What is Prefix? Prefix is a lightweight Java profiler. It does not track every single method called by your app like standard profilers do. Prefix only tracks certain methods in your code. Because of this Prefix does not slow your app down and you can use it all the time. The following frameworks are automatically supported by Prefix with no code or config …
Prefix: Enable Java Profiling
1. Install Prefix If you haven’t already, download Prefix and install it on your workstation. You can download Prefix and learn more about it on our website. 2. Locate the Stackify APM jar file Prefix profiles your Java code by adding a plug-in to your JVM. This is done by configuring the “javaagent” parameter on your JVM. To do this, you …
Release Notes: August 2016
Here are some of the highlights from the August 2016 release: Prefix Premium launches! Prefix for Java now available New Pricing Model New Documentation API Prefix Premium This release introduces a paid version of Prefix called Prefix Premium. This will include a number of additional features including: Custom profiling Downloading and uploading traces Viewing remote traces Suggestions for code improvements Windows Services profiling …
Prefix: Can I Use it on a Server?
Prefix will work on a server, however Retrace’s APM is designed for servers. We offer a special discounted price for pre-production usage! Important things to know about using Prefix on a server: By default Prefix does not allow remote access. Read: Remote access to Prefix UI Prefix only shows data from the last 5 minutes Only the last certain # of requests …
Prefix: System Configuration Changes
Prefix makes the following configuration changes: Note: Using the Prefix UI to disable the profiler will remove the registry and environment keys for profiling IIS related config changes: 1. StackifyHttpModule is added to the GAC 2. StackifyHttpModule is added to the IIS Express global config file 3. StackifyHttpModule is added to the IIS config file (if IIS is installed) 4. …
Prefix: Settings Overview
Prefix UI & profiler settings The following settings can be made via Prefix’s UI or via the stackify.ini file Port & host name (learn more) Cache size Profiling method options URL display option Some per application settings can be set depending on the type of application. Please review theses additional help docs for more information on specific application types: Prefix …
Prefix: Advanced settings for ASP.NET
The follow settings can be set for an ASP.NET web application to change the behavior of how the StackifyHttpModule and Prefix works. Change reporting Url for a request You can use the StackifyLib nuget package to customize the request name (Url or action) for any request. StackifyLib.ProfileTracer.SetReportingUrl(“Custom.Reporting.Url”); App info settings These settings can be set in your web.config appSettings. Specify …
Prefix: Configuring Proxies
If you have a network architecture that requires internet traffic to flow through a proxy server, this guide will help you ensure that Prefix can communicate out through your proxy server seamlessly. Configuring the proxy is done by creating a file in the agent’s folder (C:Program Files (x86)Stackify Prefix by default) called CustomAgent.config. Below is an example of how to populate …