# Splunk Appdynamics Agent Management Setup

> Use when the user asks for AppDynamics Smart Agent, Agent Management, remote agent installation,

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-chambear2809-splunk-cisco-skills-splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [chambear2809](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/chambear2809)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [chambear2809](https://github.com/chambear2809)
- **Source:** https://github.com/chambear2809/splunk-cisco-skills/tree/main/skills/splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-chambear2809-splunk-cisco-skills-splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Splunk AppDynamics Agent Management Setup

## Prerequisites

| Tool or access | Purpose | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Bash and Python 3 | Run bundled setup and validation helpers | `bash --version && python3 --version` |
| Required product/platform access | Inspect or configure the selected target | Complete the documented preflight |
| Credential files for live modes | Keep secrets out of chat | Verify paths only |

## Workflow Overview

```text
┌───────────┐   ┌───────────────┐   ┌───────────────┐   ┌─────────────────┐
│ Preflight │ → │ Render/review │ → │ Apply/handoff │ → │ Validate evidence │
└───────────┘   └───────────────┘   └───────────────┘   └─────────────────┘
```

## When to Activate

- The user asks for AppDynamics Smart Agent, Agent Management, remote agent installation, deployment groups, managed
  agent upgrade, rollback, auto-attach, auto-discovery, managed Apache, .NET, Database, Java, Machine, Node.js, PHP,
  or Python.
- Preview and review the splunk appdynamics agent management setup workflow before any live apply phase.
- Diagnose failed prerequisites, generated assets, configuration, or validation evidence.

## Scope

Follow the documented read-only or render-first path whenever it is available.
This skill does not imply permission to mutate live systems. Require explicit
apply flags, protected credentials, and operator review for state changes.

## Examples

Inspect the supported setup modes before selecting one:

```bash
bash skills/splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup/scripts/setup.sh --help
```

Expected output: usage, supported modes, and required arguments are displayed
without changing the target environment.

Inspect validation modes before running completion checks:

```bash
bash skills/splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup/scripts/validate.sh --help
```

Expected output: offline, live, and completion options are displayed when the
skill supports them; help exits without mutation.

## Troubleshooting

| Issue | Cause | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Preflight fails | A required tool or access path is missing | Resolve it before rendering or applying |
| Rendered assets are incomplete | Required non-secret inputs are absent | Complete intake and render again |
| Apply is blocked | Review, credentials, or explicit acceptance is missing | Use the documented handoff |
| Validation is incomplete | Live evidence is unavailable | Record the gap and keep completion open |

Owns the Smart Agent and Agent Management lifecycle. The safe path is render
first: it creates reviewed plans, templates, and runbooks without touching
hosts. The wrapper does not execute local or remote Smart Agent commands;
`--apply` fails closed instead of claiming a deployment occurred.

```bash
bash skills/splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup/scripts/setup.sh --render
bash skills/splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup/scripts/validate.sh
```

## What This Skill Covers

- Smart Agent readiness: Controller version, licenses, permissions, supported
  platforms, memory, disk, service user/group, and service-vs-process decision.
- Smart Agent setup: `config.ini`, file-backed access-key handling, proxy/TLS
  settings, environment overrides, local install, remote install, validate,
  upgrade, uninstall, and primary-host to remote-host synchronization.
- Agent Management UI: inventory, Smart Agents tab, app-server and Machine
  Agent install/upgrade/rollback, Database Agent install/upgrade/rollback, CSV
  host import, custom package locations, local directory, and custom HTTP source
  review.
- `smartagentctl`: local and remote install, upgrade, uninstall, rollback,
  `remote.yaml`, Linux SSH, Windows WinRM, SSH password environment variables,
  HTTP/SOCKS5 SSH proxies, local-directory downloads, and source-specific flags.
- Large-scale operations: deployment groups, per-host assignment, Java and
  Node.js auto-attach, application process auto-discovery, and generated
  `ld_preload.json` planning.
- Standalone Smart Agent CLI: past End of Support since February 2, 2026, so it
  is retained only as a migration runbook off the CLI and onto `smartagentctl`.
  The 26.8.0 page still states the date in the future tense; that is unrevised
  vendor wording, not continuing support.
- Software supply chain: download portal/cURL plan, binary transfer warning,
  checksums, PGP or code-signing validation where published, release-note link,
  package inventory, and rollback package confirmation.

## Consume It

Start with `smart-agent-readiness.yaml` and `agent-management-decision-guide.md`.
They keep the intake small: deployment mode, host OS, target agents, local vs
remote, UI vs `smartagentctl`, package source, and whether deployment groups or
auto-attach are in scope.

Only after that should an operator review and explicitly execute the applicable
commands from `smart-agent-remote-command-plan.sh`,
`smartagentctl-lifecycle-plan.sh`, `remote.yaml.template`, and the UI runbooks.
The generated shell files print command plans; they do not execute them. No
generated file contains secret values.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [chambear2809](https://github.com/chambear2809)
- **Source:** [chambear2809/splunk-cisco-skills](https://github.com/chambear2809/splunk-cisco-skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** yes
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-chambear2809-splunk-cisco-skills-splunk-appdynamics-agent-management-setup
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/chambear2809
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