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Advanced Agent Deployment Strategies in Large Scale, Complex Environments - AppSphere16
The document presents information about AppDynamics' Universal Agent, which centralizes management and deployment of application agents, significantly streamlining the process compared to manual installations. It outlines various deployment options, including manual setups and automation tools like Puppet/Chef, while emphasizing the flexibility and capabilities of the Universal Agent to manage configurations and facilitate agent updates without direct intervention. Additionally, the document contains proprietary information and product roadmap details, highlighting that features may change without notice.
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- 1. AppDynamics Universal Agent ValChibisov Sr. Product Manager | AppDynamics Inc
- 2. APPDYNAMICS CONFIDENTIAL ANDPROPRIETARY 2 Notice The information and materials included in this presentation (collectively, the “Materials”) are the proprietary information of AppDynamics, Inc. (“AppDynamics” or the “Company”). No part of the Materials may be reproduced, distributed, communicated or displayed in any form or by any means, or used to make any derivative work, without prior written permission from AppDynamics. The Materials may contain product roadmap information of AppDynamics. AppDynamics reserves the right to change any product roadmap information at any time, for any reason and without notice. This information is intended to outline AppDynamics' general product direction, it is not a guarantee of future product features, and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for AppDynamics' products remains at AppDynamics' sole discretion. AppDynamics reserves the right to change any planned features at any time before making them generally available as well as never making them generally available. All third-party trademarks, including names, logos and brands, referenced by AppDynamics in this presentation are property of their respective owners. All references to third-party trademarks are for identification purposes only and shall be considered nominative fair use under trademark law. © 2016 AppDynamics, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 3. Our approach: We understandtransactions from the start Real-time, all-the-time visibility and management Of your entire application environment
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- 7. Deployment options 1. Manual –Deploy agents manually to different boxes – Alternatively via manually written scripts 2. Puppet/Chef – Use 3rd party tools to deploy and manage configuration of agents 3. Universal Agent – Centralized way to manage/deploy agents without ever touching the box (after Universal Agent install)! 7
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- 9. Copyright © 2015AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 9 Universal Agent
- 10. Universal Agent • UniversalAgent is, in essence, the manager of agents • Universal Agent allows management and configuration of other AppDynamics agents • Old way – Manually install multiple separate AppDynamics agents on the same machine • New way – Manually install a single AppDynamics agent and configure the deployment rules on the Controller • Such management is performed via: – Rules which can be configured to manage different agents – Remote RESTful APIs to call on the Controller Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 10
- 11. Without Universal Agent Copyright© 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 11 Physical Server Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Machine Agent Analytics Agent Separate Deployments & Configuration Physical Server Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Machine Agent Analytics Agent Separate Deployments & Configuration Physical Server Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Java Agent Machine Agent Analytics Agent Separate Deployments & Configuration … … …
- 12. With Universal Agent Copyright© 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 12 Physical Server Universal Agent Controller Physical Server Universal Agent Physical Server Universal Agent Singular place for Configuration via RESTful APIs … … …
- 13. Universal Agent Flow Copyright© 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 13 Physical Server Universal Agent Controller 1. Download pre-configured Universal Agent 2. Define configuration for agent deployment
- 14. Universal Agent Flow:UA Install Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 14 Physical Server Universal AgentController curl/wget pre-configured Universal Agent • Flexible installation options: 1. Direct download from the Controller – little to no configuration modification necessary 2. Download from Portal and configure manually
- 15. Universal Agent Flow:Configuration Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 15 Physical Server Universal AgentController Configuration Channel • Configuration is defined on the Controller by the user • Universal Agent uses configuration stored on the Controller for all its actions • Can also use local configuration if necessary
- 16. Universal Agent Flow:Configuration Update Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 16 Physical Server Universal AgentController Configuration Changed: <<Deploy Machine Agent 4.2.9>> • Universal Agent uses configuration stored on the Controller • Parses an action to determine the version and type of agent
- 17. Universal Agent Flow:Agent Deployment Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 17 Physical Server Universal AgentController Configuration Changed: <<Deploy Machine Agent 4.2.9>> • Universal Agent checks the following repositories for agents: 1. Local cache 2. Controller 3. AppDynamics Portal Local cache Controller Repository AppDynamics Portal
- 18. Universal Agent Flow:Groups Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 18 Physical Server Universal Agent Physical Server Universal Agent Physical Server Universal Agent Physical Server Universal Agent Physical Server Universal Agent Group 1 Group 2 • Group is assigned a configuration • Each Universal Agent inherits configuration from a group • Flexible group assignment
- 19. Universal Agent Flow:Self-Upgrade Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 19 Physical Server Universal AgentController Configuration Changed: <<Deploy Updated Universal Agent>> • Universal Agent has the capability to self-update itself without requiring you to physically touch the box! • Same repository structure is supported as with regular agents! Local cache Controller Repository AppDynamics Portal
- 20. Virtual Machine/Docker/Containers Copyright ©2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 20 Physical Server Container … Universal Agent Container Universal Agent Controller Physical Server Container … Universal Agent Container Universal Agent • Configuration is constantly in- sync • No need to rebuild Containers due to agent upgrades! • Universal agent will deploy/manage the correct agent versions across at any point during Container lifecycle
- 21. Universal Agent Flow:Remote Attach Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 21 Physical Server … Container Universal Agent Controller 1. Universal Agent discovers the processes running on the host box 2. Provides a way for you to specify which processes need to be instrumented with Java agents 3. Universal agent will deploy/manage the specified Java agent and instruct it to remote attach to a matching process without restart! 4. Possible to start monitoring your Java applications with zero downtime! Java Process Java Process Java ProcessJava Process How it works: Remote attach configuration comes from the Controller!
- 22. Universal Agent Flow:Configuration Copyright © 2015 AppDynamics. All rights reserved. 22 Controller • Variables are fully supported! • Universal Agent can be extended to pull variable data from different sources such as databases, REST endpoints, etc.
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