Application self-reporting for application status monitoring in enterprise networks

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a first status module embedded within a first application of one or more status modules embedded within one or more applications running on a computing device within an enterprise network and from an application performance tool, a message identifying at least one metric from a predefined list of metrics programmed on each of the one or more status modules as indicative of an operational status of the first application, wherein the operational status includes one of an active status, a health status, or a composite health score, wherein the message includes a set of binary flags that correspond to the predefined list of metrics, and wherein at least one flag corresponding to the at least one metric is set to identify the at least one metric as indicative of the operational status of the first application;
• selecting, by the first status module, the at least one metric for the first application from the predefined list of metrics based on the message received from the application performance tool;
• periodically determining, by the first status module, the operational status of the first application based on at least one value of the at least one metric of the first application for each periodic interval;
• and
• reporting, by the first status module, an identifier of the computing device on which the first application is running and at least a status indicator representative of the operational status of the first application at a given time to the application performance tool within the enterprise network.

A network system comprising:

• an application performance tool;
• and
• a plurality of computing devices, each computing device configured to execute one or more status modules embedded within one or more instances of a distributed application, wherein each status module embedded within a respective instance of the distributed application running on a respective computing device is configured to:
• receive, from the application performance tool, a message identifying at least one metric from a predefined list of metrics programmed on each of the one or more status modules as indicative of an operational status of the respective instance of the distributed application, wherein the operational status includes one of an active status, a health status, or a composite health score, wherein the message includes a set of binary flags that correspond to the predefined list of metrics, and wherein at least one flag corresponding to the at least one metric is set to identify the at least one metric as indicative of the operational status of the first application,
• periodically determine an operational status of the respective instance of the distributed application based on at least one value of the at least one metric of the respective instance of the distributed application for each periodic interval, and
• report an identifier of the respective computing device on which the respective instance of the distributed application is running and at least a status indicator representative of the operational status of the respective instance of the distributed application at a given time to the application performance tool,
• wherein the application performance tool is configured to analyze status indicators received from the status modules running on the plurality of computing devices to identify, for the distributed application at the given time, a location of a primary instance of the distributed application within the network system, wherein the primary instance of the distributed application has a higher value of the at least one metric than other non-primary instances of the distributed application.