Unlock the Secret Powers of the New Relic Ruby Agent
Blog post from New Relic
New Relic has open-sourced its agents, including the Ruby agent, to promote observability by aligning with open source standards and facilitating telemetry data collection. The Ruby agent, widely used by the Ruby on Rails community, extends beyond traditional Application Performance Monitoring (APM) by offering features such as distributed tracing, enhanced error reporting, thread profiling, and logs in context. These capabilities provide a comprehensive observability experience, allowing users to monitor application performance, troubleshoot errors, and optimize resource usage effectively. The blog post provides a step-by-step guide on enabling these features, starting with configuring the Ruby agent and exploring data using New Relic One. By integrating logs, traces, and metrics, New Relic simplifies debugging and enhances visibility into application performance, offering a unified platform for developers to address performance and scalability issues without needing direct server access. The author, Michael Lang, emphasizes that while his views are personal and environment-specific, New Relic offers extensive resources and a community platform for further support and exploration.