Operating Applications
This section covers the operational aspects of running Talon applications in production, organized into four key areas: Deployment, Administration, Monitoring, and Analysis & Troubleshooting.
Overview
Operating Talon applications involves:
Administration: Service launch, shutdown, and command-and-control operations
Monitoring: Receiving and viewing service telemetry (statistics)
Deployment: Preparing the environment a service starts in
Analysis & Troubleshooting: Logging and tools for analyzing logs and telemetry
Operational Components
Administration
Tools and techniques for managing Talon services:
Admin Tool - Command-line administrative interface
Admin Over SMA - Remote administration via messaging
Monitoring
Real-time telemetry and statistics collection:
XVM Heartbeats - Server-level statistics and health monitoring
Engine Stats - Message processing and engine metrics
Per Transaction Stats - Transaction-level performance metrics
Deployment
Preparing the environment a service starts in:
Native Libraries - Extraction of the platform's bundled native libraries
Analysis & Troubleshooting
Logging and analysis tools for troubleshooting:
Trace Logging - Enable and configure trace logging
The Transaction Log Tool - Work with transaction logs
Querying Transaction Logs - Query binary transaction logs
Stats Dump Tool - Offline analysis of heartbeat logs
Related Topics
Operating Model - Conceptual overview of operating Talon applications
Configuring Monitoring - How to configure statistics
Next Steps
Start with Administration to learn how to manage running applications
Configure Monitoring to collect statistics and health metrics
Set up Trace Logging for troubleshooting
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