Instana, the leading provider of
real-time application performance management solutions for microservice and
cloud-native applications, today announced the ability to trace serverless
Node.js functions running on AWS Lambda. The new capabilities, which require
zero code modification, deliver superior native serverless tracing
automatically, providing performance metrics beyond, and independently from,
X-Ray.
"As companies continue to push the envelope in creating smaller,
more dynamic services, developers will use serverless functions more often, and
in more critical applications," said Mirko Novakovic, co-founder and CEO of
Instana. "By providing Native Node.js tracing on AWS Lambda, Instana helps
application stakeholders like DevOps see how individual functions are
performing call by call, but also provides the necessary details developers
need to make their code perform as expected."
The new
capabilities are an extension of Instana's unique AutoTrace feature, which
captures end-to-end distributed traces of all requests with no sampling. The
new serverless monitoring and tracing feature is included with Instana's
Application Performance Management solution for microservice and cloud-native
applications, with no additional cost.
"Application environments and the technologies utilized in these
environments are always going to improve with advancements in platforms," said
Pavlo Baron, Instana CTO and co-founder. "Instana is committed to providing the
most comprehensive visibility into applications and application platforms, all
with the same best-in-class automation that our users have come to expect."
Instana AutoTrace for AWS Lambda is a big step forward for
developers and DevOps teams responsible for developing, deploying and
maintaining applications that include serverless functions built with Node.js.
Key capabilities include:
- Automated
native tracing for AWS Lambda functions written in Node.js for all supported
Node.js libraries and frameworks
- Zero code
modification, representing huge productivity gains for development, DevOps and
operations teams
- Tracing
through other programming languages, platforms and deployments
All data from Lambda function traces is seamlessly integrated
into all Instana analysis capabilities including End User Monitoring, Unbounded
Analytics and Application Perspectives. New functionality also includes
out-of-the box contextual Lambda Function Overview Dashboards that include
function name, function version, AWS region, interdependencies with other
functions and services along with all other critical Lambda runtime metrics.
Information from Instana's Lambda Node.js tracing is combined with other
performance information, including CloudWatch to provide the most comprehensive
view of service health and performance.
Unlike other APM solutions, Instana fully automates the entire
lifecycle of application monitoring including application discovery and
mapping, monitoring sensor and agent deployment and health monitoring of
application infrastructure. When any changes occur to dynamic applications,
Instana recognizes that a change has occurred, automatically makes the
appropriate adjustments to maps, monitoring thresholds and health dashboards.