Install the Agent

To install the agent using the Agent Download Wizard in the Controller UI:

  1. Log in to the Controller UI and access the Getting Started Wizard for Java.
  2. Follow the steps in the wizard to configure and download the agent.
    The agent guides you through some preliminary configuration steps.
  3. As an administrator on the machine running your Java application, unzip the AppServerAgent.zip file.
    For example, on Linux unzip the agent to home/appdynamics. This is the <agent_home> directory.
    unzip AppServerAgent.zip -d /opt/appdynamics/appagent
  4. Add the Java Agent binary to the application process, typically by passing the agent JAR file as a startup argument to the application. For information by framework and application type, see Agent Installation by Java Framework.
When completed, you can restart your application and view data reported by the agent in the Controller UI. From there, you can install more agents or begin monitoring your application environment.