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Monolithic Applications: Dynamic Agent

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Monolithic Applications: Static Agent

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Distributed Applications

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Server Installation Steps

Please select the relevant environment for more details.

	Host	Cluster
	Linux	Kubernetes	OpenShift
Online	Docker with root / sudo access Docker with sudoless access Podman with sudoless access	Helm Operator	Operator
Offline	Docker with root / sudo access Docker with sudoless access Podman with sudoless access	Helm Operator	Operator

Monolithic Applications: Dynamic Agent Installation Steps

Please select the relevant environment for more details.

		.NET Framework 4	.NET 3 / 6 / 7 / 8	Java
Linux	Host		Command Line Runs with a 2nd Agent: Run via Command Line with OpenTelemetry Agent Run via Command Line with AppDynamics Agent	Springboot Uber Jar Runs on an App Server: Jboss Jetty Open Liberty Payara Tomcat Weblogic Websphere Liberty Wildfly
	Containerized		Dockerfile Sidecars Runs with a 2nd Agent: Dockerfile with OpenTelemetry Agent Dockerfile with AppDynamics Agent	Sidecars Springboot Springboot Alpine Runs on an App Server: Open Liberty Payara Tomcat Wildfly
	Serverless
	CICD			Jenkins
Windows	Host	Command Line IIS Windows Service Run with a 2nd Agent: Windows x86 run via Command Line with OpenTelemetry Agent	Command Line IIS Windows Service Run with a 2nd Agent: Windows x86 run via Command Line with OpenTelemetry Agent	No App Server Tomcat
	Containerized	Azure App Services Environment Variables IIS Sidecars Windows Service	Azure App Services Environment Variables IIS Sidecars Windows Service	Azure App Services
	Serverless
	CICD

Monolithic Applications: Static Agent Installation Steps

Please select the relevant environment for more details.

	.NET			Java
	Host	Containerized	CICD	Host	Containerized	CICD
Linux	Root / sudo access Sudoless access	Dockerfile		Root / sudo access Sudoless access	Dockerfile	Azure DevOps Bitbucket Github Actions Gitlab Jenkins
Windows	Admin access No admin access			Admin access No admin access

Distributed Applications: Agent Installation Steps

Existing OpenTelemetry

If the Application is already configured with OpenTelemetry and an OpenTelemetry Collector, modify the Collector’s configuration files to forward OpenTelemetry Traces to vFunction in addition to existing third-party providers.

One VF Apps	Multiple VF Apps
Single OTEL App	Multiple OTEL Apps

New to OpenTelemetry

If new to OpenTelemetry, an OpenTelemetry Agent needs to be added to the Application. Please select the relevant environment for more details about installing the OpenTelemetry Agent.

	Linux		Windows
	Host	Container	Host	Container
.NET	Command Line	Dockerfile Sidecars	Command Line IIS Windows Service	Dockerfile for Framework App Dockerfile for Core App
Golang
Java	JBoss Jetty Open Liberty Payara Springboot Tomcat Weblogic Websphere Websphere Liberty Wildfly	Sidecars
JavaScript	Command Line
Python	Command Line

Updated on 05 Aug 2025

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Server Installation Steps

Monolithic Applications: Dynamic Agent Installation Steps

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Monolithic Applications: Static Agent Installation Steps

Distributed Applications: Agent Installation Steps

Existing OpenTelemetry

New to OpenTelemetry