docker-elk/extensions/apm-server/README.md

55 lines
1.7 KiB
Markdown

# APM Server extension
Adds a container for Elasticsearch APM server. Forwards caught errors and traces to Elasticsearch to enable their
visualisation in Kibana.
## Usage
If you want to include the APM server, run Docker Compose from the root of the repository with an additional command
line argument referencing the `apm-server-compose.yml` file:
```console
$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f extensions/apm-server/apm-server-compose.yml up
```
## Connecting an agent to APM-Server
The most basic configuration to send traces to APM server is to specify the `SERVICE_NAME` and `SERVICE_URL`. Here is an
example Python FLASK configuration:
```python
import elasticapm
from elasticapm.contrib.flask import ElasticAPM
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['ELASTIC_APM'] = {
# Set required service name. Allowed characters:
# a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space
'SERVICE_NAME': 'PYTHON_FLASK_TEST_APP',
# Set custom APM Server URL (default: http://localhost:8200)
'SERVER_URL': 'http://apm-server:8200',
'DEBUG': True,
}
```
More configuration settings can be found under the **Configuration** section for each language:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/index.html
## Checking connectivity and importing default APM dashboards
From the Kibana Dashboard:
1. `Add APM` button under _Add Data to Kibana_ section
2. Ignore all the install instructions and press `Check APM Server status` button.
3. Press `Check agent status`
4. Press `Load Kibana objects` to get the default dashboards
5. Lastly press the `APM dashboard` to the bottom right.
## See also
[Running APM Server on Docker](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/current/running-on-docker.html)