Custom Profiling: Configure for .NET

By default, the Retrace .NET APM+ Profiler only instruments key, pre-defined events in the IIS pipeline and page life cycle. One of the key benefits of the profiler is that you may instrument tracing of how long any .NET method takes to execute and include that output in the call stack. In deciding what to profile, keep in mind the …

Errors and Logs: Configure Ruby Applications

Retrace does not support APM for Ruby applications but you can capture errors and log and view them within Retrace. To configure your Ruby project with the Stackify API to send Errors and Logs to Retrace, follow the information below. Stackify API for Ruby Github page: https://github.com/stackify/stackify-api-ruby. Installation and Configuration Requirements: Ruby 1.9/2.0/2.1 Rails 3.x/4.x (optional) Rails Add the stackify gem …

Errors and Logs: Configure Stackify API for .NET

You can log messages directly via the Stackify API without the use of a logging framework.  You can get more information at the Stackify Github page. Please note that we recommend using NLog, Serilog, or log4net. Those frameworks allow you to send your logs to multiple different outputs. If you decide to not use Stackify products in the future, your …

HTTP Proxies: Configure

If you have a network architecture that requires internet traffic to flow through a proxy server, this guide will help you ensure that Retrace can communicate out through your proxy server seamlessly. Before you proceed through these steps, you need to ensure that YUM or APT are configured to use the proxy as the Stackify Linux Agent installer will use …

Custom Metrics: Overview

Using the Stackify Custom Metrics API, you can easily report, log, and monitor any number of custom metrics, business KPIs, and other important business or application events that could provide insights into application or user behavior. With Stackify, you can monitor, trend, and setup alerts for these important events, making them an actionable part of your overall application health picture. …