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Release Notes and References

Application Performance Monitoring

Database Visibility

Infrastructure Visibility

Analytics

Agent Management

25.7.0

Smart Agent

Configuration Options for Supported Agents

Tag Management

Application Security Monitoring

Unified Observability Experience with the Splunk Platform

End User Monitoring

Extend Splunk AppDynamics

Licensing

Accounts

Product Announcements and Alerts

PDFs

Glossary

Configuration Options for .Net Agent

Install


Option	Description	Required	Note
--additional_config	Set the AdditionalConfig.	No	N/A
--agent_version string	Set the AgentVersion.	No	N/A
--application_name string	Set the ApplicationName.	No	Recommended to set to the actual application name.
--backup_dir string	The agent backup directory. This is used for saving the current directory of the agent to preserve and use during rollback. The default value is the parent directory of the Smart Agent. For example, If Smart Agent path is `/opt/appdynamics/smartagent`, the backup_dir path will be /opt/appdynamics/smartagent/backup.	No	N/A
--controller_account_access_key string	Set the ControllerAccessKey.	Yes	N/A
--controller_account_name string	Set the ControllerAccountName.	Yes	N/A
--controller_cert_file string	Set the ControllerCertFile.	No	N/A
--controller_host_name string	Set the ControllerHostName.	Yes	If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--controller_port string	Set the ControllerPort.	Yes	If not using proxy and `enable_ssl` is set to `true`, set `controller_port=443`. If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--custom_ad_setup_file string	Set the CustomADSetupFile.	No	N/A
--custom_config_path string	Set the CustomConfigPath.	No	N/A
--download_protocol string	Set the DownloadProtocol.	No	The default value is `appd`.
--download_uri string	Set the DownloadURI.	No	The default value is `https://download-files.appdynamics.com`.
--enable_ssl	Set the ControllerEnableSSL.	No	N/A
--group string	Set the Group.	No	N/A
-h, --help	help for dotnet_msi	No	N/A
--hostname string	Set the Hostname.	No	N/A
--ini string	config file	No	The default value is `config.ini`.
--install_agent_from string	Set the InstallAgentFrom.	No	N/A
--keep_backup	Set the KeepBackup.	No	N/A
--monitor_all_IIS_apps string	Set the MonitorAllIISApps.	No	N/A
--reuse_config	Set the ReuseConfig.	No	N/A
--temp_dir string	Set the temporary directory. The default value is the temporary directory of the operating system. For example, `/tmp` for linux operating system. This is used to perform the tasks such as downloading the agent, unzipping the artifacts, during the install or upgrade process. This directory gets cleaned up after the execution of the task.	No	N/A
--user string	Set the User.	No	N/A
--windows_custom_agent_install_path string	Set the AgentCustomInstallPath.	No	Recommended. The value should not be equal to `<smart-agent-home-dir>/../dotnet-agent`. If this value is not provided, the default is `C:\Program Files\AppDynamics\AppDynamics .NET Agent`.
--windows_install_root string	Set the AppDDefaultInstallRoot.	No	N/A
--log-file string	File to write logs to	No	The default value is `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build1907265984\b002\exe\log.log`.
--output-format string	Log output format: json or console	No	The default value is `json`.
--remote	Run the command on remote systems instead of locally	No	N/A
--verbose	Enable verbose/debug logging	No	N/A

Uninstall


Option	Description	Required	Note
--additional_config	Set the AdditionalConfig.	No	N/A
--agent_version string	Set the AgentVersion.	No	N/A
--application_name string	Set the ApplicationName.	No	N/A
--backup_dir string	The agent backup directory. This is used for saving the current directory of the agent to preserve and use during rollback. The default value is the parent directory of the Smart Agent. For example, If Smart Agent path is `/opt/appdynamics/smartagent`, the backup_dir path will be /opt/appdynamics/smartagent/backup.	No	N/A
--controller_account_access_key string	Set the ControllerAccessKey.	Yes	N/A
--controller_account_name string	Set the ControllerAccountName.	Yes	N/A
--controller_cert_file string	Set the ControllerCertFile.	No	N/A
--controller_host_name string	Set the ControllerHostName.	Yes	If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--controller_port string	Set the ControllerPort.	Yes	If not using proxy and `enable_ssl` is set to `true`, set `controller_port=443`. If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--custom_ad_setup_file string	Set the CustomADSetupFile.	No	N/A
--custom_config_path string	Set the CustomConfigPath.	No	N/A
--download_protocol string	Set the DownloadProtocol.	No	The default value is `appd`.
--download_uri string	Set the DownloadURI.	No	The default value is `https://download-files.appdynamics.com`.
--enable_ssl	Set the ControllerEnableSSL.	No	N/A
--group string	Set the Group.	No	N/A
-h, --help	help for dotnet_msi	No	N/A
--hostname string	Set the Hostname.	No	N/A
--ini string	config file	No	The default value is `config.ini`.
--install_agent_from string	Set the InstallAgentFrom.	No	N/A
--keep_backup	Set the KeepBackup.	No	N/A
--monitor_all_IIS_apps string	Set the MonitorAllIISApps.	No	N/A
--reuse_config	Set the ReuseConfig.	No	N/A
--temp_dir string	Set the TempDir.	No	N/A
--user string	Set the User.	No	N/A
--windows_custom_agent_install_path string	Set the AgentCustomInstallPath.	No	Recommended. The value should not be equal to `<smart-agent-home-dir>/../dotnet-agent`. If this value is not provided, the default is `C:\Program Files\AppDynamics\AppDynamics .NET Agent`.
--windows_install_root string	Set the AppDDefaultInstallRoot.	No	N/A
--verbose	Enable verbose/debug logging	No	N/A
--remote	Run the command on remote systems instead of locally	No	N/A
--output-format string	Log output format: json or console	No	The default value is `json`.
log-file string	File to write logs to	No	The default value is `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build1907265984\b002\exe\log.log`.

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Option	Description	Required	Note
--additional_config	Set the AdditionalConfig.	No	N/A
--agent_version string	Set the AgentVersion.	No	N/A
--application_name string	Set the ApplicationName.	No	Recommended to set to the actual application name.
--backup_dir string	Set the AgentBackupDir.	No	N/A
--controller_account_access_key string	Set the ControllerAccessKey.	Yes	N/A
--controller_account_name string	Set the ControllerAccountName.	Yes	N/A
--controller_cert_file string	Set the ControllerCertFile.	No	N/A
--controller_host_name string	Set the ControllerHostName.	Yes	If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--controller_port string	Set the ControllerPort.	Yes	If not using proxy and `enable_ssl` is set to `true`, set `controller_port=443`. If using proxy, set appropriate proxy values.
--custom_ad_setup_file string	Set the CustomADSetupFile.	No	N/A
--custom_config_path string	Set the CustomConfigPath.	No	N/A
--download_protocol string	Set the DownloadProtocol.	No	The default value is .
--download_uri string	Set the DownloadURI.	No	The default value is `https://download-files.appdynamics.com`.
--enable_ssl	Set the ControllerEnableSSL.	No	N/A
--group string	Set the Group.	No	N/A
-h, --help	help for dotnet_msi	No	N/A
--hostname string	Set the Hostname.	No	N/A
--ini string	config file	No	The default value is `config.ini`.
--install_agent_from string	Set the InstallAgentFrom.	No	N/A
--keep_backup	Set the KeepBackup.	No	N/A
--monitor_all_IIS_apps string	Set the MonitorAllIISApps.	No	N/A
--reuse_config	Set the ReuseConfig.	No	N/A
--temp_dir string	Set the temporary directory. The default value is the temporary directory of the operating system. For example, `/tmp` for linux operating system. This is used to perform the tasks such as downloading the agent, unzipping the artifacts, during the install or upgrade process. This directory gets cleaned up after the execution of the task.	No	N/A
--user string	Set the User.	No	N/A
--windows_custom_agent_install_path string	Set the AgentCustomInstallPath.	No	Recommended. The value should not be equal to `<smart-agent-home-dir>/../dotnet-agent`. If this value is not provided, the default is `C:\Program Files\AppDynamics\AppDynamics .NET Agent`.
--windows_install_root string	Set the AppDDefaultInstallRoot.	No	N/A
--log-file string	File to write logs to	No	The default value is `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build1907225984\b002\exe\log.log`.
--output-format string	Log output format: json or console	No	The default value is `json`.
--remote	Run the command on remote systems instead of locally	No	N/A
--verbose	Enable verbose/debug logging	No	N/A

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