Java on Windows

1. Download and install the Prefix executable file:
Prefix uses a simple installer and takes just a couple minutes to install.

Check out the Getting Started Prefix page to download and install Prefix on your workstation.

2. Get the latest Stackify Java Profiler for Prefix:
https://download.stackify.com/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm-latest.tar.gz

3. Extract the profiler:
Extract the tar.gz file to extraction directory: (example: \ProgramData\Stackify\Profiler) and run the install.sh file.

This install.sh script will create a jar file named "stackify-java-apm.jar" that you will reference in your web server's configuration.
Alternatively, you can reference a specific version of the profiler (e.g. "stackify-java-apm-1.32.3.jar")

4. Reference the jar file:
Make note of the path to the jar file extracted in step 3. In most default cases, [Path_to_Jar_File] should be

C:\ProgramData\Stackify\Profiler\stackify-java-apm-latest\

Below are instructions on how to set up the Java profiler for Prefix in the various supported containers/web servers:

• Tomcat
  Modify the catalina.bat file located in the installation folder of Tomcat:
  set CATALINA_OPTS=%CATALINA_OPTS% -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

Note: If running Tomcat as a service, you can set a similar argument to the jar file as in Java Options in the Apache Service Manager:

-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

• Wildfly / JBoss
  Modify the standalone.conf.bat file:
  set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

For JBoss AS7, you also need to include an additional parameter on JAVA_OPTS:
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -javaagent:"C:\Program Files (x86)\stackify\java\lib\stackify-java-apm.jar" JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=com.stackify.apm"

• Jetty
  Include the following line to the Jetty start command between java and -jar %JETTY_HOME%/start.jar:
  -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

• Glassfish
  Add the following line to the java-config section of the Glassfish domain.xml file:
  -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

• WebSphere
  Create a text file named jvm.options under WEBSPHERE/usr/servers/SERVER with:
  -javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

Depending on your preferences, you may configure a single JVM or all Liberty JVMs with your options file.

To apply these settings to a single server, save jvm.options at ${server.config.dir}/jvm.options
To apply these changes to all Liberty JVMs, save jvm.options at:${wlp.install.dir}/etc/jvm.options. This will take effect for all JVMs that do not have a locally defined jvm.options file.

• Play Framework 1.2.x - 1.4.x
  Before running your application, enter the following command:
  export JAVA_OPTS='-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"'

• Play Framework 2.x+
  Run the application with the following argument:
  -J-javaagent:"[Path_to_Jar_File]\stackify-java-apm.jar"

5. Restart the Web Server and Prefix Service