Appdynamics Database Agent Deployment

Trianz Appdynamics Agent Documentation
Installation and Config Document

Appd Agents: Database Agent
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................7
1.1 Purpose................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Scope.................................................................................................. 7
1.3 Referenced Documents.............................................................................7
1.4 Acronyms and Terms................................................................................7
1.5 Additional remarks and agreements..............................................................7
2. Appdynamics Agent Installation.........................................................................8
2.1 Database agent Installation & configuration steps..............................................8
2.1.1 Downloading db agent...................................................................8
2.1.2 Installing and configuring db agent....................................................8
2.1.3 Starting dbagent..........................................................................9
3. Configuring MYSQL using db-agent....................................................................10
3.1 Controller UI Steps to add MYSQL db collector................................................10
4. Monitoring MYSQL dashboard && Metrics............................................................12
4.1 Accessing MYSQL Dashboard......................................................................12
4.2 Accessing MYSQL Metrics using Metric Browser................................................14
5. Appdynamics DB-Agent logs Information.............................................................14

Table of Tables
Table 1 – Document History................................................................................2

Table 2 – Document Location..............................................................................3
Table 3 – References Documents..........................................................................7
Table 4 – Acronyms and Terms............................................................................7

1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Solution Architecture & High Level Design (SA&HLD) document is to
define the system level solution for the Three Ireland project.
1.2 Scope
1.3 Referenced Documents
Ref Document Number Document Title Version
Table 3 – References Documents
1.4 Acronyms and Terms

Specific acronyms and terms used in this document are listed below.
HL High Level
D Design
Table 4 – Acronyms and Terms
1.5 Additional remarks and agreements
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2. Appdynamics Agent Installation

2.1 Database agent Installation & configuration steps
2.1.1 Downloading db agent
Go to this URL https://download.appdynamics.com/download/ by using client partnership
ID’s or get the db agent software from client repository
Note: Download the db agent based on Operating System (Linux/windows) as like below
2.1.2 Installing and configuring db agent

 Move the dbagent software(dbagent-4.2.11.0.zip) to the location where we have
specific directory/mount point to install the agents , if no specification given then
copy in /opt/appdbagent/ and unzip it finally
 Configure the dbagent to report it to controller by following below steps
Go to agent installed directory and look for conf directory, inside that you can see
“controller-info.xml” and open the file using VI editor or notepad based on your OS
type
<controller-host>** provide hostname/IP of the controller server ** </controller-host>

<controller-port> ** provide the port of the controller – default is 8090 **</controller-
port>
<controller-ssl-enabled>false</controller-ssl-enabled> ** if ssl used, update as true”
<account-name>** Povide the account name found from controller UI – default is
customer 1**</account-name>

<account-access-key> ** provide the access key found from controller UI**</account-

access-key>
Note: You can get the account name and access key from Controller UI like shown in below
(click on fog icon or settings icon shown right upper corner side in UI)
2.1.3 Starting dbagent
Once if above steps are peformed to configure the db agent successfully, then we can start
the db agent by using below command
1) First go to dg agent installed directory

2) Run below command on terminal
java –jar db-agent.jar &

3) Wait for 30 seconds and login controller UI to see if agent is reporing or not as shown
below

3. Configuring MYSQL using db-agent
3.1 Controller UI Steps to add MYSQL db collector
1. Login in Controller UI by using your credentials and click on databases and Getstarted as
shown below screen
2. Post clicking on Get Started option , you can see below screen

Here select mysql and follow below screen to provide mysql details like below

Post providing above details, click on continue to complete mysql db-collector configuration
successfully

4. Monitoring MYSQL dashboard && Metrics

4.1 Accessing MYSQL Dashboard
1. Login in Controller UI using your credentials and click on dashboards, you can see
below screen
2. Click on Mysql-ControllerDB, further to navigate on appd db default dashboard to see

more details about mysql performance as shown below

Note: click on highlighted tabs like Live View, Queries, and Sessions etc to see detailed
performance of Mytsql database Pefomance.

4.2 Accessing MYSQL Metrics using Metric Browser
 Post login in Controller UI, click on databases and click on Metric browser show
in left side navigation view and you can see below screen
In Above, KPI’s are highlighted are most important metrics for any database getting monitored,
further can be navigated to see other metrics as well, based on above metrics Health Rules can be
written to suit client requirements.
5. Appdynamics DB-Agent logs Information
 Go to DB-Agent installed directory and you can find logs directory listed there
 Got to logs directory and you can access agent.log file to see if any errors
related to db agent and you can find below entry if db agent started
succesfully
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Trianz Appdynamics Agent Documentation

Installation and Config Document

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Trianz Internal Approval

Edition Date Author Details of Change

Draft 0.1 20/03/20 M Sekhara Reddy Initial Draft

Table 1 – Document History

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Table 2 – Document Location

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Table 1 – Document History................................................................................2

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1.3 Referenced Documents

Ref Document Number Document Title Version

Table 3 – References Documents

1.4 Acronyms and Terms

Table 4 – Acronyms and Terms

1.5 Additional remarks and agreements

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2. Appdynamics Agent Installation

2.1.2 Installing and configuring db agent

 Configure the dbagent to report it to controller by following below steps

<controller-host>** provide hostname/IP of the controller server ** </controller-host>

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<account-access-key> ** provide the access key found from controller UI**</account-

2.1.3 Starting dbagent

1) First go to dg agent installed directory

java –jar db-agent.jar &

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3. Configuring MYSQL using db-agent

3.1 Controller UI Steps to add MYSQL db collector

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4. Monitoring MYSQL dashboard && Metrics

2. Click on Mysql-ControllerDB, further to navigate on appd db default dashboard to see

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4.2 Accessing MYSQL Metrics using Metric Browser

5. Appdynamics DB-Agent logs Information

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<controller-host> provide hostname/IP of the controller server </controller-host>

<account-access-key> provide the access key found from controller UI</account-

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