NodeJS Fastify

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install elastic-apm-node --save

2. Add the highlighted lines below to your project's app.js file:

   // Add the following line at the top of your project's main file.
   const apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start()
   const Fastify = require("fastify");

3. Configure the agent.

   Environment Variables

   ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=<app_name>
   # send traces to CubeAPM
   ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL=http://<ip_address_of_cubeapm_server>:3130
   # optional settings
   ELASTIC_APM_ENVIRONMENT=myenv
   ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_VERSION=1.2.3
   ELASTIC_APM_GLOBAL_LABELS=mykey1=myvalue1,mykey2=myvalue2

   Code

   // Add the following line at the top of your project's main file.
   const apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({
     serviceName: '<app_name>',
     // send traces to CubeAPM
     serverUrl: 'http://<ip_address_of_cubeapm_server>:3130',
     // optional settings
     environment: 'UNSET',
     serviceVersion: '1.0.1',
     globalLabels: 'mykey1=myvalue1,mykey2=myvalue2'
   })
   const Fastify = require("fastify");

Sample Application

A working example is available at https://github.com/cubeapm/sample_app_nodejs_fastify/tree/elastic.

Troubleshooting

The following can be used for debugging:

# Print Elastic agent logs on screen
ELASTIC_APM_LOG_FILE=stdout
# Set Elastic agent log level to debug if needed to see detailed logs
ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL=debug