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Getting Started

This guide explains how to use console-output-datadog for correlating logs.

Installation

Add the gem to your project:

$ bundle add console

Usage

This output wrapper adds the datadog trace_id and span_id to log messages.

> CONSOLE_OUTPUT=Console::Output::Datadog,Console::Output::Default ./example.rb
  0.0s     warn: Object [oid=0x64] [ec=0x78] [pid=118793] [2021-11-19 18:13:30 +1300]
               | {"dd":{"trace_id":"602300336988272683","span_id":"351497567211870727"}}
               | Hello World
  0.0s    error: Object [oid=0x64] [ec=0x78] [pid=118793] [2021-11-19 18:13:30 +1300]
               | {"dd":{"trace_id":"602300336988272683","span_id":"351497567211870727"}}
               |   RuntimeError: Boom
               |   → ./example.rb:12 in `block in <main>'
               |     /home/samuel/.gem/ruby/2.7.4/gems/ddtrace-0.54.0/lib/ddtrace/tracer.rb:283 in `trace'
               |     ./example.rb:8 in `<main>'