Common topics

Some topics are common when you configure agents and data collectors.

Network connectivity
In certain situations, connectivity to the Performance Management server must be manually configured. If you want to use HTTPS, or if your firewall rules block certain connections, you must configure your system.
Managed system names
The managed system name (MSN) is used to uniquely identify each Cloud APM agent within your environment. It is also the instance name that you see on the Application Performance Dashboard when you select a group for each managed system from the navigator Groups section. To avoid conflicts in your environment, assign unique MSNs to your agents.
Changing the agent managed system name
Different procedures apply to change the managed system name for different Cloud APM agents. For some agents, changing the managed system name means changing the host name or agent instance name (or both) in the managed system name. For other agents, specific procedures are required to change the managed system name.
Configuring agents
After installation, some agents are configured and started automatically, while some agents require manual configuration but start automatically. Some agents must be configured and started manually. Multiple instance agents require creating a first instance and starting manually.
General procedure for configuring data collectors
To use a data collector to view monitoring data in the Cloud APM console for your applications, you must complete several configuration tasks.

Parent topic: Configuring your environment