Starting Remote Profiling Session
You can profile .NET applications not only on the local computer, but on a remote computer as well. Moreover, in order to profile remotely, you don't have to install dotMemory on a remote computer. Nevertheless, remote profiling requires a number of preparation steps on the remote computer.
dotMemory uses the HTTP-based web service for remote profiling. This allows avoiding the majority of authentication problems and problems with firewalls.
To start a profiling session on a remote computer
- On the remote computer, do the following:
Copy the RemoteAgent.zip archive from the dotMemory installation directory on your local computer (by default, C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Installations\dotMemory[N]) to any directory on the remote computer.
Unpack the archive on the remote computer.
Start Remote Agent from the console on the remote computer.
Make sure that the profiled app is running on .NET Framework 4.0 or later.
Make sure that inbound connections to Remote Agent (by default, it uses port 9100) are not blocked by the firewall.
On the local computer, start dotMemory as a standalone application.
Choose the New Session | Remote tab.
- In the central panel, specify the address of the remote agent service in Remote Agent URL.
By default, the URL is net.tcp://[remote_computer_IP_address]:9100/RemoteAgent. However, you can change the default port and virtual directory of the service using Remote Agent's command line options. Run 'RemoteAgent.exe /help' for more details. Click Connect to establish connection with the remote host.
- In the central panel, do one of the following:
If you want to profile an application, select an application type in Profile Application.
If you want to profile an already running process, select a particular process in Attach to Process.
In the right panel, configure profiling settings as described in Configuring Profiling Process.
Click Run.