SAHA Splunk AppDynamics for Hybrid Application Monitoring

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
After completing this course you should be able to:

• Understand the core principles and architecture of the Cisco Full Stack Observability (FSO) platform and its strategic benefits for application monitoring
• Explore best practices for deploying and managing hybrid application monitoring solutions, with a focus on Cisco AppDynamics agents for comprehensive visibility
• Configure Cisco AppDynamics for hybrid application monitoring, including setting up baselines, health rules, and proactive monitoring strategies
• Apply troubleshooting techniques using anomaly detection, database visibility, and custom dashboards to resolve issues affecting business transactions
• Understand the foundations of customer digital experience monitoring (CDEM) with Cisco ThousandEyes and AppDynamics platforms, integrating network and application insights to optimize customer interactions
• Deploy and configure Cisco ThousandEyes for CDEM, gaining insights into network and application performance and troubleshooting customer digital experiences
• Learn app dependency monitoring with AppDynamics and ThousandEyes, including the deployment and configuration of enterprise agents and leveraging test recommendation services
• Explore hybrid application security and business risk observability with Cisco application security, enabling participants to protect applications from attacks and vulnerabilities

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Anyone deploying a Full-Stack Observability platform in a Cisco Environment

COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:
• Basic understanding of application architectures and deployment models
• Fundamental knowledge of APM
• Basic understanding of networking concepts
• Foundational knowledge of application security practice

COURSE CONTENT:
Hybrid Application Monitoring Foundation
• The Full-Stack Observability Challenge
• Cisco Full-Stack Observability Solution

• Cisco Full-Stack Observability Use Cases

• Hybrid Application Monitoring Use Case Overview

• Full-Stack Observability Insights with Cisco AppDynamics

• Hybrid Application Performance Monitoring with Cisco AppDynamics

• Cisco AppDynamics Enrichments and Extensions

• Cisco AppDynamics for Open Telemetry

Deploy Hybrid Application Monitoring
• Application Performance Monitoring Architecture

• Application Agents Deployment

• Application Agents Deployment in Containerized and Kubernetes Environment

• Infrastructure Visabilty

• Machine Agent Deployment

• Database Visability

• Database Agent Deployment and Collector Configuration

• Agent Lifecycle Management with Cisco Smart Agent

Hybrid Application Monitoring Configuration

• Business Transaction Management

• Business Transaction Discovery

• Health Rules Management

• Proactive Monitoring with Policies and Actions

• Dynamic Baselines Setup

• Information Points and Data Collectors Configuration

• Configure and Collect Transaction Analytics Data

• Build Dash Studio Dashboards

Monitor and Troubleshoot Hybrid Application Performance

• Hybrid Application Monitoring Strategies

• Application Performance Monitoring Dashboards

• Track Business Transaction Performance

• Diagnose Business Transaction Issues with Snapshots

• Resolve Issues Through Diagnostic Sessions

• Troubleshoot with Information Points and Data Collectors

• Troubleshoot Database Performance

• Anomaly Detection

Customer Digital Experience Monitoring Foundation

• Customer Digital Experience Monitoring Use Cae Overview

• Customer Digital Experience Monitoring with Cisco ThousandEyes

• Customer Digital Experience Insights with Cisco AppDynamics Browser Real User Monitoring

Customer Digital Experience Monitoring Deployment

• Cisco ThousandEyesAgents Overview

• Cisco ThousandEyesAgents Test Types

• Cisco ThousandEyesAgents Browser Synthetics Overview

• Transaction Tests for Digital Experience Monitoring

• Browser Real User Monitoring (BRUM) Enablement

• JavaScript Agent Injection and Configuration

Customer Digital Experience Monitoring Integration and Configuration

• Cisco ThousandEyes and Cisco AppDynamics Integration

• Digital Experience Monitoring Integrated Features

• Network Insights and Browser Real User Monitoring Integration

• Cisco ThousandEyes Alerts Configuration

• Alert Notifications Setup

• Cisco ThousandEyes API Integration

• Cisco ThousandEyes for Open Telemetry ConfigurationCustomer Digital Experience Monitoring and Troubleshooting • Digital Experience and Network Performance Diagnostics • Dashboard Insights with Cisco ThousandEyes

• Real User Monitoring Data Exploration

• User Journey Maps

• Browser Snapshots and Application Performance Monitoring Correlation

Application Dependency Monitoring Foundation

• Application Dependency Monitoring Use Case Overview

• Does it Fit the Use Case?

• Application Dependency Monitoring with Cisco ThousandEyes

• End-to-End Application Dependency Monitoring

Application Dependency Monitoring Deployment

• Enterprise Agent Deployment

• Virtual Appliance Deployment

• Select a Test Type for Application Dependency Monitoring

• Transaction and API Test Configuration

Application Dependency Integration and Configuration

• Bidirectional Integration for Application Dependency Monitoring

• Cisco AppDynamics for Test Recommendations Setup

• Cisco AppDynamics Custom Back-End Detection

Application Dependency Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Application Dependency and Network Performance Diagnostics

• Application Service Health and Dependency Insights Dashboard

• Application Dependency in Cisco AppDynamics Dashboards

Hybrid Application Security and Business Risk Observability Foundation

• Hybrid Application Security and Business Risk Observability Use Case Overview

• Application Security and Business Risk with Cisco Secure Application

Hybrid Application Security Monitoring Deployment

• Enable and Verify Cisco Secure Application

• Secure Appliction Alerts Configuration

• Secure Application Policies Configuration

• Cisco Secure Application with Splunk Integration

Hybrid Application Security and Business Risk Observability Protection

• Application Security Dashboard

• Monitoring Business Transactions with Business Risk Score

• API Security Insights • Library and Vulnerability Monitoring

• Attack Monitoring

Labs

• Discovery Lab 1: Monitor Application Performance

• Discovery Lab 2: Instrument Application Services

• Discovery Lab 3: Enhance Application Monitoring with Infrastructure and Database Visibility

• Discovery Lab 4: Improve Monitoring Experience Through Management and Configuration Strategies

• Discovery Lab 5: Configure Transaction Analytics for Insightful Business Dashboards

• Discovery Lab 6: Evaluate Hybrid Application Performance • Discovery Lab 7: Troubleshoot Business Transaction Performance Using Snapshots

• Discovery Lab 8: Discover Customer Digital Experience with ThousandEyes and AppDynamics

• Discovery Lab 9: Configure and Verify Transaction Test

• Discovery Lab 10: Deploy and Verify Browser Real User Monitoring

• Discovery Lab 11: Discovery Lab 1: Enable Data Sharing Through Integration

• Discovery Lab 12: Monitor Digital Experiences with Cisco ThousandEyes

• Discovery Lab 13: Resolve Digital Experience Issues with Cisco ThousandEyes and Cisco AppDynamics

• Discovery Lab 14: Uncover Application Dependency Performance with Cisco ThousandEyes and Cisco AppDynamics

• Discovery Lab 15: Deploy an Enterprise Agent and Configure Tests for Application Dependency Monitoring

• Discovery Lab 16: Configure Test Recommendations and Integrate the Platforms

• Discovery Lab 17: Monitor Application Dependency Issues with Cisco ThousandEyes and Cisco AppDynamics

• Discovery Lab 18: Secure Applications with Cisco AppDynamics Walkthrough

• Discovery Lab 19: Integrate Cisco Secure Application with Splunk

• Discovery Lab 20: Enable and Configure Cisco Secure Application

• Discovery Lab 21: Monitor Application Security Using Cisco Secure Application

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