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I’m experiencing issues uploading custom dashboards from extensions. What do I do? If you encounter issues while uploading dashboards via extensions, your best course of action is to create the dashboard directly from the Controller UI instead. How...
Why am I getting a “PKIX path building failed” error when my extension tries to connect to an application server? Sometimes a “PKIX path building failed” error is reported in Machine Agent logs for extensions that are trying to connect to an HTTPS ...
While configuring JMX-based extensions, you may sometimes face connectivity issues to your application server which is exposed via JMX. You may also want to verify a metric value reported by extensions against the value reported in JConsole for the s...
The Controller has various metric processing qualifiers with regard to aggregation, time roll-up, and cluster roll-up, for processing a metric. These qualifiers are configured for each metric that an extension reports. Please refer to the Build a mon...
Troubleshooting various kinds of AWS extensions issues Following are some of the troubleshooting steps for AWS extensions: Contents How do I troubleshoot connectivity issues for AWS extensions?How do monitoring type settings affect AWS extensions?W...
How can I avoid extension errors due to unconfigured (or incorrectly configured) health check parameters? The Java SDK for AppDynamics Extensions runs a few checks to validate the Application and Machine Agent configuration. However, there are few ...
Workbench is an inbuilt feature provided with each extension to help you to fine-tune the extension setup before you actually deploy it on the Controller. Workbench functionality is inbuilt with each extension JAR file. Currently, the AppDynamics...
Table of Contents What are derived metrics?Points to rememberConfiguring “derivedMetrics" section in config.yml What are derived metrics? Derived metrics are the metrics created by using the existing metrics (let’s call them base metrics). For exa...
What are possible configuration scenarios for the Machine Agent and SIM and App Agents, and their impact on an extension and its configurations? Contents APM Machine Agent InstallationIndependent Machine Agent InstallationServer Infrastructure Mon...
What is the use case for using "taskSchedule" for extensions? How do I configure "taskSchedule"? Contents Why use "taskSchedule" to monitor intervals? How do I configure "config.yml" to use task schedule mode? Details to know about using "taskSche...
Metric Transformers in the Extensions Commons Library The Java Extension SDK provides an automated utility that allows extensions developers to transform a metric name and value as it would be represented in the Metric Browser. These transformers i...
What do I need to know to use the metricPath CharSequence replacement feature of the Java SDK for AppDynamics extensions? Contents When and how can I use the metricChar replacement?How do I configure the metricChar feature? When and how can I us...
Contents Use CaseConfiguration Events Service ClientCreating a SchemaRetrieving a SchemaDeleting a SchemaPublishing Events Use Case The AppDynamics Metric Browser only supports numerical values for metrics. In order to store and monitor non-numer...
How is HttpClient used in the extensions commons library? This document explains the httpClient used by the extensions commons library, part of the Java SDK for AppDynamics Extensions. Table of Contents GoalUsageConfiguration Goal Most of the ...
What extension Health Checks generate logs I can use for debugging issues? The Java SDK for AppDynamics Extensions runs a few checks to validate the Application and Machine Agent configuration and to ensure an error-free run of any configured exte...
Uploading pre-built extension dashboards automatically: when and how do I do it? Contents When can pre-built extension dashboards be automatically uploaded?How do I configure the extension with the necessary Controller information?Configuring the "c...
How do I configure Monitoring Extensions to report metrics to the Controller? AppDynamics Monitoring Extensions require either a Server Infrastructure and Monitoring (SIM) Agent or a stand-alone Machine Agent (MA) to report metrics to the AppDynamic...
The following Knowledge Base articles contain detailed information related to features in AppDynamics Extensions. They can help you troubleshoot your extension, as well as helping you become more informed on when and how to use different extension...
What are the assumptions and limitations for the derived metric calculation in AppDynamics Extensions? Contents AssumptionsLimitations Assumptions The assumptions made before the derived metrics calculation is initiated are: All the base metrics...
Configuring extensions for password encryption Most of our extensions support password encryption. To use this service, please follow these steps exactly as specified. NOTE | Once done, you will have to uncomment the encryptionKey and encryptedPass...
Now, these users will only need to sign in to AppDynamics once. As they navigate from one to another of their authorized AppDynamics products and services, they will not be asked for their password again.
NOTE | This change does not affect current Controller local, SAML, and LDAP users, who can continue to sign in as they always have, without disrupting their access.
Though this feature is currently only available for users added since v21.11, the ability to convert an existing (pre-v21.11) user account to the new SSO-enabled AppDynamics managed user identity is planned for later in 2022. Be on the lookout for an announcement describing this conversion in the future.
AppDynamics IDP users can use the following steps to view and navigate to their AppDynamics products and services:
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The password field appears once you enter the username and click next. It may either appear on the same screen, or once you are redirected to your “global” sign-in page.
You need to enter your username twice when first signing in due to our use of a global identity provider.
TIPS | Use the “Remember me” functions to further streamline all your future logins.
Alternatively, sign in to your personal profile page first. It will show you everything you have access to and provide direct access links.
We are working on a migration to AppD IDP user capability that will upgrade your existing Controller account to AppD IDP. It is on the roadmap for later this year.
You can expect successful authentications when an AppD IDP account is used for a service account AppD IDP authentication on a Controller. The service account can be authenticated without the SSO flow.
That said, we recommend that customers move to our OAUTH-based API clients for this process , wherever possible, to improve security. See the documentation for this feature here.
AppD IDP stands for “AppDynamics Identity Provider”. Until now, each Controller has served as its own identity provider. From this point forward, we are moving that function to the AppD IDP, a global AppDynamics Identity Provider.
If you have chosen SAML or LDAP as your authentication provider in the Controller tenant authentication provider settings tab, then you are not using the new AppD IDP for user identity management, but instead are using your own provider. If your Controller tenant has “AppDynamics” selected in the Controller tenant authentication provider tab, then users created since v21.11 are using the AppD IDP for user identity management.
If your account was created between now and v21.11, and your email address is your username, then you are an AppDynamics Identity Provider user.
You can confirm this by logging into your personal profile at https://accounts.appdynamics.com/personal-profile. If the Assigned Controller Tenants sections lists the Controllers you use, you are an AppDynamics Identity Provider user.
Legacy local AppDynamics user accounts are those created before v.21.11 that do not use email as their username.
NOTE | As with Controller based SAML and LDAP users, current pre-v21.11 legacy local users can continue to sign in as they always have, without a disruption to their access.
Yes! This is like any other AppDIDP-managed user except that when they sign in, they will be redirected to the customer IDP. Just add the user using their email address to the Controller account.
The user must be added from the Controller users page, using their email address. If a user’s email exists in the AppD IDP, that account will be used for SSO features.
NOTE | Users cannot be given access to a Controller tenant from the Accounts Management Portal at this time.
You may find the following AppDynamics Documentation resources useful:
Also related to this topic are the following Knowledge Base articles:
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