hands-on lab: monitor modern applications in the cloud

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Hands-OnLab:MonitorModernApplicationsintheCloud

GuenterGrossberger,Sr.EngineeringServicesArchitect,CATechnologiesAndreasReiss,Sr.PrincipalEngineeringServicesArchitect,CATechnologies

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Abstract

Modernapplicationsarehighlymodular,increasinglycloud-basedandrelyonmicroservices forconnectivity. Managingperformanceinthesehighlydynamicenvironmentscanbechallengingbutdoesn'thavetobe.JointhissessiontounderstandhowtouseCAAPMExtensionsforAWS,Dockerandothercommoncloudtechnologies.

GuenterGrossberger

AndreasReissEngineeringServicesArchitects,CATechnologies

CATechnologies,Sr.EngineeringServicesArchitect


Agenda

MODERNAPPLICATIONENVIRONMENTS

MONITORINGCHALLENGES

MONITORINGMODERNAPPLICATIONS

LAB:MONITORAPPLICATIONSINDOCKERSWARM

Q&A

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ApplicationsareArchitectedDifferentlyMicroservices

(Agile,loosely-coupled,independent,continuousdelivery)Monolithic

(Tightly-coupleddependent,waterfall,changeintolerant)


Microservices:MonitoringScale&Complexity

MicroservicesArchitectureisanemergingtechniquewhichpromisestodeliverflexibilityandscalabilitytothedevelopmentanddeploymentofservicebasedapplications

http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-forecast/2014/cloud-computing/features/assets/feature02-figure02.jpg


MonitoringMustScale withNewArchitecture

Microservicesarchitecturewitheachelementoffunctionalityinaseparateservice….

Scalesbydistributingservicesacrossservers,replicatingasneeded

MICROSERVICE CONSIDERATIONS

§ Testingacrossmultipleservices§ Releaseco-ordination§ Manymovingparts/multipleinstances§ Manynewdatastores– SQL,NoSQL§ Networklatency,messaging,emergent

behaviors§ Complexity!


Containers:MonitoringComplexity&Scale

Containersincludetheapplicationandallofitsdependencies,butsharethekernelwithothercontainers.Docker containersarelightweight,runonanycomputer,onanyinfrastructure,inanycloudandaregreatformicroservices


Cloud– MonitoringScale

Cloudcomputingisaboutaccesstoapoolofcomputingresources(servers,storage,networks,servicesetc)thatcanberapidlyprovisionedandmadeavailablewithminimaloverhead– NIST


Browser

Mobile

Network WebServer

SyntheticTransactions

SQLDatabase

APIGatewayAppServer

PassiveEUE(Agentless)

Mainframe

TransactionPerformance

=MonitoringAgent

Microservice

DockerContainer

SSO UserDataStore

Abilitytotracecomplextransactionsthattraversetheentireinfrastructurefromcustomer-facingsystemsofengagementtoback-endsystemsofrecord

SystemsofEngagement Systemsof

Record


E.P.I.C.A

PM

Smartagent• Collectwhatyouneedwhenyouneedit

Monitoringatscale• Monitor@scaleandclustering

Easeofadministration• GetcontrolwithCAAPMCommandCenter

Simplyvisualizelargecomplexdata• CAAPMhomepageandAssistedTriagehelpquickly

identifyanddiagnoseproblemsthatmatter

Elegance@Scale


APMSupportforModernTechnologies

• MonitorappsdeployedtoDockercontainerswithAPMagent• Collectsbasiccontainerhealthmetrics(FieldPack)• VisualizeappperformanceandDockerhealthinoneview• https://github.com/CA-APM/DockerMonitoring

• EasilymonitorappsdeployedusingPivotalCloudFoundry® Javabuildpack• CollectsbasichealthmetricsfromPivotalCloudFoundry(fieldpack)• VisibilityintoapplicationperformanceandPivotalCloudFoundryhealth• MembersoftheCloudFoundryFoundation

• CAAPMagentsarefullysupportedandprovidetransactioncorrelation,deepdiverootcauseanalysis,browseragentforenduseranalytics

• FieldpacktoreportAWSCloudWatch dataintoCAAPM

• CAAPMpluginintegratesforbuildperformancecomparisons&attributeupdates• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/CA+APM+Plugin

• Node.jsagentsarefullysupportedandprovidetransactioncorrelation,deepdiverootcauseanalysis,browseragentforenduseranalytics

• https://www.npmjs.com/package/ca-apm-probe


ContinuousIntegration/Deployment:MonitoringforResiliency&ChangeContinuousintegrationisaprocessinwhichalldevelopmentworkisintegratedasearlyaspossibleandtheresultingartifactsareautomaticallycreatedandtested.Thisprocessshouldidentifyerrorsasveryearlyintheprocess.

Source:http://cdn.rancher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/18175501/ci_flow.png


MonitoringModernApplications

§ JavaandNode.js agentinDockerfullysupported

§ JavaagentincludedinCloudFoundryJavabuildpack

§ ExtensionsontheCAAPMMarketplace(http://marketplace.ca.com/apm):– Docker– AWS– MongoDB– Jenkins– CloudFoundry


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