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 …

Java Agent Installation: Enable APM+ for Tomcat (6, 7, 8)

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 add the following line to the corresponding config file depending on your installation: Tomcat Installation (6.x, 7.x, 8.x) Locate the catalina.sh file and add: # Stackify Java APM+ CATALINA_OPTS=”$CATALINA_OPTS -javaagent:/usr/local/stackify/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm.jar” Restart the Tomcat service …

Performance: APM+ Overview

Retrace’s APM+ is a powerful feature and serves as a core part of our Application Monitoring service. The feature implements byte code inspection of apps, giving you method-level telemetry on 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 pipeline Call …

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 …

Linux Installation: RedHat and CentOS

Instructions on how to install the Retrace Linux Agent on RedHat and CentOS based Linux systems. You can install by using the yum package manager directly. The following commands are intended to be ran with root permissions. Installing with Yum Add Stackify’s yum repository. wget -qO – https://download.stackify.com/rpm/stackify.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/stackify.repo Install Stackify Linux Agent. sudo yum install stackify-agent …

.NET Agent Installation: Configure Windows Services

By default Retrace only profiles applications hosted within IIS. If you want Retrace to capture transactions from an application running as a Windows service, please follow these directions. Step 1. Install Retrace Windows Agent with the option for Windows Services with one of the below options: Option 1. New install in interactive mode: Upon installing check the box for Enabling the …

Performance: Tracked Functions

Tracked Functions essentially allow you to track a sub-transaction or block of code within a larger transaction. For example, they can be implemented for tracking various Elasticsearch queries to uniquely identify them. First you will need to add the StackifyLib dependency to your app: PM> Install-Package StackifyLib Once you have the StackifyLib installed you need to modify your code like …