Stackify Go APM

Installation Guide

Standalone setup

1. Install Stackify Linux Agent.

2. Check that your setup meets our system requirements.

   • Go Version 1.15

3. Install the Stackify Go APM agent using go get

   • Add stackify go apm to your go.mod

     require (
         go.stackify.com/apm vx.x.x
         ...
     )
     

   • Install stackify go apm

     $ go get go.stackify.com/apm
     

4. Update and insert the apm settings to your application.

   package main
   
   import (
       "context"
       "log"
   
       "go.stackify.com/apm"
   )
   
   func main() {
       stackifyAPM, err := apm.NewStackifyAPM()
       if err != nil {
           log.Fatalf("failed to initialize stackifyapm: %v", err)
       }
       defer stackifyAPM.Shutdown()
   
       err = func(ctx context.Context) error {
           var span apm.Span
           ctx, span = stackifyAPM.Tracer.Start(ctx, "span1")
           defer span.End()
   
           return nil
       }(stackifyAPM.Context)
       if err != nil {
           panic(err)
       }
   
   }
   

5. Customize Application Name and Environment configuration.

   stackifyAPM, err := apm.NewStackifyAPM(
       apm.WithApplicationName("Go Application"),
       apm.WithEnvironmentName("Production"),
   )