Metriks log reporter webhook

Webhook receiver for taking logs from metriks and sending them to Librato Metrics via a Papertrail webhook.

Setup

Step 1: Integrate metriks into your project

To get anything useful out of this, you have to already be using metriks.

Step 2: Setup the metriks logger reporter

Once you've done that, setup a logger reporter. For example:

  # Setup metriks logger
  require 'metriks/reporter/logger'

  metriks_logger = ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.new(Rails.root.join('log/metriks.log').to_s)
  metriks_logger.level = Logger::INFO
  Metriks::Reporter::Logger.new(:logger => metriks_logger).start

Step 3: Send the logs to Papertrail

Once you've done that, send the log to Papertrail. The easiest way would be to use remote_syslog:

$ remote_syslog -p <your_papertrail_port> /srv/www/app/shared/log/metriks.log

Step 4: Create an instance of this webhook on heroku

The easiest way to run this is to grab the code and run a copy on heroku:

$ git clone git://github.com/eric/metriks_log_webhook.git
$ cd metriks_log_webhook
$ heroku create --stack cedar
$ heroku addons:add memcache
$ git push heroku master
$ heroku config:add METRICS_EMAIL=<librato_metrics_email> METRICS_TOKEN=<librato_metrics_token>

Step 5: Create a saved search in Papertrail

Then create a saved search in Papertrail for:

"metriks: "

Step 6: Create a search alert and point it to the webhook

Create a Search Alert in Papertrail to fire every minute pointed at /submit.

For instance:

http://holler-mountain-37.herokuapp.com/submit

Once you've done that, you should start to see metrics in your Librato Metrics dashboard.

License

Copyright (c) 2012 Eric Lindvall

Published under the MIT License, see LICENSE