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Revised January 27, 2022
In December, we released the 21.12.0 Controller and Enterprise Console—as well as key product enhancements and agent updates.
A number of updates were made in response to the Log4j zero-day Apache vulnerability first discovered on December 9, 2021. We also resolved issues associated with the previous release.
These release highlights include the newest features and capabilities this month, at a glance. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who within your organization may be most interested or impacted for each enhancement.
CATEGORY |
ENHANCEMENT |
USER and
|
ADMIN and IMPLEMENTER |
DEVELOPER |
FULL-STACK OBSERVABILITY |
Cisco Secure Application for .NET |
✓ | ✓ | |
AGENT UPDATES |
Log4j Agent Updates |
✓ |
✓ |
|
iOS Agent |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Javascript Agent |
✓ | ✓ | ||
.NET Agent |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Cluster Agent |
✓ |
✓ |
||
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION UPDATES |
SAML Federation for AppDynamics Accounts |
✓ | ✓ | |
CONTROLLER |
Log4j vulnerabilities |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Schedule End Date show/hide control |
✓ |
✓ |
(Released December 17, 2021)
(Released December 20, 2021)
The Log4j vulnerability was addressed in release version 21.12.1 rather than base version 21.12.0.
For more information about this security vulnerability and the fixes that have been put in place, please refer to the AppDynamics Security Advisory: Apache Log4j Vulnerability page.
With the new show/hide Schedule End Date setting on the Browser Synthetic monitoring jobs page, there is no need to open each synthetic job individually to identify its scheduled end date.
NOTE | To view all technical documentation associated with this month’s releases, please visit Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes in our documentation portal.
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE DESCRIPTION |
SFRT234 |
Expand Your Troubleshooting Capabilities with Development-level Monitoring |
SFT235 |
Capture Transaction Snapshots with Diagnostic Sessions |
SFT236 |
Monitor Key Performance Metrics with Health Rules |
SFT262 |
Create Dynamic Dashboards with Dash Studio |
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We’re currently running the following Beta program and looking for your feedback:
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The following key issue was resolved this month. To see a complete listing of this month's resolved issues, see Resolved Issues by Month.
For information about the log4j Apache vulnerability,
see the Agent Updates section, above
PLEASE NOTE: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation.
Download Essential Components (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem), Events Service, EUM Components) |
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