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Agent Configuration API

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Agent Configuration API

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The Agent configuration API allows you to fine-tune your APM agent configuration, without needing to redeploy your application.

The following Agent configuration APIs are available:

Create or update configuration

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Request

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PUT /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration

Request body

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service

(required, object) Service identifying the configuration to create or update.

Properties of service
name
(required, string) Name of service
environment
(optional, string) Environment of service
settings
(required) Key/value object with option name and option value.
agent_name
(optional) The agent name is used by the UI to determine which settings to display.

Example

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PUT /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
{
    "service": {
        "name": "frontend",
        "environment": "production"
    },
    "settings": {
        "transaction_sample_rate": "0.4",
        "capture_body": "off",
        "transaction_max_spans": "500"
    },
    "agent_name": "nodejs"
}

Delete configuration

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Request

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DELETE /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration

Request body

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service

(required, object) Service identifying the configuration to delete

Properties of service
name
(required, string) Name of service
environment
(optional, string) Environment of service

Example

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DELETE /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
{
    "service" : {
        "name": "frontend",
        "environment": "production"
    }
}

List configuration

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Request

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GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration

Response body

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[
  {
    "agent_name": "go",
    "service": {
      "name": "opbeans-go",
      "environment": "production"
    },
    "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
      "capture_body": "off",
      "transaction_max_spans": "200"
    },
    "@timestamp": 1581934104843,
    "applied_by_agent": false,
    "etag": "1e58c178efeebae15c25c539da740d21dee422fc"
  },
  {
    "agent_name": "go",
    "service": {
      "name": "opbeans-go"
    },
    "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
      "capture_body": "off",
      "transaction_max_spans": "300"
    },
    "@timestamp": 1581934111727,
    "applied_by_agent": false,
    "etag": "3eed916d3db434d9fb7f039daa681c7a04539a64"
  },
  {
    "agent_name": "nodejs",
    "service": {
      "name": "frontend"
    },
    "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
    },
    "@timestamp": 1582031336265,
    "applied_by_agent": false,
    "etag": "5080ed25785b7b19f32713681e79f46996801a5b"
  }
]

Example

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GET  /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration

Search configuration

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Request

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POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search

Request body

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service

(required, object) Service identifying the configuration.

Properties of service
name
(required, string) Name of service
environment
(optional, string) Environment of service
etag
(required) etag is sent by the agent to indicate the etag of the last successfully applied configuration. If the etag matches an existing configuration its applied_by_agent property will be set to true. Every time a configuration is edited applied_by_agent is reset to false.

Response body

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{
  "_index": ".apm-agent-configuration",
  "_id": "CIaqXXABmQCdPphWj8EJ",
  "_score": 2,
  "_source": {
    "agent_name": "nodejs",
    "service": {
      "name": "frontend"
    },
    "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
    },
    "@timestamp": 1582031336265,
    "applied_by_agent": false,
    "etag": "5080ed25785b7b19f32713681e79f46996801a5b"
  }
}

Example

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POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search
{
    "etag": "1e58c178efeebae15c25c539da740d21dee422fc",
    "service" : {
        "name": "frontend",
        "environment": "production"
    }
}
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