status of servers and services during Creation, Removal, Scale Up and Scale Down events. Retrace supports monitoring for both Cloud Services (Classic) and App Services (Web sites, Functions, etc..). To acquire resource information Retrace uses OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens on the Azure account to …
FAQ: How Do I Enable APM+ on Existing IIS Servers
If you have already installed an Agent on a server but didn’t enable APM+ at that time, you can simply go to the appropriate server and enable CLR Profiling. Option 1: Using the Retrace UI To do this go to the settings icon to the right of the server, and go to Server Settings From Server Settings, you can simply …
Prefix Premium: Custom Configuration Editor
By default, Prefix only instruments key, pre-defined events in the IIS pipeline and page lifecycle. One of the key benefits of the profiler, however, is that you may instrument 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 overhead that could be incurred. For …
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 …
Errors and Logs: Capturing Web Request Details
By default, the following web request details are masked as they can contain sensitive data: Headers Post Data Server Variables Session Variables Cookies However, you can configure your app to unmask this in your app’s config file. Stackify will then retrieve information about these fields and list it in the Error Details page or in the “View Document” view for …
Azure Installation: Configure Azure Functions
Retrace supports Azure Functions in App Service Plan mode. It will treat Azure Functions as a transaction, similar to a web application or a Tracked Function. It supports all of the same dependencies and will provide all of the same great insights to application performance as it does for web applications and windows services. Note: Retrace does not work in “consumption” …
Azure Installation: Configure Azure WebJobs
Retrace now supports Azure WebJobs. Azure WebJobs provide an easy way to run scripts or programs as background processes in the context of an App Service web app, API app, or mobile app. Retrace will provide all of the same great insights to application performance as it does for web applications and windows services. Within Retrace, WebJobs will be monitored …
Prefix Premium: Advanced Custom Configuration
In Prefix you may notice that some events that do not profile. By default, the Stackify .NET APM+ Profiler only instruments key, pre-defined events in the IIS pipeline and page lifecycle. One of the key benefits of the profiler, however, is that you may instrument how long any .NET method takes to execute and include that output in the call …