Monitoring and correlating a binary process in a distributed business transaction

摘要

A dynamic monitoring process begins with configuring a start and end method to be monitored. The dynamic monitoring process may intercept both the start and end methods as and when the loader is initiated or at runtime to dynamically attach and detach the instrumentation. A loader may then be modified to call a library method upon detection of the start method. The library method may serve as a notification to the start of the method and causes a reflector to retrieve information from the incoming request. The incoming information may include data from which a business transaction name may be determined. The business transaction name is then associated with the monitoring of the particular request. When an exit call is detected, a call may be made to the library for a method which invokes a decorator. The decorator may insert business transaction name and other data into the outgoing call.

主权项

1. A method for monitoring a binary process, comprising:
monitoring a first application implemented as a binary process, the binary process including a process in a binary language and executing on a first machine; detecting, at the first machine, communication with the binary process by a second application on a second machine, the second application not implemented as a binary process, wherein the communication is sending an outgoing call to the second application; inserting method parameters into the outgoing call, wherein inserting includes calling a method from a library, in response to detecting the communication, to invoke a reflector module, the called method configured to write parameters; installing the reflector module at an address associated with the communication, the reflector module reading one or more parameters contained within the detected communication, the one or more parameters including distributed business transaction information; monitoring the second application on the second machine; and correlating the first application implemented as a binary process and the second application not implemented as a binary process as part of the distributed business transaction based on data associated with monitoring the binary process and data associated with monitoring the second application, the distributed business transaction implemented by the first application and the second application across the first machine and the second machine.