AppDynamics

AppDynamics provider allows you to get AppDynamics alerts/actions via webhook installation

Authentication

This provider requires authentication.

• appDynamicsAccountName: AppDynamics Account Name (required: True, sensitive: False)
• appId: AppDynamics appId (required: True, sensitive: False)
• host: AppDynamics host (required: True, sensitive: False)
• appDynamicsAccessToken: AppDynamics Access Token (required: False, sensitive: False)
• appDynamicsUsername: Username (required: False, sensitive: False)
• appDynamicsPassword: Password (required: False, sensitive: True)

Certain scopes may be required to perform specific actions or queries via the provider. Below is a summary of relevant scopes and their use cases:

• authenticated: User is Authorized (mandatory)
• administrator: Administrator privileges (mandatory)

In workflows

This provider can’t be used as a “step” or “action” in workflows. If you want to use it, please let us know by creating an issue in the GitHub repository.

Connecting with the Provider

1. Ensure you have a AppDynamics account with the necessary permissions. The basic permissions required are Account Owner or Administrator. Alternatively you can create an account instructions

Provider configuration

1. Find your account name here.
2. Get the appId of the Appdynamics instance in which you wish to install the webhook into.
3. Determine the Host here.

Basic Auth authentication

1. Obtain AppDynamics Username and Password
2. Go to Basic Auth tab under Authentication section
3. Enter Username and Password

Access Token authentication

1. Log in to the Controller UI as an Account Owner or other roles with the Administer users, groups, roles permission.
2. Go to Administration

3. Go to API Client tab

4. Click + Create

5. Fill Client Name and Description
6. Click Generate Secret

This API Client secret is not an authentication token yet

7. Add Account Owner and/or Administrator roles

8. Click Save

9. Click Generate Temporary Token

This token is not persistent, but since Keep uses it just once to install Webhook, we will use it without oAuth

10. Click Save one again

This is important. Otherwise generated token will not be saved and authentication will fail

11. Copy generated token

12. Go to Access Token tab under Authentication section

13. Enter Access Token

Connecting provider

1. Ensure Install webhook is checked
2. Click Connect

Webhook Integration Modifications

The webhook integration adds Keep as an alert monitor within the AppDynamics instance. It can be found under the “Alerts & Respond” section. The integration automatically gains access to the following scopes within AppDynamics:

• administrator
• authenticated

Useful Links

• AppDynamics HTTP Action Templates
• AppDynamics Permissions and Roles
• AppDynamics User Accounts