Hands-On Lab: Simplify Configuration with CA Application Performance Management Command Center

World®
’16
Hands-On Lab: Simplify Configuration with
CA Application Performance Management
(CA APM) Command Center
Guenter Grossberger – Sr. Engineering Services Architect - CA Technologies
Andreas Reiss - Sr. Principal Engineering Services Architect - CA Technologies
DO4X151L
DEVOPS – AGILE OPERATIONS

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Abstract
The new CA Application Performance Management (CA APM) Command Center simplifies the
administration of CA APM installations. You can create your agent configuration in the Command
Center user interface, select features, and add extensions from the CA APM Marketplace. Finally,
you can publish the agent package you have created to hundreds of agents.
Guenter
Grossberger
Andreas
Reiss
CA Technologies
Sr. Principal Engineering
Services Architects
CA Technologies
Sr. Engineering
Services Architect

Agenda
CA APM COMMAND CENTER VISION
AGENT PACKAGES AND BUNDLES
Q & A
EXTENSIONS AND CA APM MARKETPLACE
PACKAGE UPGRADES AND DYNAMIC EXTENSIONS
LAB: UPDATE AND DEPLOY AGENT PACKAGE
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CA APM Command Center:
Agent Packages and Bundles

Recap: Command Center Focus Areas
§ Command Center can be distilled into 4 distinct areas
Diagnostics Health
View Information about
Java agents running
within the environment
Remotely fetch agent log
files and other diagnostic
information
Package diagnostics for
upload to support ticket
Remotely change the log
level on a single Java
agent
Deployment
Ability to create tailored
packages for deployment
to production systems
Packages exposed via API
for consumption by 3rd
party deployment tools
Cloud based store for
agent related packages:
APM Marketplace
Configuration
Ability to create
configuration groups
Create and enforce
configuration policies
Support for ‘hot’ and
‘cold’ configuration
Audit trail of
configuration changes
Suggest additional
monitoring opportunities
Review the monitoring
overhead of the agents
Report issues / errors
with the monitoring
Suggest changes to the
monitoring to reduce
overhead

Recap: Architecture

What is a Package?
A package is an archive (zip or tar) that contains all of the materials required
to deploy an CA APM Java agent. This includes:
§ Agent JAR
§ Agent profile and PBDs
§ Other support JARs and binaries
§ Install instructions

What is a Package?
A package is tailored to the environment being monitored
§ Application server
§ Required monitoring functionality
§ Specific monitoring capabilities
§ Specific installation requirements
A package is made up of one or more bundles, each of which represents a
piece of functionality offered by the agent

How is a Package Built?
Creating a package involves using a 4 step wizard to
1. Define the environment
2. Tailor the bundles
3. Tailor the configuration
4. Tailor the installation instructions
Skipping steps 2-4 will create a default package for the
selected environment

What Does a Built Package Look Like?
A package is a zip or tar file that exactly resembles an
agent install directory, with the usual ‘wily’ root folder
Additional files created:
§ installInstructions.md – provides tailored instructions on
how this package should be deployed
§ manifest.txt – provides list of bundles used, together with
any property overrides
§ acc-master.pbl – used to provide an exact list of pbd files
included in the configuration
wily
core
config
tools
acc-master.pbl
IntroscopeAgent.profile
pbd files
hotdeploy
ext
manifest.txt
installInstructions.md
Agent.jar
common
connectors
logs

CA APM Command Center Lab 1:
Create an Agent Package

Create New Agent Package
2. Click New
1. Click Packages

2. Select OS
1. Enter name and
comment
3. Select agent
version
4. Enter MOM/EM
(optional or list)
5. Click Done

Download link
OOTB required and
recommended bundles per
application server
Version

Download link
Install and
configuration
instructions

Customize Agent Package

1. Select agent bundle
2. Click “EDIT”
Or “COPY”

Bundle description and
dependency
information
Bundles are organized
into four categories:
1. Core
2. Environment
3. Feature
4. Custom
1. Select bundle
3. Click “Configure
Bundles”
2. Click “ADD”

§ IntroscopeAgent.profile is broken down
into bundles
– Enterprise Manager connection
– Java agent
– Command Center
– Browser agent
– JMX
– EJB
§ Command Center constructs package
IntroscopeAgent.profile from bundles

Changed properties
are shown in bold font
You can add, revert
and delete your own
properties here.
Description and
properties are shown
per bundle
E.g. use
“MathClient”
as agent name
Enter
a custom property
Custom properties are
marked with the star

You can edit the install
instructions as well.
2. Click “DONE” when
you’re finished
1. Click “Install
Instructions”
Text is markdown
syntax (help explains
markdown!).

Import Bundle from APM Marketplace

Motivation
§ CA APM is extensible
§ There are many field extensions out there – where?
§ CA APM Community, github.com/CA-APM, colleagues laptop, …
§ We have started to make extensions fully supported via CA Support
§ CA APM Marketplace is the place to find all CA APM extensions
§ http://marketplace.ca.com/apm

CA APM Marketplace
http://marketplace.ca.com/apm
CA supported
extension
Search or select
category
Search or select
category
• Agent extensions
• EPA agent plugins/scripts
• Examples
SSO: ca.com, Support,
Communities login
All CA APM
extensions are free!

CA APM Marketplace
§ After ordering you will get two emails
– Order confirmation
– Download link
§ Downloaded File (if Agent Extension)
– <extension>-<version>-dist.tar.gz
e.g. spring-3.3.0-dist.tar.gz
§ post-10.5/spring-3.3.0.tar.gz (agent bundle!)
§ pre-10.5/spring-3.3.0-pre-10.5.tar.gz (agent bundle!)
– Import into Command Center: Import button in C APM 10.5, copy to import
folder in CA APM 10.2 and CA APM 10.3
http://marketplace.ca.com/apm

Import Extensions
2. Click “IMPORT” and
select file
1. Click “Bundles”

Import Extensions
Restart necessary
Bundle will appear
in list

Dynamic Extensions

Dynamic Extensions
New agent sub-directories
To deploy and agent extension:
1. Use Command Center or
2. Copy extension into $WILYHOME/deploy
Extension will be extracted into extensions directory
– If the extension is dynamic (property in
bundle.json)
§ Loaded version of extension is unloaded
§ New version of extension is loaded
§ No application server restart required
– Otherwise only loaded on application server
restart
Old agent extensions:
core/config, core/ext
Drop new extensions
into deploy or use ACC
New extensions
directory

Dynamic Extensions
No restart necessary
Bundle requires
restart
Dynamic extension
Old (pre-CA APM 10.5)
extension, not dynamic

Dynamic Extensions
Dynamic extensions
Bundle requires
restart
Dynamic extension

Dynamic Extensions
You can push a changed configuration
to a group of agents (“Named Filter”)
directly from the Command Center UI
Agent status will show if an agent
needs to be restarted

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