I am trying to integrate datadog log monitoring with strapi, logging works but the injection doesnt work.
Here is the doc from datadog. https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/connect_logs_and_traces/nodejs/
I think I’m not initiating the tracer in proper place, where is the entry point file in this version?
Thank you
Event I am trying to get this running. Any help from strapi devs would be appreciated.
I am trying to do the same - very disappointed by the lack of logging documentation provided by Strapi.
I mean for one, that isn’t our docs and that’s from the v3-beta like 3 years ago lol…
v4 Docs: https://docs.strapi.io
v3 Docs: https://docs-v3.strapi.io
While I can’t speak for v3 nor the actual configuration of the dd-trace package. For the v4 you should be able to do something like this:
// path: `./src/index.js`
module.exports = {
/**
* An asynchronous register function that runs before
* your application is initialized.
*
* This gives you an opportunity to extend code.
*/
register(/*{ strapi }*/) {
const tracer = require('dd-trace').init({
debug: true,
runtimeMetrics: true,
logInjection: true
});
},
/**
* An asynchronous bootstrap function that runs before
* your application gets started.
*
* This gives you an opportunity to set up your data model,
* run jobs, or perform some special logic.
*/
bootstrap(/*{ strapi }*/) {},
};
At least this is dumping a bunch of debug messages about it being unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:8126 so I assume there is some config you need to do to point it at DataDog
Has anyone else been able to get dd-trace to work for APM metrics in Strapi 4?
In Strapi 3 I had it working with a simple require(“dd-trace”).init(); at the top of the bootstrap.js file, but the code above in src/index.js in register() in Strapi 4 doesn’t seem to be working 
Have you required calling it within the register or bootstrap functions?
Here’s my src/index.js code in Strapi 4.
‘use strict’;
module.exports = {
/**
- An asynchronous register function that runs before
- your application is initialized.
- This gives you an opportunity to extend code.
/
register(/{ strapi }*/) {
const tracer = require(‘dd-trace’).init({
debug: true,
runtimeMetrics: true,
logInjection: true
});},
/**
- An asynchronous bootstrap function that runs before
- your application gets started.
- This gives you an opportunity to set up your data model,
- run jobs, or perform some special logic.
/
bootstrap(/{ strapi }*/) {},
};
And here’s my code in Strapi 3 (where it’s working):
“use strict”;
if (
process.env.NODE_ENV === “production” ||
process.env.NODE_ENV === “staging”
) {
require(“dd-trace”).init();
}/**
- An asynchronous bootstrap function that runs before
- your application gets started.
- This gives you an opportunity to set up your data model,
- run jobs, or perform some special logic.
- See more details here: Configurations | Strapi Documentation
*/module.exports = () => {};
Any ideas?
Make a server.js file in your root dir. and put this in it.
const tracer = require('dd-trace').init({
appsec: true
// any options you need
})
const strapi = require('@strapi/strapi');
const app = strapi({ distDir: './dist' });
app.start();
Start strapi with:
node server.js
Don’t forget to install dd-trace.
(Edit:) I suggest that you install @strapi-logger and setup Winston (a guide is on the Strapi docs)
Here’s the working stats in Datadog:
I was facing the same problem here and I’ve found a way to make it work using strapi v4.
No need to insert the init() function inside src/index.js → register(), we can place it as a new file following the Datadog docs.
I wasn’t able to check the tracer information on the Datadog APM tab because I didn’t have a Datalog Agent running.
When we use the dd-trace library, it assumes by default that we’re running this agent on localhost:8125 (We can modify it inside the init() function).
All I had to do was follow the steps to install this agent listed on the Datadog guide(Datadog: Log In) and after setting up this agent I was able to check the APM metrics.
