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Buggy App – Simulate performance problems

Buggy App is a Java application designed to simulate various performance problems like memory leaks, CPU spikes, and deadlocks. It allows users to test their application’s resilience and performance monitoring tools under stress. Users can launch Buggy App with specific arguments to replicate issues such as high memory usage or network lag effectively.

yCrash – safe and secure way to troubleshoot

yCrash offers a secure method for managing production dump files, which often contain sensitive data. Unlike traditional practices, these files are transmitted directly to the yCrash server using HTTPS, ensuring they remain within corporate networks. yCrash also incorporates data masking, revealing only partial sensitive information in analysis reports.

GCeasy + fastThread + HeapHero + lot more … = yCrash

yCrash is a comprehensive root cause analysis solution that enhances capabilities from GCeasy, fastThread, and HeapHero. It predicts outages, captures extensive data instantly, and provides holistic analysis by merging insights from multiple data types. yCrash also ensures secure data transmission, integrates with monitoring tools, features a dashboard for historical analysis, and offers report comparison and search functionalities.

7 JVM arguments of Highly Effective Applications

The article details important JVM arguments affecting garbage collection and memory management, highlighting seven key options such as -Xmx, for heap size, and various garbage collection algorithms, including Z GC. It emphasizes the importance of setting appropriate timeouts and handling OutOfMemoryError for maintaining application performance and reliability.

How to install and configure Apache2?

This article provides a step-by-step guide to install and configure the Apache2 web server on Ubuntu 16.04. It includes instructions to update the package, create a virtual host, set document root, enable the site, configure CORS, and manage ports. It finishes with restarting the Apache service to apply changes.

Monitoring != Root cause analysis

APM tools effectively monitor application performance but often fail to identify root causes of issues. yCrash addresses this gap by automatically analyzing various artifacts without adding overhead. It provides micrometric data, predicts outages, and offers JVM optimization recommendations. Real-world examples illustrate yCrash's effectiveness alongside conventional monitoring solutions.

Configure mail server

The yCrash server allows configuration for email notifications upon new incident reports based on hostname and application name. Users can set rules to determine recipient emails. Additionally, mail.xml must be configured with SMTP settings for sending notifications, including host, port, authentication, username, and password details.