Using AppDynamics with PHP applications

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Issue/Introduction

How do I use app dynamics with my PHP applications?

Resolution

If you have the appdynamics tile installed on your Ops Manager.

1. Verify the appdynamics service is present in the cf environment.

$ cf marketplace -s appdynamics
service plan                   description                    free or paid
pcf-appd                       pcf-appd                       free
pcf-appd-troubleshooting-lab   pcf-appd-troubleshooting-lab   free

2. Create service for appdynamics

cf create-service appdynamics pcf-appd appd

3. Bind the service to your app by either adding in manifest or using `cf bind-service` command.

In manifest:

...
services:
    - appd
command

Using CF CLI

cf bind-service <app_name> appd

4. Deploy/restage your application using `cf push` or `cf restage <app_name>`

During the staging phase, you should see the following log message:

AppDynamics service detected

If you don't have the appdynamics tile installed or you want to use an external installation of appdynamics.

1. Create user provided service with your appdynamics details:

$ cf cups appdynamics-custom -p '{"account-access-key":"access-key-goes-here","account-name":"customer1","host-name":"testhostname.com","port":"8090","ssl-enabled":"False", "application-name": "optional-application-name", "tier-name": "optional-tier-name", "node-name": "optional-node-name"}'

After creating the user provided service please follow step 3 and 4 changing the service name to "appdynamics-custom".