Standalone Agent for BTC Collector

Steps to Configure the Standalone Agent as a BTC Collector

1. Install the Standalone Agent.

2. Add the JVM argument -Dapplicare.btx.collector=true to the Standalone Agent startup configuration. To prevent the automatic addition of the collector agent to the controller add the JVM argument -Dapplicare.disable.autoadd=true in the Standalone Agent startup.Then, start the Agent.

3. Log in to Applicare Console and navigate to the "Applicare Advanced Options" screen.

4. Enable Push option in the Txn data persistence setting.

5. Add the Standalone Agent URL in the Txn Data Persistence URL.

6. Restart Applicare Controller and Agents.

7. Add the BTC Collector as one of the Agent in Applicare Controller.

Steps to enable the Queue Mechanism for BTC Collector

• By default, the queue mechanism is not be enabled in the BTC Collector.

1. Stop both the BTC Collector and Agent.

2. Add the following JVM arguments to enable the queue mechanism:

• Dapplicare.enable.intellitrace.queue=true // To enable intellitrace queue
• Dapplicare.enable.btm.queue=true // To enable BTM queue

3. Start the BTC Collector and the Agent.

Custom Startup Arguments to Add in Collector

To specify the number of threads, use the following argument:

• Dapplicare.intellitrace.queue.collector.threadcount=No.of.Threads // Intellitrace Data collector Thread count
• Dapplicare.btm.queue.collector.threadcount =No.of.Threads // BTM Data collector Thread count

• Dapplicare.enable.queue.log=true

The Default thread-count is 1 for intellitrace and 1 for BTM with 1 second sleep time.

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