Smart Agents >= 24.4 can auto-discover the application processes running on the host where Smart Agent is installed. It reports all the supported processes to the Controller.
The Smart Agent reports Java, Node.js and Python processes, which can be instrumented using the respective agents. To monitor the specific process, you can Install Agents that correspond to these processes.
The Processes tab in the Agent Management UI displays all the processes that are running on the hosts. To view the tab, you must install Smart Agent on the host machine. You can view both monitored and unmonitored processes. If a process is monitored by a Cisco AppDynamics Agent, the process is monitored.
Currently, you can view the monitored processes from Java, Node.js and Python agents that are active on a Linux operating system.
- Smart Agent currently supports auto-discovery for Java, Node.js, and Python processes.
- Smart Agent detects PHP processes on Linux, but all the processes are displayed as unmonitored even when PHP Agent is installed.
- The processes running on Windows are not displayed in the Processes tab.
To view all the application processes, navigate to Agent Management UI, then click the Processes tab.
To auto-attach a Java or Node.js agent to a specific process or service, you can modify the configuration in the ld_preload.json file. For more information about auto-attaching the agent to a specific process, see Auto-Attach Agents to Applications.
The following are fields that are displayed when you click Processes:
| Name | Description |
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| Monitoring Status | The monitored or unmonitored status of the application process. This field provides the information that the process is monitored or not. |
| Process ID | The process identifier (PID) for the reported process. |
| Process | The name of the active process |
| Agent Type | The type of the Agent. The values can be: - java for Java Agent
- node for node.js Agent
- python3 for Python Agent
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| Smart Agent ID | The ID of the corresponding Smart Agent. |
| Host Name | The host name of the machine on which Smart Agent is running. |
| Started On | The date and time when the reported process was started. |
You can use either Filter or Search field to check specific information.
