Go Agent (legacy)
The following content pertains to the legacy AppOptics Go Agent.
AppOptics agents are no long receiving updates. The new SolarWinds Observability libraries are regularly updated with new features and improvements. If you are still relying on the AppOptics agents and your components are supported by the new libraries, consider migrating to SolarWinds Observability.
If you have already transitioned to the new SolarWinds Observability Go Library, see the SolarWinds Go Library documentation for information.
SolarWinds Observability libraries are not compatible with AppOptics agents. Do not use a mix of SolarWinds Observability libraries and AppOptics agents to instrument applications that are part of a distributed trace.
The Go agent provides tracing and metrics for Go-based applications via wrappers and SDK calls that your application can use to instrument web requests and other workloads.
For new features, fixed issues, and updated components, see the Go Agent (legacy) Release Notes.
Get started
Ensure that your platform is supported and that you are using the minimum supported Go version or later versions.
To get up and running with APM, install the AppOptics Go agent. Then configure the agent, and instrument your app.
Navigation Notice: When the APM Integrated Experience is enabled, AppOptics shares a common navigation and enhanced feature set with other integrated experience products. How you navigate AppOptics and access its features may vary from these instructions.