

In the case of Rookout, Java agents allow for deeper insights into the internal data of your applications whether they are running on your own machine, staging server or even in production. Java agents provide the ability to instrument running applications through the modification of their underlying bytecode. In some very unique ways, Java agents can be a powerful tool for helping us understand what’s happening within the internals of applications.

While the introduction of container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes has brought about new capabilities around scalability and fault tolerance of applications, it has also introduced challenges in understanding exactly what’s happening within those applications when things don’t go as expected. In today’s world of software development, it can often be challenging to get the data and information we need from running applications.
