How Do I Connect APM to Non-Web Programs?

Operation

Application Performance Management (APM) can connect to non-web programs, and collect and display their data. To connect APM to non-web programs, do as follows:

• For non-web programs deployed through Cloud Container Engine (CCE), see CCE Mode.
• For non-web programs deployed on Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) or Bare Metal Server (BMS), see VM Mode.

CCE Mode

CCE provides containerized application management. When you create or upgrade a non-web program, set environment variables and select the probe according to the following figures so that it can be installed in the non-web program. Three minutes after you start the program, log in to the APM console to view the program status on the Topology and Transactions pages.

Figure 1 Setting environment variables

Figure 2 Selecting the probe

VM Mode

To connect APM to non-web programs deployed on ECS or BMS, add the following configurations to the startup script:

-javaagent:/opt/oss/servicemgr/ICAgent/pinpoint/pinpoint-bootstrap.jar -Dapm_application=Application name -Dapm_tier=Service name -Dapm_noport=true

After the configurations are added, start the program and then view the program data on the APM console.

For example, assume that the original startup script is as follows:

java -jar app.jar

If the application name is vmall and the service name is vmall-product-service, the modified startup script will be as follows:

java -javaagent:/opt/oss/servicemgr/ICAgent/pinpoint/pinpoint-bootstrap.jar -Dapm_application=vmall -Dapm_tier=vmall-product-service -Dapm_noport=true -jar app.jar