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You can use environment variables for some of the settings, as described below. See Install the Node.js Agent for more information.
General Settings
This is the complete list of settings in the require statement that you insert into your application code. Not all these settings are required.
Property Name | Description |
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controllerHostName | The IP address or hostname of your controller. SaaS customers receive this URL in their welcome email from AppDynamics. On-premises customers set them when they install the controller. |
controllerPort | The port to which the agent connects to the Controller. It is 8090 for an on-premises Controller, and 443 for a SaaS Controller. |
controllerSslEnabled | Set this property to true if connecting to the controller via SSL. |
accountName | The account name on the Controller to which this agent will report. See Account Name and Access Key Requirements for details. |
accountAccessKey | Account access key on the controller. |
applicationName | Name that represents the entire application in the AppDynamics console. |
tierName | Name that represents your Node.js app or service in the flow maps |
nodeName | Name of the Node.js process to be monitored by this agent. See Node Names |
noNodeNameSuffix | Optional, set to true if you do not want the agent to add a suffix, such as -0, -1, -2, and so on, to the node name. See Node Names |
proxyHost, proxyPort | Set these options to route data to the controller through a proxy server. The proxyHost is the hostname or IP address of the proxy server. The proxyPort is the proxy server's HTTP or HTTPS port, whichever you are using. If you set the host you must set the port as well. |
proxyUser, proxyPasswordFile | Configure the proxy username and password file if the proxy server requires credentials. |
proxy | Set this property to true if you want to use the Java proxy version of the Node.js agent. |
alwaysAddEumMetadataInHttpHeaders | Set this property to true to have the Node.js Agent write business transaction metadata to the XHR header and in a cookie even if the request is considered cross-origin. See the description for the equivalent setting always-add-eum-metadata-in-http-headers in App Agent Node Properties Reference for more information. |
btEntryPointDelayDisabled | true|false - Optional, defaults to false. Setting this property to true can accelerate the startup of business transactions, but it can adversely affect the drill-down in distributed transactions. |
debug | Set this property to true to enable debug level logging for the agent. The default is false. |
logging | The location, level, and other settings related to agent logging. See Node.js Agent Logging |
maxProcessSnapshotsPerPeriod | Optional. The default is 2. The number of automatic process snapshots allowed in processSnapshotCountResetPeriodSeconds seconds. |
processSnapshotCountResetPeriodSeconds | Optional, defaults to 60. Frequency, in seconds, at which the automatic process snapshot count is reset to 0. |
autoSnapshotDurationSeconds | Optional, defaults to 10. Length, in seconds, of automatically-triggered process snapshots. |
proxyAutolaunchDisabled | true|false - Optional, defaults to false. Set this property to true if you need to manually launch the proxy for this agent. See Manually Starting the Java Proxy for Node.js Agents. |
proxyCtrlDir | Directory path for the directory containing the domain control socket, which the agent uses to start an AppDynamics node. Optional, set by the agent. Set manually if you are setting up a multi-tenant proxy. See Sharing a Proxy Among Node.js Agents |
rootTmpDir | Directory path for the root of the directory that stores the agent files. Optional, defaults to |
tmpDir | Directory path for the subdirectory of the root directory for the monitored node. Optional, defaults to a hash of the Controller info for the instrumented node. |
reuseNode | Set this property to true to enable reusing node names. This property is useful for monitoring environments where there are many nodes with short life spans. The default is false. |
reuseNodePrefix | Set this property to the string that prefixes the node name when reuseNode is set to true. The Controller uses this prefix to generate node names dynamically. |
certificateFile | Directory path for the directory containing the SSL certificate. |
uniqueHostId | The value of the unique host ID. This setting is only available for the proxyless version of the Node.js agent. |
Analytics Settings
If you are configuring the Node.js Agent to send the default transaction data to the Analytics Agent, add a setting for the analytics host and port using the following format:
analytics: { host: <analyticsHostName>, port: <analyticsPort>, ssl: <true || false> }
The Analytics Agent may report on the same or different host and port numbers from the Node.js agent. In either case, you need to specify it here.
For more information see Collect Transaction Analytics Data.
Windows Settings
On Windows, the Node.js Agent requires three additional ports. See Install the Node.js Agent on Windows for more information.
proxyCommPort
: default is10101
proxyRequestPort
: default is10102
proxyReportingPort
: default is10103
Filter Sensitive Data
If your application contains sensitive data that should not be displayed in the Controller, you can apply the following data filters to the require statement for the Node.js Agent:
// Add a sensitive data filter dataFilters: [{ "appliesTo": "http-headers", "matchPattern": "host" }], // Add an environment variable filter dataFilters: [{ "appliesTo": "env-vars", "matchPattern": "password|key" }], // Add a sensitive URL filter urlFilters: [{ "delimiter": "/", "segment": "1", "matchPattern": "a", "paramPattern": "bar" }], // Add a sensitive message filter messageFilters: [{ "messageType": "throwable", "matchPattern": "Error.*proxy.", "redactionRegex": "proxy" }]
The matchpattern/parampattern is a standard regex.
Environment Variables
If you have not provided the required settings in the require statement, the agent uses the values of the following environment variables if those variables are set. If both are set, the require statement value takes precedence over the environment variable.
Environment Variable | Maps to |
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APPDYNAMICS_CONTROLLER_HOST_NAME | controllerHostName |
APPDYNAMICS_CONTROLLER_PORT | controllerPort |
APPDYNAMICS_CONTROLLER_SSL_ENABLED | controllerSslEnabled |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_ACCOUNT_NAME | accountName |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_KEY | accountAccessKey |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_APPLICATION_NAME | applicationName |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_TIER_NAME | tierName |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_NODE_NAME | nodeName |
APPDYNAMICS_AGENT_UNIQUE_HOST_ID | |
APPDYNAMICS_ANALYTICS_HOST_NAME | host —in Analytics settings |
APPDYNAMICS_ANALYTICS_PORT | port —in Analytics settings |
APPDYNAMICS_ANALYTICS_SSL_ENABLED | ssl —in Analytics settings |
UNIQUE_HOST_ID | uniqueHostId You can set the unique host ID to any value that you want to use to identify the host. If you do not specify a value, the agent will generate the host ID for you. This environment variable is only supported in the proxyless version of the Node.js agent. |