Setup
Akka Insights uses a Java Agent to add specially crafted instrumentation to the components of our platforms which facilitates efficient telemetry.
The Commercial credentials, Cinnamon Agent, Instrumentation and Backend Plugin are required for both build and deployment to enable telemetry. The sections below describe how to go about for the most common build tools.
Commercial credentials
To gain access to Akka Insights you must have an Akka subscription and an Akka account.
Once you have logged in, the Akka platform credentials guide contains instructions for configuring your sbt, maven or gradle project to access Akka Insights. If you have previously used a username and password to configure your commercial credentials, the guide will instruct you how to update to using the new scheme.
The URLs generated as part of your Akka credentials should not be committed to public source control repositories.
If you do not have an Akka subscription, please contact us to request an evaluation.