nodejs-dashboard

Telemetry dashboard for node.js apps from the terminal!

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Determine in realtime what's happening inside your node process from the terminal. No need to instrument code to get the deets. Also splits stderr/stdout to help spot errors sooner.

Install

npm install nodejs-dashboard --save-dev

Add the reporting module to your code

From within your index.js or app entry point simply require the nodejs-dashboard module.

require("nodejs-dashboard");

Update your package.json

It's recommended that you create a npm script to launch the dashboard.

...
"scripts": {
    "dev": "nodejs-dashboard node index.js"
  }
...

Launch your app

Once you've completed these steps run the following in your terminal:

% npm run dev

What options does nodejs-dashboard support?

Usage: nodejs-dashboard [options] -- [node] [script] [arguments]

Options:

  -h, --help             output usage information
  -V, --version          output the version number
  -p, --port [port]      Socket listener port
  -e, --eventdelay [ms]  Minimum threshold for event loop reporting, default 10ms

#####-port Under the hood the dashboard utilizes SocketIO with a default port of 9838. If this conflicts with an existing service you can optionally change this value.

#####-eventdelay This tunes the minimum threshold for reporting event loop delays. The default value is 10ms. Any delay below this value will be reported at 0.