Agent Installer Overview
The Agent Installer works with these items:
On Linux
- Agent Installer
- Executable installer inside the
appdynamics-zero-agent-<version>.zipfile (representing the Agent Installer Platform). The Agent Installer installs the Agent Installer Platform with Java, and Machine Agents on a system. You access the installer from the Controller UI. - Decorator
- Library responsible for automatically instrumenting new processes with Splunk AppDynamics APM agents. The library auto-instruments the application and auto-names tiers and nodes for the Controller.
- Agent Installer Platform
- Software bundle that manages the Decorator, Java Agent, and Machine Agent. Enables
automatic instrumentation and reports the status of various processes to the Controller
UI. Collective term for the decorator, agent
daemon, agent binaries. - Downloader
- Script (
zero-agent.sh) that downloads individual zip files containing the Java and Machine (if applicable) Agents, and Agent Installer Platform. - Watchdog
- Agents installed with the Agent Installer can be managed with the Watchdog process.
- Updater
- Responsible for the rollback and upgrade of the monitoring agents.
On Windows:
- Agent Installer
- Executable installer inside the
appdynamics-zero-agent-windows-64-<version>.zipfile (representing the Agent Installer Platform). The Agent Installer installs the Agent Installer Platform with Machine Agent on a system. You access the installer from the Controller UI. - Agent Installer Platform
- Software bundle that manages the Machine Agent. Send metrics to the Controller UI.
Collective term for the agent
daemon, agent binaries. - Downloader
- Script (
zero-agent.ps1) that downloads individual zip files containing the Machine Agent, and the Agent Installer Platform. - Watchdog
- Agents installed with the Agent Installer can be managed with the Watchdog process.
- Updater
- Responsible for the rollback and upgrade of the monitoring agents.