Getting Started

  1. Register/Login to AppDynamics.
  2. Navigate to the OpenTelemetry Configuration page
  3. Click on Processors, you’ll find 3 attributes, locate appdynamics.controller.account and copy it’s value, this is your Account Name.
  4. Click on Exporters, copy the Endpoint, and generate an API Key.

Configuring Destination Fields

  • APPDYNAMICS_APPLICATION_NAME string : Application Name. Will define a namespace in AppDynamics
    • This field is optional
  • APPDYNAMICS_ACCOUNT_NAME string : Account Name.
    • This field is required
  • APPDYNAMICS_ENDPOINT_URL string : Endpoint URL.
    • This field is required
  • APPDYNAMICS_API_KEY string : API Key.
    • This field is required

Adding Destination to Odigos

There are two primary methods for configuring destinations in Odigos:

Using the UI
1

Use the Odigos CLI to access the UI

odigos ui
2

Click on Add Destination, select AppDynamics and follow the on-screen instructions

Using Kubernetes manifests
1

Save the YAML below to a file (e.g. appdynamics.yaml)

apiVersion: odigos.io/v1alpha1
kind: Destination
metadata:
  name: appdynamics-example
  namespace: odigos-system
spec:
  data:
    APPDYNAMICS_ACCOUNT_NAME: <Account Name>
    APPDYNAMICS_ENDPOINT_URL: <Endpoint URL>
    # Note: The commented fields below are optional.
    # APPDYNAMICS_APPLICATION_NAME: <Application Name>
  destinationName: appdynamics
  secretRef:
    name: appdynamics-secret
  signals:
  - TRACES
  - METRICS
  - LOGS
  type: appdynamics

---

apiVersion: v1
data:
  APPDYNAMICS_API_KEY: <Base64 API Key>
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: appdynamics-secret
  namespace: odigos-system
type: Opaque
2

Apply the YAML using kubectl

kubectl apply -f appdynamics.yaml