topic Re: Missing machine tags in api response in Splunk AppDynamics

Missing machine tags in api response

aa_aa — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 08:59:00 GMT

Running machine agent:

 2023-07-11 01:36:28.654 Using Agent Version [Machine Agent v23.6.0.3657 GA compatible with 4.4.1.0 Build Date 2023-06-22 09:28:42]
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2023-07-11 01:36:33.954 Started AppDynamics Machine Agent Successfully.

Added custom tags to the configuration as described here and validated they show up in the UI:

Running an API call:

<appdynamics-controller>/controller/sim/v2/user/machines?type=CONTAINER&format=LITE&offset=0&limit=-1

get the vm back but the tags are empty:

{"hostId":"aaa","name":"aaa","hierarchy":[],"properties":{"Processor|Logical Core Count":"2","vCPU":"2","Processor|Physical Core Count":"2","OS|Architecture":"x86_64","Hostname":"aaa","Bios|Version":"1.15.0-1","AppDynamics|Agent|Agent version":"Machine Agent v23.6.0.3657 GA compatible with 4.4.1.0 Build Date 2023-06-22 09:28:42","AppDynamics|Agent|Install Directory":"/root/appd_agent","OS|Kernel|Release":"5.14.0-307.el9.x86_64","AppDynamics|Agent|Build Number":"cdd5a21","AppDynamics|Machine Type":"NON_CONTAINER_MACHINE_AGENT","OS|Kernel|Name":"Linux","AppDynamics|Agent|Machine Info":"os.name=Linux|os.arch=amd64|os.version=5.14.0-307.el9.x86_64","Total|CPU|Logical Processor Count":"2","AppDynamics|Agent|JVM Info":"java.vm.name=OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM|java.vendor=Azul Systems, Inc.|java.version=11.0.19|user.language=en|user.country=US|user.variant=unknown"},
"tags":{},"agentConfig":{"rawConfig":{}},"id":16583826,"memory":{},"volumes":[],"cpus":[],"networkInterfaces":[],"controllerConfig":{"rawConfig":{}},"simEnabled":true,"simNodeId":23402361,"dynamicMonitoringMode":"KPI","type":"PHYSICAL","historical":false},

*as you can see -> "tags":{}

Some additional logs from the agent:

[system-thread-0] 11 Jul 2023 01:37:04,274 DEBUG ConfigurationManager - Building configuration types for 'ServerMonitoring' -> {samplingInterval=30000, networkMonitorConfig={maxNumberNetworks=5, whitelistSelectorRegex=, blacklistSelectorRegex=^veth.*|^vnet.*}, defaultDiskSectorSize=512, memoryMonitorConfig={samplingInterval=3000}, basicEnabled=true, volumeMonitorConfig={maxNumberVolumes=5, whitelistSelectorRegex=, blacklistSelectorRegex=^/var/lib/docker/.*, samplingInterval=3000}, processMonitorConfig={maxClassIdLength=50, processSelectorRegex=^.+[^]]$, minLiveTimeMillisBeforeMonitoring=60000, maxNumberMonitoredClasses=20, defaultProcessClassSelector=}, percentileMonitorConfig={percentileEnabled=true}, tags={environment=[production], testingTagKey=[testingTagValue]}, cpusMonitorConfig={samplingInterval=3000}}

Should I add something to the API call? Is it a bug?

Thx!

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

iamryan — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:43:09 GMT

Hello @aa.aa,

Let's see if the community can jump in and help out. If you think something might be a bug, it would be best to also report that via Support.

How do I submit a Support ticket? An FAQ

If you do submit a ticket and hear back from Support, could you please share any learnings back here as a reply?

Also, thanks for sharing the Docs resource, did you think everything was clear on that Doc? I can share feedback with the team if you think something was missing or unclear on that page.

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

Hiroki_Ito — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:34:39 GMT

Hello @aa.aa ,

Thank you for posting to the community.

To get tags of the machine, could you please use the API below by specifying the target machine id?

GET <appdynamics-controller>/controller/sim/v2/user/machines/<machineId>

You can find the machine id from the URL when opening the target machine from the controller.

You can also find the id in the response of the "controller/sim/v2/user/machines" API as well.

Best Regards,

Hiroki

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

aa_aa — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 07:00:18 GMT

Hi thx for the replay.

Docs look ok, some wired loop links here and there but nothing much more..

But I did not find a proper api doc explaining what type call I can make and what should I expect as a response?

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

Hiroki_Ito — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 07:17:38 GMT

Hello @aa.aa ,

Thank you for your reply.

This is an internal API and is not an official API(which is documented in AppDynamics APIs), so we don't have any public specifications/documents for this API.

Although we can try to use the API, it could also change in the future without notice as this is an internal API.

Best regards,

Hiroki

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

aa_aa — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:25:30 GMT

Ok thx but is there a way to get all the machines with their tags instead of getting them one by one?

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

Hiroki_Ito — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:47:37 GMT

Hi @aa.aa ,

Thank you for your reply.

I'm afraid I don't think we can get all the machines with their tags with only 1 API execution.

However, as "controller/sim/v2/user/machines" API returns the machine IDs, we can extract IDs by using a library like jq .

Then, we can iterate through the ids to execute "controller/sim/v2/user/machines/<machineId>" API for each machine id.

Best regards,

Hiroki

Re: Missing machine tags in api response

aa_aa — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 05:03:18 GMT

Great thx a lot for the help:)