App Agent Node Properties

App agent node properties control the features and preferences for the Java Agent and .NET Agent. Such agent-specific settings include limits on the number of business transactions, the minimum number of requests to evaluate before triggering a diagnostic session, and so on.

Node properties follow an inheritance model similar to instrumentation detection, so you can set an individual property globally for an application, tier, or node level.

Note: It is possible to set node properties in the Controller UI for the PHP, Node.js, Python, Web Server Agent, and C/C++ SDK agents, however, doing so may lead to unexpected behavior or agent failure, and is therefore not supported for those agent types.

Even though it is possible to configure node properties in the app-agent-config.xml file in the agent home directory, Splunk AppDynamics recommends that you use the Controller UI to configure node properties. The Controller UI displays only those node properties that are registered to the agent.

The App Agent Node Properties Reference reference includes additional properties that do not display in the UI by default. You can register these properties yourself, but unregistered properties are intended for specific application or troubleshooting scenarios and can impact the performance of your deployment. You should register properties or configure properties directly in app-agent-config.xml only under the guidance of support or as specifically instructed by the documentation.