You can configure properties for the Controller host name, port number, and account access key using either the <db_agent_home>/conf/controller-info.xml file or by adding system properties to the Database Agent startup script.

Controller Host Name

Configure using controller-info.xml: <controller-host>

Configure using System Properties: -Dappdynamics.controller.hostName

Required: Yes

Default: None

Controller Port

Configure using controller-info.xml: <controller-port>

Configure using System Properties: -Dappdynamics.controller.port

Required: Yes

Default: For On-premises Controller installations: Port 8090 for HTTP and 8181 for HTTPS communication. For SaaS Controller service: Port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPS communication.

Account Access Key

Configure using controller-info.xml: <account-access-key>

Configure using System Properties: -Dappdynamics.agent.accountAccessKey

Required: Yes

Default: None

Optional Configurations:

• Configure the agent to use SSL, see Enable SSL for Communicating with the Controller.
• Configure the agent to use Proxy Settings, see Proxy Settings for the Controller.
• Configure the agent to run automatically when the Machine starts on Linux or Windows.
• Configure the agent to uniquely identify itself to the Controller, such as when you require multiple agents. See Multiple Agent Environment Properties.
• Configure the agent to act as a backup to another Database Agent. See Multiple Agent Environment Properties.
• Configure the logging level of the Database Agent running on the agent JVM. The attached log file shows an example of the agent log file when the agent logging is set to INFO level. This is the default. The log files are in <db_agent_home>\logs .