APM Insight .NET Agent Configuration Options

This page should help you tune the configuration for APM Insight .NET agent configuration profile. The .NET agent configuration profile enables you to set threshold values for key parameters and web transactions. These settings can be configured in the apminsight.conf file or from the web client. Make sure that this file is present in the folder where you have deployed the APM Insight agent.

Editing the configuration settings

These settings can be configured using the edit option available in the web client.

Browse through the following topics to view the agent configuration profile for the respective categories of .NET:

DOTNET Configuration profile

The .NET agent configuration profile is categorized into three parts:

Note: '*' indicates that the highlighted default value applies for versions above Applications Manager v16470.

Basic configuration profiles

Name Key Description Default Value

Capture database SQL Queries

sql.capture.enabled
  • Enabling this option will listen to all SQL Queries which gets executed.
  • If this option is disabled, no Database Metrics will be collected.

True

Obfuscate SQL Parameters

transaction.trace.sql.parametrize
  • Enabling this option will parameterize all SQL Queries in Slow Transaction Traces. (if sql.capture.enabled set to true & transaction.trace.enabled set to true)
  • Disabling this option will give you the real query (with parameters).

    Note: It is recommended to enable this option if there are queries getting executed using confidential parameters like credit card number, passwords, etc.

True

Stacktrace threshold for SQLs in transaction trace

transaction.trace.sql.stacktrace.threshold

  • Enabling this option will collect the stacktrace whenever any sql query executed above this threshold time value.

3(seconds)

Display Instance Port number

show.instance.port.number

  • Port number of application instances will be shown, if this option is enabled.

True

Logging level

apminsight.log.level
  • The log level at which the APM Insight agent should record information.
  • Supported levels are SEVERE,WARNING, INFO and FINE.

CRITICAL

List of URL extensions to be skipped from tracking

transaction.skip.listening
  • Web transactions of the specified URL patterns will be skipped while tracking
  • Use comma(,) to separate multiple entries

    Example: transaction.skip.listening=*.jpeg will skip listening to transactions ending with .jpeg

*.css, *.js, *.gif, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.png, *.ico

List of exceptions to be skipped from tracking

exceptions.ignore

  • Enter the list of exceptions that need not be tracked.

None

Skip Transactions

transaction.skip.patterns
  • Provide regex patterns or transaction names that can be skipped from tracking.
  • Multiple entries should be comma separated values.

None
Normalize DB Operation Names  
  • Replaces alphanumeric values in the DB operation names with a question mark (*), if enabled.
 False

Web transaction configurations

Name Key Description Default value

Apdex Threshold

apdex.threshold
  • Application Performance Index (simply called Apdex) is measurement of an Application's Performance ranging from 0 to 1.
  • Detailed information about Apdex can be found at www.apdex.org
  • If any transaction response time scores above four times the apdex.threshold, the transaction is labeled as Frustrated.
  • If it is exactly equal to apdex.threshold or in between satisfied and frustrated threshold value it is labeled as Tolerating.

0.5 (seconds)

Sampling factor

transaction.tracking.request.interval
  • Sampling factor helps in tracking sampled transactions.
  • If set to 5, APMInsight tracks only 1 in 5 requests of the same kind

5(requests) or 10(requests)*

Enable transaction tracing

transaction.trace.enabled
  • Enabling this option will construct Trace for Slow Transactions.
  • You can view the traces collected in APM Insight Page by selecting Traces tab.

True

Transaction tracing threshold

transaction.trace.threshold
  • Trace of any transaction whose response time scoring above the specified threshold value will be collected, provided if transaction.trace.enabled is set to true.
  • The trace can be used to analyze, troubleshoot the transaction working.

2(seconds) or 5(seconds)*

Capture trace if external calls exceeds

component.trace.threshold

  • Trace snapshot will be taken for all HTTP request(s) which has total external components (like MYSQL, MEMCACHED, etc) call count equal or higher than the configured number.

30 (Count)

Capture HTTP parameters?

webtransaction.trace.input.params.record
  • Enabling this option captures parameters of all GET & POST web requests
  • To skip capturing specific parameters use webtransaction.trace.input.params.ignore key
  • Captured parameters can be viewed by selecting the required transaction in Traces tab

False

List of HTTP parameters to ignore

webtransaction.trace.input.params.ignore
  • To skip capturing specific web request parameters like password, PIN or any confidential values, specify those parameter names for this key
  • Use comma(,) to separate multiple entries. Values specified for this key are case-sensitive
  • If no value is specified, all request parameters will be recorded

password, authKey
Capture HTTP headers? webtransaction.trace.request.headers.record
  • Captures the parameters sent in the http(s) headers (both GET & POST), if this option is enabled.
 False
List of Request headers to ignore webtransaction.trace.request.headers.ignore
  • The values of these parameters in the http(s) headers (both GET & POST) will be ignored from tracking. Sensitive and confidential keys like Cookie, Host and others should be mentioned here.
 None
Capture Custom Parameters? custom.parameters.record
  • Captures the Custom parameters which are defined in your application code, if this option is enabled.
 False
Capture CPU Time? cputime.capture.enabled
  • Record CPU time for every HTTP request, if enabled.
 False
CPU Time threshold cputime.threshold
  • cpu time will get collected whenever any transaction cpu consumes above this threshold value
 60%

Background transaction configurations

Name Key Description Default value

Track background transactions

bgtransaction.tracking.enabled
  • Enabling this option, APM Insight agent starts tracking background transactions
  • All transactions other than HTTP are considered as background transactions

True

Capture traces

bgtransaction.trace.enabled
  • Enabling this option, the agent collects traces for slow background transactions, provided bgtransaction.tracking.enabled is set to true

True

Transaction trace threshold

bgtransaction.trace.threshold

  • Traces will be collected for background transactions whose response time have crossed the specified threshold value, provided bgtransaction.trace.enabled is set to true

2(seconds)

Sampling factor

bgtransaction.tracking.request.interval
  • Sampling factor for background transactions
  • If value is set to 1, agent tracks every transaction. If value is set to n, agent tracks 1 in n transactions of same kind

5 (Request)
Track Web Services as background bgtransaction.enable.web.services
  • Enabling this option will collect background web service transaction
 False

DOTNET SERVICE Configuration Profile

Basic configuration profiles

Name Key Description Default value

Capture database SQL Queries

sql.capture.enabled
  • Enabling this option will listen to all SQL Queries which gets executed.
  • If this option is disabled, no Database Metrics will be collected.

True

Obfuscate SQL Parameters

transaction.trace.sql.parametrize
  • Enabling this option will parameterize all SQL Queries in Slow Transaction Traces. (if sql.capture.enabled set to true & transaction.trace.enabled set to true)
  • Disabling this option will give you the real query (with parameters).

    Note: It is recommended to enable this option if there are queries getting executed using confidential parameters like credit card number, passwords, etc.

True

Stacktrace threshold for SQLs in transaction trace

transaction.trace.sql.stacktrace.threshold
  • Enabling this option will collect the stacktrace whenever any sql query executed above this threshold time value.

3(seconds)

Display Instance Port number

show.instance.port.number

  • Port number of application instances will be shown, if this option is enabled.

True

Logging level

apminsight.log.level
  • The log level at which the APM Insight agent should record information.
  • Supported levels are SEVERE,WARNING, INFO and FINE.

CRITICAL

List of exceptions to be skipped from tracking

exceptions.ignore

  • Enter the list of exceptions that need not be tracked.

None

Skip Transactions

transaction.skip.patterns
  • Provide regex patterns or transaction names that can be skipped from tracking.
  • Multiple entries should be comma separated values.

None
Sampling factor transaction.tracking.request.interval
  • Sampling factor helps in tracking sampled transactions.
  • If set to 5, APMInsight tracks only 1 in 5 requests of the same kind
 5(request) or 10(requests)*
Enable transaction tracing transaction.trace.enabled
  • Enabling this option will construct Trace for Slow Transactions.
  • You can view the traces collected in APM Insight Page by selecting Traces tab.
 True
Transaction tracing threshold transaction.trace.threshold
  • Trace of any transaction whose response time scoring above the specified threshold value will be collected, provided if transaction.trace.enabled is set to true.
  • The trace can be used to analyze, troubleshoot the transaction working.
 2(seconds) or 5(seconds)*
Capture trace, if external call exceeds component.trace.threshold
  • Trace snapshot will be taken for all HTTP request(s) which has total external components (like MYSQL, MEMCACHED, etc) call count equal or higher than the configured number.
 30
Capture CPU Time? cputime.capture.enabled
  • Record CPU time for every HTTP request, if enabled.
 False
CPU Time Threshold cputime.threshold
  • cpu time will get collected whenever any transaction cpu consumes above this threshold value
 60%

DOTNET DESKTOP Configuration profile

Basic configuration profiles

Name Key Description Default value

Capture database SQL Queries

sql.capture.enabled

  • Enabling this option will listen to all SQL Queries which gets executed.

  • If this option is disabled, no Database Metrics will be collected.

True

Obfuscate SQL Parameters

transaction.trace.sql.parametrize

  • Enabling this option will parameterize all SQL Queries in Slow Transaction Traces. (if sql.capture.enabled set to true & transaction.trace.enabled set to true)

  • Disabling this option will give you the real query (with parameters).

    Note: It is recommended to enable this option if there are queries getting executed using confidential parameters like credit card number, passwords, etc.

True

Stacktrace threshold for SQLs in transaction trace

transaction.trace.sql.stacktrace.threshold

  • Enabling this option will collect the stacktrace whenever any sql query executed above this threshold time value.

3(seconds)

Display Instance Port number

show.instance.port.number

  • Port number of application instances will be shown, if this option is enabled.

True

Logging level

apminsight.log.level

  • The log level at which the APM Insight agent should record information.

  • Supported levels are SEVERE,WARNING, INFO and FINE.

CRITICAL

List of exceptions to be skipped from tracking

exceptions.ignore

  • Enter the list of exceptions that need not be tracked.

None

Skip Transactions

transaction.skip.patterns

  • Provide regex patterns or transaction names that can be skipped from tracking. Multiple entries should be comma separated values.

None
Sampling factor transaction.tracking.request.interval

  • Sampling factor helps in tracking sampled transactions.

  • If set to 5, APM Insight tracks only 1 in 5 requests of the same kind

 5(requests) or 10(requests)*
Enable transaction tracing transaction.trace.enabled

  • Enabling this option will construct Trace for Slow Transactions.

  • You can view the traces collected in APM Insight Page by selecting Traces tab.

 True
Transaction tracing threshold transaction.trace.threshold
  • Trace of any transaction whose response time scoring above the specified threshold value will be collected, provided if transaction.trace.enabled is set to true.
  • The trace can be used to analyze, troubleshoot the transaction working.
 2(seconds) or 5(seconds)*
Capture trace, if external call exceeds component.trace.threshold
  • Trace snapshot will be taken for all HTTP request(s) which has total external components (like MYSQL, MEMCACHED, etc) call count equal or higher than the configured number.
 30
Capture CPU Time? cputime.capture.enabled
  • Record CPU time for every HTTP request, if enabled.
 False
CPU Time Threshold cputime.threshold
  • CPU time will get collected whenever any transaction cpu consumes above this threshold value
 60%

Configurations available only in apminsight.conf file

Certain configuration files cannot be modified from the client. These settings can be configured in apminsight.conf file.

Name Key Description Default value

Application Name

application.name

  • Specify the desired Application's Name to show in Applications Manager.

  • If there are multiple instances of your application and you would like to group them, then specify the same application name in all installed APM Insight Agent Configuration files.
    Example: myonlineshopping.com

True

Capture traces

license.key

  • The API Key for the corresponding user.

  • This will be available in the APM Insight home page, after login.

  • Copy and Paste the Key as value for this parameter.

  • This key is user specific. Do not share with anyone else.

none

Configure Proxy

behind.proxy

  • Specify whether the Agent installed Application Server is under a proxy network.

  • If set True, Proxy credential information should be given in order to send the metric data from the agent to Applications Manager.

  • If behind.proxy is set to true, specify values for the following keys:

  • proxy.server.host: Host name of the proxy server

  • proxy.server.port: Proxy server's port

  • proxy.auth.username: User name of the proxy server

  • proxy.auth.password: password for the proxy server

False