Server Tagging

Use Server Tagging to query, filter, and compare related servers using custom metadata. You can tag related servers based on OS, location, tier, owner, or any other relevant criteria. Server tags provide additional context to server metrics.

For example, you may want to specify deployment-version tags to the servers in a specific cluster, and then use those tags to identify anomalies in server metrics during a new deployment.

Server Tagging requires a Server Visibility license. Server Tagging is currently available for Linux, Windows, and Solaris.

Server Visibility can import the tags (described in the table) automatically.

SourceTagsController and Agent Requirements
Custom Server Tags

Server Visibility can import:

  • Server tags defined in ServerMonitoring.yml . See Defining and Viewing Tags for a Server.
  • Server tags defined in Amazon EC2 (SeeTagging EC2 Resourcesin the Amazon AWS documentation).
  • Server tags defined in Azure Virtual Machines (VM) for Linux and Windows. (See How to tag a VM using the Azure CLI in the Microsoft Azure documentation.)
  • ServerMonitoring.yml and Amazon EC2:
    • Controller >= 20.3
    • Machine Agent >= 20.1
  • Azure VM:
    • Controller >= 20.3
    • Machine Agent >= 22.12
Machine Agent

These tags display in the Server Dashboard under Tags:

  • OS Architecture
  • OS Kernel
  • Splunk AppDynamics Agent Version
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 20.1
Amazon Web Services

These tags display in the Server Dashboard under Tags as AWS|<Importing Tags from Amazon Web Services and Configuration Options for AWS Tags.

  • resource-id
  • availability-zone
  • region
  • ami-id
  • instance-type
  • security-group
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 20.1
Microsoft Azure

These tags display in the Server Dashboard under Tags as Azure|<Configuration Options for Microsoft Azure Tags.

  • vmId
  • location
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 22.12
Docker

Server Visibility can import user-defined tags and system container-level tags. These display under Docker| <Container Details > Tags as

The exact set of tags imported can vary depending on the system on which the container is running. See Configuration Options for Docker Tags.
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 20.1

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Server Visibility can import ReplicaSet and pod tags. These appear under Container Details > Tags as K8s|<tag> . See Configuration Options for Kubernetes and OpenShift Tags.
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 20.1
ServiceNow CMDB

Server Visibility can import Configuration Management Database (CMDB) server tags. These appear under ServiceNow|<tag> Container Details > Tags as

SeeConfiguration Options for ServiceNow CMDB Tags.
  • Controller >= 20.3
  • Machine Agent >= 23.8