AppDynamics

Introduction

AppDynamics is an application performance management (APM) and IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) tool. Integration allows OpsRamp to accept alerts from AppDynamics. After successful integration you can view AppDynamics alerts in OpsRamp. Integration is performed using webhook authentication.

Verified on AppDynamics version: 4.5.16

OpsRamp configuration

To configure OpsRamp for AppDynamics integration:

1. Go to Setup > Integrations > Integrations and select a client.
   The installed and available integrations of the selected client appear.
2. From Available Integrations, go to Monitoring > AppDynamics.
3. On the AppDynamics Integration screen, click Install.
4. Select authentication type as WEBHOOK and click Save.
5. Make a note of Tenant ID, Token and Webhook URL.
   These details are used while creating an HTTP Request template during AppDynamics configuration.
6. Expand the Map attributes section and do the following:
   • Enter details to map the Status field.
   • Select OpsRamp Entity Alert and OpsRamp Property Status from the drop-down menu.
7. Click + to define mappings.

The following table shows the sample property mappings.

AppDynamics configuration for Webhook-based authentication

Configuration for webhook-based authentication involves:

1. Creating HTTP request templates
2. Creating actions
3. Creating policies

Step 1: Create HTTP request template

An HTTP request action sends an HTTP request in response to an event. These type of actions allows you to integrate AppDynamics policies with third-party HTTP APIs. When you create an HTTP request action using an HTTP request template, the template describes the HTTP request that is applicable when the policy initiates the action. These templates are reusable by different HTTP request actions within an AppDynamics account.

The following HTTP request templates must be created to send Critical, Warning, and Recovery alerts to OpsRamp. Only the Name and Payload are different for these templates.

To create individual HTTP request templates for Critical, Warning, and Recovery alerts:

1. Log into AppDynamics.
2. Click Alert & Respond and then click HTTP Request Templates on the left pane.
3. Click New to create an HTTP request template and provide the template values (as shown in the table below).
4. Click Save.

The following table shows template fields and descriptions.

HTTP request templates for alert status - critical

Name: Critical alert HTTP request template. Payload:

{
	"serviceName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}",
	"device": {
		"hostName": "${latestEvent.node.name}"
	},
	"subject": "${latestEvent.summaryMessage}",
	"alertTime": "${latestEvent.eventTime.getYear()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getMonth()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getDate()} ${latestEvent.eventTime.getHours()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getMinutes()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getSeconds()}",
	"currentState": "CRITICAL",
	"app": "APPDYNAMICS",
	"alertType": "",
	"component": "",
	"description": "${latestEvent.eventMessage}",
	"monitorName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}"
}

HTTP request templates for alert status - warning

Name: Warning alert HTTP request template Payload:

{
	"serviceName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}",
	"device": {
		"hostName": "${latestEvent.node.name}"
	},
	"subject": "${latestEvent.summaryMessage}",
	"alertTime": "${latestEvent.eventTime.getYear()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getMonth()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getDate()} ${latestEvent.eventTime.getHours()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getMinutes()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getSeconds()}",
	"currentState": "WARNING",
	"app": "APPDYNAMICS",
	"alertType": "",
	"component": "",
	"description": "${latestEvent.eventMessage}",
	"monitorName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}"
}

HTTP request templates for alert status - recovery or self heal

Name: Self heal alert HTTP request template Payload:

{
	"serviceName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}",
	"device": {
		"hostName": "${latestEvent.node.name}"
	},
	"subject": "${latestEvent.summaryMessage}",
	"alertTime": "${latestEvent.eventTime.getYear()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getMonth()}-${latestEvent.eventTime.getDate()} ${latestEvent.eventTime.getHours()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getMinutes()}:${latestEvent.eventTime.getSeconds()}",
	"currentState": "OK",
	"app": "APPDYNAMICS",
	"alertType": "",
	"component": "",
	"description": "${latestEvent.eventMessage}",
	"monitorName": "${latestEvent.affectedEntities[0].entityTypeDisplayName}"
}

Step 2: Create action

An action is a predefined, reusable, automated response to an event. You can use actions to automate your runbooks. A policy can trigger an action in response to any event.

Define how a specific action is triggered for an event when you configure policies. HTTP Request is one of the actions.

You need to create three Actions to send Critical, Warning and Recovery alerts to OpsRamp. The only difference while creating is the Name and selection of HTTP Request Template.

Critical alerts action

• Name: Critical alerts action
• HTTP Request Template: Select the Critical alert HTTP request template option.

Warning alerts action

• Name: Warning alerts action
• HTTP Request Template: Select the Warning alert HTTP request template option.

Recovery or Self Heal alerts action

• Name: Self heal alerts action
• HTTP Request Template: Select the Self heal alert HTTP request template option.

To create individual actions for Critical, Warning and Recovery alerts:

1. Click Alert & Respond and then click Actions on the left pane.
2. Select an application or database from the Actions drop-down and click Create.
3. From Create Action, select Make HTTP Request and click OK.
4. From Create HTTP Request Action, provide name for the action, select an HTTP template from the drop-down and click Save.
   • Name: Enter a name for the action (for example, self heal alerts action)
   • HTTP Request Template: Select the HTTP request template created for integration and the HTTP request template detail is automatically displayed.

After successful creation of an action, create a policy to specify actions to trigger when certain events occur.

Step 3: Create policy

Policies provide a mechanism for automating monitoring and problem remediation. Instead of continually scanning metrics and events for the many conditions that could suggest problems, you can proactively define the events that are of the greatest concern for keeping your applications running smoothly and then create policies that specify actions to start automatically when those events occur.

Individual policies must be created to send Critical, Warning, and Recovery alerts to OpsRamp. These policies differ only for Name, trigger health rule violation events, and respective actions.

To create individual policies for Critical, Warning and Recovery alerts:

1. Click Alert & Respond and then click Policies on the left pane.
2. Select context from the Policies drop-down menu and click Create.
3. From Create Policy, click Trigger, select the health rule violation events (as shown in the table below) and click Next.
4. On the left pane, click Actions and select an action for event.
5. From the Action page, select the appropriate action and click Select.
6. Click Save.