AppDynamics provides multiple ways to configure the Machine Agent. As part of planning your installation, decide which options work best in your environment:
Determine your configuration requirements and collect the necessary information. For details on any of the specified configuration properties listed below, see Machine Agent Configuration Properties
Typically you add startup arguments and system properties in the startup script. If you are using a Java service wrapper, you need to know the location of the wrapper configuration. Also, see Where to Specify Machine Agent Configuration.
You need to know the Controller host, Controller port, and account access key where you want your metrics to be reported. The account access key is generated at the Controller installation time and can be found on the AppDynamics Administration Console.
(Optional) SSL Communications
If you plan to use SSL to communicate with the Controller, review Enable SSL for Machine Agent. SSL-related properties include:
Controller SSL Enabled Property
Controller Keystore Password
Controller Keystore Filename
Force Default SSL Certificate Validation
Proxy Settings
If you plan to connect to the controller using a proxy server, you need to know the Proxy host, Proxy port and the path to the Proxy Password file.
Multi-tenant mode or SaaS Installations
Configure multi-tenant mode or SaaS account Information, using the Account Name property in addition to the Account Access property. This information is provided in the Welcome email from the AppDynamics Support Team. You can also find this information in the <controller_home>/initial_account_access_info.txt file.