Configuring Node.js monitoring

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You can use either the Node.js agent or the stand-alone Node.js data collector to monitor your Node.js applications. If you want a simpler installation process and transaction tracking function, use the Node.js data collector.

Before you begin

The directions here are for the most current release of this agent and data collector. For information about how to check the version of an agent in your environment, see Agent version command. For detailed information about the agent version list and what's new for each version, see Change history.
Make sure that the system requirements for the Node.js agent or Node.js data collector are met in your environment.
- For the up-to-date system requirement information of Node.js agent, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) for the Node.js agent.
- For the up-to-date system requirement information of Node.js data collector, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) for the Node.js data collector.

About this task

The following procedure is a roadmap for configuring the Monitoring Agent for Node.js and the stand-alone Node.js data collector, which includes both required and optional steps.

To monitor on-premises applications, you can configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector or the Node.js agent. If you want to enable transaction tracking for your Node.js applications, configure the stand-alone data collector.
To monitor IBM® Cloud(formerly Bluemix®) or Kubernetes applications, configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector.

Complete the following steps according to your needs.

Procedure

Configure the Node.js agent to monitor your on-premises applications.
1. Add one agent data collector to your Node.js applications for the agent to work properly. See Configuring the Node.js agent.
2. Optional: To change the monitoring behavior of your agent, see Configuring the Node.js agent data collector.
3. Optional: To configure diagnostic data collection and display, see Configuring the diagnostics data collector.
Configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector to monitor IBM Cloud applications.
1. To configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Configuring the stand-alone Node.js data collector for IBM Cloud(formerly Bluemix) applications.
2. To change the behavior of the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Customizing the stand-alone Node.js data collector for IBM Cloud applications.
Configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector to monitor on-premises applications.
1. To configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Configuring the stand-alone Node.js data collector for on-premises applications.
2. To change the behavior of the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Customizing the Node.js data collector for on-premises applications.
Configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector to monitor applications on Kubernetes.
1. To configure the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Configuring the stand-alone Node.js data collector for Kubernetes applications.
2. To change the behavior of the stand-alone Node.js data collector, see Customizing the stand-alone Node.js data collector for Kubernetes applications.