Automated AppDynamics Agent Reporting Checks
Every morning, WebRun opens AppDynamics, walks the applications, tiers, and nodes, finds the app agents and machine agents with no recent data, opens a Trello card for each silent node, and files the day's reporting record in Google Drive.
How do I find AppDynamics agents that stopped reporting?
WebRun signs in to AppDynamics every morning, walks your applications, tiers, and nodes, and finds the app agents and machine agents with no recent data. It opens a Trello card for each silent node with its last reported time and files the daily record in Google Drive, so a monitoring gap is never mistaken for health.
- Silent agents surface the same morning they go quiet
- Each gap carries its last reported time, so the cause is traceable
- Retired nodes are separated from genuine failures
Built for monitoring owners · platform engineers · SRE teams · application support
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
login.appdynamics.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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AppDynamics - find agents with no recent data
appdynamics.com
WebRun opens AppDynamics to find agents with no recent data. - Sign in to the AppDynamics controller and list the applications and their tiers
- For each tier, read the nodes and the app agent and machine agent status
- Capture any node reporting no recent data and the time it last reported
- Separate nodes that were decommissioned on purpose from nodes that went quiet unexpectedly
- Note the agent version alongside each silent node, since an upgrade often explains the gap
Done when Every node is marked as reporting or silent, with a last reported time.
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Trello - open a card per silent node
trello.com
WebRun opens Trello to open a card per silent node. - Open a card on the monitoring board for each unexpectedly silent node
- Title it with the application, tier, and node name and put the last reported time in the body
- Add the agent type and version so whoever picks it up knows where to start
- Check for an existing open card first so a long standing gap keeps one card
Done when Every silent node has one open Trello card.
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Google Drive - file the daily record
drive.google.com
WebRun opens Google Drive to file the daily record. - Save the day's reporting record to the monitoring folder in Google Drive
- Include every node, its status, and its last reported time so the history is complete
- Name the file by date so a gap can be traced back to the day it started
Done when Today's agent reporting record is filed in Google Drive.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it restart an agent or change the controller?
No. WebRun only reads the controller and reports what it sees. It never restarts an agent, edits configuration, or deletes a node. Cards and files are internal, and a human does the repair.
How is a silent agent different from a health rule violation?
A health rule violation means data arrived and looked bad. A silent agent means no data arrived at all, so nothing can fire. This check catches the second case, which otherwise reads as a healthy service.
What about nodes we decommissioned on purpose?
They are separated out. WebRun distinguishes expected retirements from unexpected silence, and you can keep a skip list so a retired node never opens a card again.
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