💠API-Integration

StackState core integration

This page describes StackState version 4.3.

The StackState 4.3 version range is End of Life (EOL) and no longer supported. We encourage customers still running the 4.3 version range to upgrade to a more recent release.

Go to the documentation for the latest StackState release.

What is the API-Integration StackPack?

The StackState API-Integration StackPack enables StackState synchronizations through the StackState API-Integration Agent. The API-Integration Agent allows you to run checks that connect to Splunk to collect topology, metrics and events data.

The StackState API-Integration Agent is open source: View the source code on GitHub.

Installation

To install the API-Integration StackPack, go to the StackState UI page StackPacks > Integrations > API-Integration and click INSTALL.

Install the StackState API-Integration Agent by using the following sequence of steps:

Debian, Ubuntu

1. Download the API-Integration Agent Debian package or run this command on the machine where you wish to install the Agent:

   wget https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/agent.stackstate.com/stackstate-agent-deb-repo/pool/s/stackstate-agent/stackstate-agent_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb'

2. Use dpkg to install the downloaded package:

   dpkg -i stackstate-agent_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb

3. Set the following keys in the stackstate.conf.example file:

    api_key: {{config.apiKey}}
    dd_url: {{config.baseUrl}}/stsAgent/

4. After this the example configuration can be used as configuration.

    cp /etc/sts-agent/stackstate.conf.example /etc/sts-agent/stackstate.conf

Amazon linux, CentOS, Fedora, Red Hat

1. Download the API-Integration Agent RPM package or run this command on the machine where you wish to install the Agent:

   wget 'https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/agent.stackstate.com/stackstate-agent-yum-repo/stackstate-agent_1.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm'

2. Use rpm to install the downloaded package:

   rpm -i stackstate-agent_1.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm

3. Set the following keys in the stackstate.conf.example file:

    api_key: {{config.apiKey}}
    dd_url: {{config.baseUrl}}/stsAgent

4. After this the example configuration can be used as configuration.

    cp /etc/sts-agent/stackstate.conf.example /etc/sts-agent/stackstate.conf

If you need further assistance, our support team will be glad to help.

Start / stop / restart the StackState Agent

• Commands require elevated privileges.

• Restarting the StackState Agent will reload the configuration files.

To manually start, stop or restart the StackState Agent:

Linux

sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent start
sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent stop
sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent restart

Windows

CMD

"C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" start-service
"C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" stopservice
"C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" restart-service

PowerShell

& "C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" start-service
& "C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" stopservice
& "C:\Program Files\StackState\StackState Agent\embedded\agent.exe" restart-service

Status and information

Linux

To check if the StackState API-Integration Agent is running:

sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent status

To receive information about the StackState API-Integration Agent state:

sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent info

Tracebacks for errors can be retrieved by setting the -v flag:

sudo /etc/init.d/stackstate-agent info -v

Windows

To check if the StackState Agent is running and receive information about the Agent's state:

"./agent.exe status"

Troubleshooting

Try running the info command to see the state of the API-Integration Agent.

Logs for the subsystems are in the following files:

• /var/log/stackstate/supervisord.log

• /var/log/stackstate/collector.log

• /var/log/stackstate/stsstatsd.log

• /var/log/stackstate/forwarder.log

If you are still having trouble, contact our support team on the StackState support site.

Release notes

API Integration StackPack v2.4.1 (2021-04-02)

• Improvement: Update documentation.

• Improvement: Enable auto grouping on generated views.

• Improvement: Common bumped from 2.2.3 to 2.5.1

• Improvement: StackState min version bumped to 4.3.0

API Integration StackPack v3.0.2 (2021-03-29)

• Bugfix: Update the minimum required StackState version to 4.3.0.

API Integration StackPack v3.0.1 (2021-03-25)

• Improvement: Update documentation.

API Integration StackPack v3.0.0 (2021-03-25)

• Improvement: Enable auto grouping on generated views.

• Improvement: Common bumped from 2.2.3 to 2.4.3

API Integration StackPack v2.3.1 (2020-08-18)

• Features: Introduced the Release notes pop up for customer

• Features: Use the latest StackState Agent V1

API Integration StackPack v2.3.0 (2020-08-04)

• Improvement: Deprecated stackpack specific layers and introduced a new common layer structure.

• Improvement: Replace resolveOrCreate with getOrCreate.

API Integration StackPack v2.2.0 (2020-06-04)

• Features: Token based authentication supported for Splunk.

• Features: Updated Splunk integration documents for metrics, events and topology.

• Features: Short link for doc site updated.