Technology Primer: Monitor Microservices, Containers, Cloud Foundry and Node with CA Application Performance Management

Technology Primer: Monitor Microservices,
Containers, Cloud Foundry and Node with
CA Application Performance Management
Amy Feldman
DevOps: Agile Ops
CA Technologies
Director, CA APM Product Marketing
DO5X194S
@amyfel
#CAWorld
Guenter Grossberger
CA Technologies
Sr. Architect
@ggrossbe
#CAWorld

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Abstract
The introduction of microservices, Node.js, Cloud Foundry,
Docker containers, etc. are adding a new layer of complexity to
an already complex application environment. When application
issues arise, it becomes difficult to pinpoint the source and, too
often, you find yourself in lengthy war rooms or assigning
experts to triage every issue. As a result, brand loyalty, customer
satisfaction and innovation are negatively impacted. The old
approach to application performance management just isn’t
working. A new approach is needed. In this session you will
learn how to monitor these new modern applications to ensure
the customer experience.
Amy
Feldman
Guenter
Grossberger
CA Technologies

Agenda
MICROSERVICES 101
MODERN APPLICATION MONITORING CHALLENGES
SOLUTION FOR MONITORING DOCKER, NODE.JS AND CLOUD FOUNDRY
DEMO
1
2
3
4

Introduction to Microservices

Applications are Architected Differently
Microservices
(Agile, loosely-coupled, independent, continuous delivery)
Monolithic
(Tightly-coupled dependent, waterfall, change intolerant)

Why Microservices?
Portable Flexible Speed
BRING APPS & DIFFERENTIATION TO MARKET QUICKLY

• Used in two of the top three
US insurance companies, two
of the top three North
American telecommunications
companies and seven Fortune
500 industrial companies 5
• To be installed "in 20%-35% of
the Fortune 500” 6
• All-Time Leader in Enterprise
Buying Intention 1
• 94% are either using or
investigating the technology 2
• 65% expect to deploy
containers in production in
the next 12 months 2
Enabling Technologies & Enterprise Adoption
… just a few, many more
• JavaScript top spot for
programming languages –
RedMonk 3
• “The biggest shift in enterprise
development in more than a
decade“- Forrester Research 4
• Used by Uber, Netflix, Walmart,
LinkedIn, PayPal, New York
Times, Groupon.. more
1 https://d3oypxn00j2a10.cloudfront.net/assets/img/ETR%20Net%20Score/ETRNetScore.pdf
2 http://www.enterprisetech.com/2015/06/17/barriers-to-container-adoption-persist-survey-finds
3 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/07/01/language-rankings-6-15/
4 http://www.infoworld.com/article/2907190/javascript/javascript-will-lead-a-massive-shift-in-enterprise-development.htm
5 https://pivotal.io/platform/press-release/pivotal-cloud-foundry-record-breaking-fastest-first-year-sales-growth-for-an-open-source-product
6 http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/cloud-foundry-pros-and-cons/d/d-id/1320427l

Monitoring Challenges and Solution

Microservices Introduces Four New Monitoring Challenges
Complexity Change
ScaleResiliency

Desired Experience in Modern/Agile Environments
ANDREW CHEUNG
Application Developer
RYAN CAMPBELL
Production Support Analyst
PETE MILLER
Level 1 Support Analyst
MY PAIN
Monitoring many
systems & Devices
HELP ME
Simplify alerts, meaning
and action
MY PAIN
Bottleneck – work on
all issues
HELP ME
Understand app
performance
characteristics quickly
MY PAIN
Firefighting – not just
code changes
HELP ME
Instantly know what
changes trigger problems
MY PAIN
Administering many
Monitoring tools
HELP ME
Simplify administration
and support new apps quickly
KYLE THOMAS
APM Administrator

Microservices CloudContainers
Simply Will Not Scale
PERSPECTIVES
Complexity

1 Application Topology: 3 Perspectives
Create your own task-relevant
perspective for any APM user
APM Team Center – Role-Based Task Perspectives
The right context, for the right person, at the right time
MESSY TRUTH CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES AND FILTERS APPLIED

Change
TIMELINES
Where do I
start?
Did my change
cause the
performance issue?
What
changed?
80% of Mean Time to
Resolution is finding
what changed
Lacks intuitive and
visual change
detection
Correlation of
changes to
performance
requires expertise
Tools are too
descriptive to
understand

BEFORE CHANGE AFTER CHANGE
1: App flow change 3: Then performance
degrades
2: Two new services
were added
4: It began here!
APM Team Center – Timeline View
Quickly see changes in the context of performance problems
5: Context details
for next action

Resiliency/Noise
BASELINES
 Maintaining alerts is time consuming,
even with automated baselines
 Difficult to visually determine where
to focus resources
 Reactive not proactive
 How red is red?
What issue should
I work on first?
Should I escalate?
Why is every
issue a fire drill?
How long has this
been an issue?
INCIDENT PANEL
24
CRIT
40
OTHER
308
OK
CRIT CPU CHK (member) Server Microsoft Windows 0h 48min
CRIT CPU CHK (member) Server Linux 3h 34min
CRIT CPU CHK (member) Server Linux 2h 13min
CRIT Disk Cap CHK Server Microsoft Windows 0h 48min
WARN CPU CHK (member) Server Linux 2h 13min
WARN Disk Cap CHK Server Linux 0h 48min
WARN CPU CHK (member) Server Linux 2h 13min
WARN Disk Cap CHK Server Linux 0h 48min

“…one must separate the signal
from the noise within the data.”
-Walter Shewhart
Differential Analysis – Better Than Baselines
Fast, Easy, and Accurate Triage
Service is ok but its
trending towards an
issue
This is an issue
but not critical

Scale
SmartInstrumentation
 Components come and go with
greater frequency
 Monitoring tools do not scale with
the application
 Too much data collected to make any
sense of it
API
Scaling
How do I monitor?
Why do I need
monitoring?
How do I understand the
state of scaling
components?

E.P.I.C.APM
Smart Instrumentation
• Collect what you need when you need it
Scale Monitoring
• Monitor @scale and clustering
Ease Administration
• Get control with CA APM ACC
Simply Visualize Large Complex Data
• CA APM Team Center Perspectives role-base task views
based on pivotable attributes
Elegance @Scale

Maintenance
Improvements
What’s New in CA APM 10.1
Team Center Map APIs & UX improvements
Browser Agent
Improvements
Node.js Agent
• EM on Java 8
• Domain changes with no restart
• .NET socket monitoring DNS issue fixed
• DA variance intensity expanded
• Thread-dump truncation fix
Simplification
Work Phase 1

Support for Modern Development Technologies
New Node.js agent
Monitor apps deployed to
Docker containers with java
agent
Real time monitoring of
Application and Node.js
health/performance
Easily monitor apps deployed
using CF java build pack
Collects basic health metrics
from Pivotal CF (Field Pack)
Visibility into application
performance and CF Pivotal
health
Automatic collection of
deep dive diagnostic details
Easily install and deploy agents
without having to modify the
Node.js app source code
Visualize app
performance and Docker
health in one view
Collects basic container
health metrics (Field Pack)
Docker Field Pack Java build pack option

Node.js Agent
Monitors apps written in node.js Automatically collects deep dive diagnostic snapshots
Correlates performance to
application tiers
Does not require any modifications to the
Node.js app source code

Recommended Sessions
SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME
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Omni-Channel World
11/18/2015 at 1:00 pm
DO5X192S
Monitor Node.js App Performance and the Impact to
DevOps with CA Application Performance Management
11/18/2015 at 4:30 pm
DO5X193S
Customize CA Application Performance Management
with Tips for Using the CA Application Performance
Management Open APIs
11/19/2015 at 4:30 pm

Must See Demos
Application Performance
Management and DevOps,
featuring APM use in
preproduction scenarios
Management
Theater 5
Management, Modern
Monitoring, featuring the
new APM Team Center
Management
Theater 5
Ensuring a “5 star” mobile
app experience with CA
Mobile App Analytics
Mobile App Analytics
Theater 5
Unified Monitoring: APM
Integrations including UIM
Management
Theater 5

Follow On Conversations At…
Smart Bar
Application
Performance
Management
Theater 5
Tech Talks
Application
Performance
Management
Theater 5

Q & A

For More Information
To learn more, please visit:
http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
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