Tracking a server request

摘要

A technique includes inserting (204) code (119) into an application (116) as the application (116) is executing on a computer (100). The code (119) causes the application (116) to communicate with a monitoring tool (117) about an inter-application message that is associated with a server request that is provided by a client (100). The technique includes using the monitoring tool (208) to operate on a correlation token that is appended to the message to track processing of the server request.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
inserting code into an application as the application is executing on a computer, wherein the code causes the application to communicate with a monitoring tool about a composite inter-application message associated with a server request that is provided by a client, and a correlation token being appended to a composite inter-application message; using an application programming interface (API) indicated by the code, to parse the composite inter-application message into a message body and the correlation token; communicating the message body to the application; and using the monitoring tool to operate on the correlation token to track processing of the server request, wherein using the monitoring tool comprises parsing the correlation token to extract information regarding an identity of the server request and a topology of the server request.