Cisco AppDynamics Application Performance Management (APM)

Develop your AppDynamics personal lab practice environment with docker-based and tomcat-based labs, learning installation, instrumentation, war deployment, java home setup, and load generation.

Follow this lab walkthrough to set up the Abdulrahim practice environment for Cisco AppDynamics APM, configuring DNS, installing Docker and Docker Compose, deploying DOCA, and starting a load generator.

Explore AppDynamics architecture, featuring unified monitoring across user devices to the backend, via agents reporting to a cloud or on-prem controller, delivering a single pane of glass and end-to-end visibility.

Explore how AppDynamics uses tagging and tracing to monitor end-to-end transactions across web, app, and backend services. See how agents collect metrics, identify entry points, follow transactions through the flow map, and provide health, baseline, and business transaction insights.

Explore AppDynamics modules for APM, including native APM, real user experience with mobile and web, business and log analytics, and visibility for databases, servers, networks, containerised environments, and synthetic monitoring.

Discover the technologies and runtimes AppDynamics supports, including .NET, Apache, and Tomcat, how to verify compatibility with customers, and how to create custom extensions for unsupported apps.

Learn enterprise console and controller installation requirements for on-prem AppDynamics, including discovery and upgrades, hardware profiles (demo to large), time sync, ports, and permission needs.

Install the enterprise console on Linux, which installs the controller and the event service as managed jobs. Verify prerequisites, set proper permissions, and configure ports for access.

Install and configure a single AppDynamics enterprise console and controller on Windows by setting hostname and IP, mapping hosts, and applying antivirus exclusions and page file settings.

Learn how to set up AppDynamics SaaS in the cloud, onboard applications, obtain credentials, configure the controller, and troubleshoot connectivity and ssl issues to start monitoring.

Explore Cisco AppDynamics APM licensing, comparing pro, advanced, peak, and light models, with per-agent licensing, free trials, and coverage for Java, .NET, browser, and network visibility.

Understand AppDynamics' new CPU core based licensing, infrastructure-based model, and edition options (premium, enterprise, infrastructure monitoring), plus how virtualization, hyper-threading, and machine agents affect licensing.

Explore practical licensing scenarios for AppDynamics across generation 1–3 licenses, comparing application, database visibility, and business performance monitoring with real user monitoring for mobile and e-commerce apps.

Instrument a Java application using the wizard or manual method, install the AppDynamics Java agent, restart Tomcat, and monitor with the controller for real-time performance insights.

Learn the manual method of instrumenting an application with AppDynamics application agents by configuring controller info, account name and access key, deploying the agent, and validating with live load.

Instrument a dot net on premise application with AppDynamics APM using manual agent installation or the getting started wizard, configure the web tier, and verify monitoring under load.

Explore the controller user interface, learn how flow maps and dependency mappings reveal business transactions, and use transaction snapshots and call graphs to diagnose performance.

Explore infrastructure visibility in appdynamics, monitoring cpu, memory, disk io, and network latency with the machine agent, and correlate hardware metrics with application performance.

Install the machine agent on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, choosing bundled or separate Java, set permissions, edit controller.xml, and run the start or VB script to enable infrastructure monitoring.

Explore post installation of the machine agent via Savar visibility, viewing cpu, memory, io, network, and processes on windows and linux, with partitions and alerts for proactive response.

Gain end-to-end visibility into how databases affect application performance with AppDynamics, supporting a holistic monitoring strategy. Track hardware resources, KPI metrics, and database statistics with collectors and an event service.

Learn how to install AppDynamics database agent and enable agentless monitoring for Oracle databases, including heap space calculations, permissions, and configuring a database collector to monitor multiple databases.

Explore unified monitoring with AppDynamics to gain comprehensive visibility across dependencies, troubleshoot root causes in the bank online application, and pinpoint slow transactions and database calls.

Set up health rules and alerts in AppDynamics APM by defining baselines, health truths, and policies; trigger alerts and actions when CPU, memory, or errors deviate.

Configure health rules and alerts in AppDynamics APM by setting memory and CPU utilization thresholds, testing email notifications, and linking rules to infrastructure policies.

Design a custom dashboard in AppDynamics to present audience-tailored metrics in real time. Plan with stakeholders and visualize CPU, memory, and response time using simple widgets.