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There are three main elements that are used to define the complete configuration:
Element | Description | Configuration |
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Profile |
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Profile configuration | |
Environment |
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Environment configuration | |
Agent Mappings |
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Agent mappings configuration |
Profiles can be used in many environments, while environments can include multiple profiles. This n:m relationships enables easy separation of the configuration and easier management. One environment can be assigned to one or more mappings. Thus, many agents can use the same environment easily. In addition, mappings enable easy switching of the environments for the agent.
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To decrease the amount of calls to the server during class loading, the agent will keep information about all the classes already sent to the server. This information will be used on every successive agent restart, so the agent will not send any class that is already sent, except in case when the byte-code of the class has changed. More on this you can read in the Sent classes cache page page.