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This topic lists the application environments and versions supported by the AppDynamics Java Agent. For general information about AppDynamics support, see Supported Environments - 4.3

 

Java Agent Supported Platforms

In the following tables, note that:

  • A dash ("-") in a table cell indicates that this column is not relevant or not supported for that particular environment.
  • In cases where no version is provided, assume that all versions are supported. Contact AppDynamics Sales for confirmation.
  • For environments that require additional configuration, a separate table describing or linking to configuration information follows the support matrix.
  • For environments supported by AppDynamics End User Monitoring, see Supported Environments and Versions - Web EUM.
  • For environments supported by AppDynamics Server Visibility, Standalone Machine Agent Requirements and Supported Environments.

JVM Support

The AppDynamics Java Agent supports applications running with a JRE or a full JDK. 

Vendor

Implementation

Version

Operating System

Object Instance
Tracking

Automatic Leak
Detection

Custom Memory Structures

      Content InspectionAccess TrackingRequires JVM Restart?
AzulZing15.xLinux x64YesYes---
AzulZulu7.xLinux x64YesYes---

HP

OpenVMS

-

-

-

-

-

--

IBM

JVM

1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x

-

-

Yes, as noted2

Yes, as noted2

--

Oracle

Java HotSpot

7 Update 45+

Solaris Sparc 64, Windows, Linux

-

-

-

--
Oracle

Java SE
(Standard Edition) 

81Solaris Sparc 64, Windows, LinuxYesYesYesYesYes

Oracle

JRockit JVM

28.1+

Linux Intel 64 Windows

-

-

-

--

Oracle/BEA

JRockit

1.5

-

-

Yes

Yes

YesYes
Oracle/BEAJRockit1.6, 1.7--YesYes--

Oracle/SUN

JVM

1.5, 1.6, 1.7

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes-

Open Source

OpenJDK

1.6, 1.7, 1.8

Linux, windows, everywhere

Yes

Yes

-

--
SAPJDK6+

Windows, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, i5/OS, AIX

YesYes---

Notes:

For examples of instrumenting new language constructs in Java SE 8, see Monitor Java Interface Static and Default Methods.    

Object instance tracking, automatic leak detection, and custom memory structure monitoring are not supported with the AppDynamics IBM Java Agent. IBM JVMs can be instrumented with the AppDynamics Sun Java Agent to work around this limitation, however, doing so can result in a noticeable negative performance impact and is not recommended. In such cases, the IBM JVM needs to be restarted to enable custom memory structure monitoring.  

JVM Language Frameworks Support

No additional configuration is required for these frameworks.

Vendor

JVM Language 
Framework

Version

Correlation/
Entry Points

Exit Points

Transports

Notes

Open Source

Akka Actor

2.1 – 2.4.x

Yes

Yes

Netty

4.3.1 required for 2.4.x.

2.4x support includes Persistence.

Remoting exit/entry supported.

Open Source

Akka HTTP

Akka 2.4.x

Scala 2.11

Yes

Yes

HTTP

New in 4.3.1

Open Source

Groovy

-

Yes

Yes

 

 

Open Source

Play for Scala

2.1 – 2.5

Yes

-

HTTP over Netty

Includes framework specific entry points

Play EUM-APM correlation

Open Source

Scala2.11.6    
Open SourceSpray toolkit (Spray.io)

1.1.x

1.1.3

YesYesHTTPEntry points are detected and configurable as servlet entry point and exit points as HTTP exits.

Pivotal

Grails

-

-

-

-

 

 

Java Frameworks Support

The Java Agent supports these Java frameworks. Some require additional configuration as indicated in the Configuration Notes column.  

Vendor

Framework

Version

SOA protocol (WebServices)

Auto Naming

Entry Points

Exit Points

Detection

Configuration Notes

Adobe

BlazeDS

-

HTTP and JMS adaptor

-

Yes

 

-

Example Message Queue Backend Configuration

Adobe

ColdFusion

8.x, 9.x

-

-

Yes

-

Configuration required for transaction discovery

Configuration is required for transaction discovery. See:

Apache

Cassandra with Thrift framework

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

Apache Thrift Entry and Exit points are detected

 

Apache

Struts

1.x, 2.x

-

-

Yes

 

Struts Actions are detected as entry points; struts invocation handler is instrumented

Struts Entry Points

Apache

Tapestry

5

-

-

Yes

-

Not by default

See:
Apache

Wicket

-

-

No

Yes

-

Not by default

See:

Apple

WebObjects

5.4.3

HTTP

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Apple WebObjects Startup Settings

Open Source

CometD

2.6

HTTP

Yes

Yes

--

See also "HTTP Exit Points" on Java Backend Detection.

Eclipse

RCP (Rich Client Platform)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Google

Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

2.5.1

HTTP

Yes

Yes

-

-

 

JBoss

JBossWS Native Stack

4.x, 5.x

Native Stack

-

-

-

-

 

Open Source

Direct Web Remoting (DWR)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 
Open Source

Eclipse Vert.x

3.3.x

HTTP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

New in 4.3.2.

Open Source

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)

2.x, 3.x

-

-

Yes

-

-

EJB Entry Points

Open Source

Grails

-

-

-

Yes

-

Not by default

 

Open Source

Hibernate JMS Listeners

1.x

-

-

-

-

-

 

Open Source

Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Open Source

Java Server Faces (JSF)

1.x, 2.x

-

Yes

Yes

-

-

Java Business Transaction Detection and Servlet Entry Points

Open Source

Java Server Pages

2.x

-

Yes

-

-

Yes

Servlet Entry Points

Open Source

Java Servlet API

2.x

-

-

-

-

-

 
Open SourceJersey1.x, 2.xREST, JAX-RSYesYesNoNot by default

JAX-RS Support and node properties:

  • rest-num-segments
  • rest-transaction
  • rest-uri-segment-scheme

See App Agent Node Properties Reference for information on the properties.

Open Source

JRuby HTTP

-

-

-

Yes

-

Not by default

See:

Open SourceSpring Annotated Web Services2.x+HTTPYesYesNo- 
Open SourceWebSocket1.0 (Java EE 7, JSR-356)-

Yes,
BT Naming not configurable 

Yes, correlation
not supported
Yes

Detection is automatic

Node property: websocket-entry-calls-enabled

Oracle

Coherence with Spring Beans

2.x, 3.x

-

-

-

-

-

 

Oracle

Swing (GUI)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Oracle

WebCenter

10.0.2,10.3.0

-

-

-

-

-

 

Spring

 

Spring MVC

-

-

-

Yes

-

Not by default

See:

 

Application Servers

The Java Agent supports the following application servers. Some require additional configuration. Click the link on the server or OSGi Runtime for information about additional requirements or related configuration topics. The agent usually discovers application servers as an entry point.

Vendor

Application Server / 
OSGi Runtime

Version

SOA Protocol

RMI Supported

JMX

Entry Points

Configuration Notes

Adobe

Cold Fusion

8.x, 9.x

-

No

-

Yes

Requires configuration for transaction discovery; see Servlet Entry Points

 

Equinox

-

-

-

-

Yes

OSGi Infrastructure Configuration

Apache

Felix

-

-

-

-

Yes

OSGi Infrastructure Configuration

Apache

Sling

-

-

-

-

Yes

OSGi Infrastructure Configuration

Apache

Tomcat

5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

-

-

Yes

 

Apache Tomcat Startup Settings

Apache

Resin

1.x - 4.x

-

-

-

-

Resin Startup Settings

Eclipse

Jetty

6.x, 7.x

-

-

-

-

Jetty Startup Settings
IBM

InfoSphere

8.x

-

-

-

Yes

IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere Startup Settings

IBM

WebSphere  

6.1, 7.x, 8.x

JAX-WS

Yes, detect and correlate

Yes for WebSphere PMI

Yes

IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere Startup Settings

Open Source

Liferay Portal

-

-

-

-

-

 
Open SourceJBoss Wildfly (formerly JBoss Server) 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Yes Yes 
Sun/Oracle

GlassFish Enterprise Server

2.x

-

-

Yes

Yes

GlassFish Startup Settings

Oracle

GlassFish Server and 
GlassFish Server Open Source Edition

3.x, 4.x

-

-

Yes for AMX

Yes

GlassFish Startup Settings

Oracle and BEA

WebLogic Server

9.x+

JAX-WS

Yes, detect and correlate for 10.x

Yes

Yes

Oracle WebLogic Startup Settings
Red HatJBoss Enterprise Application
Platform
5     
Red HatJBoss Enterprise Application Server6.11, 6.2.0, 7.x Yes Yes

JBoss and Wildfly Startup Settings

Software AGwebMethods9.5, 9.6---Yes

webMethods Startup Settings

TibcoActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Service Engine5.x---Yes

Tibco ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Service Engine Settings

 

Application Server (OC4J)

-

-

Yes, detect and correlate for 10.x

-

Yes

 

-

Grails, with Tomcat 7.x, Glassfish v3, Weblogic 12.1.1 (12c)

-

-

-

-

 

 

Servlet 3.x detection is not supported.

PaaS Providers

PaaS ProviderBuildpack
Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Java Buildpack 3.4 and higher 

See Using AppDynamics with Java Applications on Pivotal Cloud for more information.

Red Hat Openshift 3

JBoss EAP 6.4 and WildFly 8.1 Docker images

For documentation and download information, see the AppDynamics Java APM Agent page on the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Message Oriented Middleware Support

The Java Agent supports the following message oriented middleware environments. Some require additional configuration as indicated in the Configuration Notes column. Message oriented middleware servers are usually found by the Java Agent as an entry point.

Vendor

Messaging Server

Version

Protocol

Correlation/Entry Points

Exit Points

JMX

Configuration Notes
AmazonSimple Queue Service (SQS)--Yes (correlation only)Yes-

See "Amazon Simple Queue Service Backends" on Java Backend Detection

AmazonSimple Notification Service (SNS)--NoYes

-

See "Amazon Simple Notification Service Backends" on Java Backend Detection

Apache

ActiveMQ

5.x+

JMS 1.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Apache

ActiveMQ

5.x+

STOMP

No

-

Yes

 

Apache

ActiveMQ

5.8.x+

AMQP 1.0

No

-

Yes

Example Message Queue Backend Configuration

Apache

Axis

1.x, 2.x

JAX-WS

Yes

Yes

-

Default exclude rules exist for Apache Axis, Axis2, and Axis Admin Servlets. See aslo "Web Service Entry Points" on Java Backend Detection.

Apache

Apache CXF

2.1

JAX-WS

Yes

Yes

-

To enable correlation, set node property enable-soap-header-correlation=true.
ApacheKafka

0.9.0.0+

-Yes (Entry point only)YesYesKafka consumer entry points are disabled by default. Correlation is not supported.

Apache

Synapse

2.1

HTTP

Yes

Yes

-

To enable correlation, set node property enable-soap-header-correlation=true.

Fiorano

Fiorano MQ

 

-

-

-

-

 

IBM

IBM Web Application Server (WAS)

6.1+, 7.x

Embedded JMS

-

Yes

-

Example Message Queue Backend Configuration

IBM

IBM MQ (formerly IBM WebSphere MQ)

6.x+

JMS

Yes

Yes

-

Example Message Queue Backend Configuration

Mulesoft

Mule ESB

3.4

HTTP

Yes

Yes

-

Mule ESB Startup Settings

Mule ESB Support

Open SourceEclipse Vert.x verticles3.3.x-Yes (correlation only)Yes-

New in 4.3.2. Vert.x detects messaging exit calls between verticles. Backend visibility requires Controller version 4.3.2+.

Open Source

Open MQ

-

-

-

-

-

 
OracleJava Message Service 2.0JMSCorrelation of the listener
is disabled by default 
Yes  

Oracle

Oracle AQ

-

JMS

-

Yes

-

 

Oracle / BEA

WebLogic

9.x+

JMS 1.1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oracle WebLogic Startup Settings

Progress

SonicMQ

-

-

-

-

-

 

Pivotal

RabbitMQ

-

HTTP

-

Yes

-

See "RabbitMQ Backends" on Java Backend Detection

Rabbit

RabbitMQ Spring Client

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

See "RabbitMQ Backends" on Java Backend Detection 

Red HatHornetQ (formerly JBoss Messaging and JBoss MQ)-   Yes 
Red Hat

JBoss A-MQ

4.x+

-

-

-

Yes

 

Spring

Spring Integration

2.2.0

JMS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Spring Integration Support

See also "Java Message Service Backends" on Java Backend Detection

WSO2ESB4.7.0-YesYes-  

JDBC Drivers and Database Servers Support

The Java Agent supports these JDBC driver and database server environments. AppDynamics can follow transactions using these drivers to the designated database.

JDBC Vendor

Driver Version

Driver Type

Database Server

Database Version

Apache

10.9.1.0

Embedded or client

Derby

-

Apache

-

-

Cassandra

-

Progress

DataDirect

data connectivity for ODBC and JBDC driver access, data integration, and SaaS and cloud computing solutions

-

-

IBM

JDBC 3.0 version 3.57.82 or JDBC 4.0 version 4.7.85

DB2 Universal JDBC driver

DB2

9.x

IBM

JDBC 3.0 version 3.66.46 or JDBC 4.0 version 4.16.53

DB2 Universal JDBC driver

DB2

10.1

IBM

-

Type IV

Informix

-

Microsoft

4

Type II

MS SQL Server

2012

Oracle MySQL, MySQL Community

5.x

Type II, Type IV

MySQL

5.x

OracleRAC   

Oracle

9.x

Type II, Type IV

Oracle Database

8i+

Open Source

-

Type IV

Postgres

8.x, 9.x

Sybase

jConnect

Type IV

Sybase

-

Teradata  Teradata-

Notes:

  • Type II is a C or OCI driver
  • Type IV is a thin database client and is a pure Java driver

NoSQL/Data Grids/Cache Servers Support

The Java Agent supports these NoSQL, data grids and cache server environments. Some require additional configuration. Click the link on the database, data grid or cache name in the following support matrix for information about additional configuration required or related configuration topics. 

Vendor

Database/Data Grid/Cache

Version

Correlation/Entry Points

JMX

Configuration Notes
AmazonDynamoDB -Exit Points-

See "Amazon Web Services" on Java Backend Detection.

AmazonSimple Storage Service (S3)---

"Amazon Simple Storage Service Backends" on Java Backend Detection.

Apache

Casandra

  • DataStax drivers
  • Thrift drivers

1.x, 2.x

Correlation for Thrift drivers only

Yes

Apache

Lucene - Apache Solr

1.4.1

Entry Points

Yes

Solr Startup Settings

JBoss

Cache TreeCache

-

-

-

JBoss Startup Settings

JBossInfinispan5.3.0+Correlation--

Open Source

Memcached

-

-

-

Memcached Exit Points

Open Source

MongoDB

3.1

-

-

See "MongoDB Backends" on Java Backend Detection

Oracle

Coherence

3.7.1

Custom-Exit

Yes

Coherence Startup Settings

Red HatJBoss DataGrid---

JBoss Startup Settings

 JBoss Cache TreeCache--- 
 JBoss Infinispan5.3.0+Correlation- 

Terracotta

EhCache

-

-

-

EhCache Exit Points

RPC/Web Services API/HTTP Client Support

The Java Agent supports these RPC, web services or API framework types. Some require additional configuration as indicated in the Configuration Notes column.

 

Vendor

RPC/Web Services API Framework

Version

SOA Protocol-
WebServices

Auto Naming

Correlation/Entry Points

Exit Points

Configurable BT Naming Properties

Detection

Configuration Notes

Apache

Apache CXF

2.1

JAX-WS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Apache

Apache HTTP Client

-

HTTPClient (now in Apache HTTP Components)

Yes

Yes (correlation only)

Yes

-

Yes

See "HTTP Backends" on Java Backend Detection
ApacheRibbon
HTTP Client
2.1.0HTTP ClientYesYes (correlation)
Entry - NA
YesNAYes 

Apache

Apache Thrift

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Binary Remoting Entry Points for Apache Thrift
EclipseJetty8.x, 9.xHTTP ClientYesYes (correlation only)Yes-YesSee "HTTP Backends" on Java Backend Detection

IBM

WebSphere

6.x, 7.x, 8.x

JAX-RPC

-

-

-

-

-

IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere Startup Settings; also see Default configuration excludes WebSphere classes

IBM

Websphere

7.x, 8.x

IIOP

-

-

-

-

-

IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere Startup Settings; also see Default configuration excludes WebSphere classes

Open Source

java.net.Http

-

HTTP

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

See "HTTP Backends" on Java Backend Detection.
Open SourceHTTPClient 0.3-3Oracle SOA (and potentially others that embed this library) -Correlation: Yes; Entry: NoYes-Yes

Oracle WebLogic Startup Settings; also see Default configuration excludes WebLogic classes

Oracle

GlassFish Metro

-

JAX-WS

-

-

-

-

-

 
Oracle

GlassFish Metro with Grails

-

JAX-WS

-

Yes

-

-

Not by Default

 

Oracle

Oracle Application Server

ORMI

-

no

-

-

-

-

 

Oracle

WebLogic

10.x

T3, IIOP

Yes

Correlation: Yes; Entry: No

Yes

-

Yes

 

Oracle

WebLogic

9.x, 10.x

JAX-RPC

-

-

-

-

-

 

Oracle/Sun

Sun RMI

-

IIOP

-

Not by Default

-

-

-

 

Oracle/Sun

Sun RMI

-

JRMP

-

No

Yes

host/port

Yes

 

Red Hat

JBoss A-MQ

4.x+

RMI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

JBoss and Wildfly Startup Settings
SquareOkHttp        
SquareOkHttp-HTTPYesCorrelation: Yes Entry: NoYes-Synchronous only 

-

Web Services

-

SOAP over HTTP

-

Yes

Yes

-

-

Create Match Rules for Web Services

"Web Service Entry Points" on Java Backend Detection

Business Transaction Error Detection

The Java Agent supports the following logging frameworks for business transaction error detection:

  • Apache Log4j and Log4j 2 
  • java.util.logging
  • Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J)
    Support for the following method has been added: public void error(String format, Object... argArray)
  • Logback

To instrument other types of loggers, see Error Detection.