Full Stack System Monitoring with Sentry & Vercel

In today's fast-paced development environment, it's crucial to use powerful tools for monitoring your full stack applications. Sentry and Vercel are two such tools that can greatly improve your apps' performance and error tracking. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore how to set up and use these tools to monitor your full stack systems effectively.

Table of Contents

• What is Full Stack System Monitoring?
• Why Sentry and Vercel?
• Setting up Sentry and Vercel
• Integrating Sentry with Vercel
• Monitoring your Full Stack Application
• Error Tracking with Sentry
• Performance Monitoring with Vercel
• Conclusion

What is Full Stack System Monitoring?

Full stack system monitoring involves tracking the performance, errors, and other vital metrics of an application across all layers, such as front-end, back-end, and infrastructure. This holistic approach helps developers identify and address issues more effectively, ensuring a smoother user experience.

Why Sentry and Vercel?

Sentry is an open-source error tracking tool that helps developers monitor and fix issues in real-time. With support for various programming languages and platforms, Sentry can be easily integrated into your development workflow.

Vercel is a platform for deploying, scaling, and monitoring modern web applications. It provides an intuitive dashboard for managing deployments, performance analytics, and other essential features for maintaining a high-performing application.

Together, Sentry and Vercel offer a powerful combination for full stack system monitoring, making it easier to maintain and optimize your applications.

Setting up Sentry and Vercel

1. Create Sentry Account: Sign up for a free Sentry account here.
2. Create Vercel Account: Sign up for a free Vercel account here.
3. Install Sentry SDK: Install the Sentry SDK for your application's programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, etc.). Follow the official documentation for installation instructions.

Integrating Sentry with Vercel

To integrate Sentry with Vercel, follow these steps:

1. Install Vercel CLI: Install the Vercel CLI by running npm i -g vercel.
2. Connect Vercel Account: Run vercel login and follow the prompts to link your Vercel account.
3. Import Project: Run vercel import to import your existing project or vercel init to create a new one.
4. Configure Sentry Integration: In your project's vercel.json file, add the following configuration:

{
  "env": {
    "SENTRY_DSN": "@sentry_dsn"
  },
  "build": {
    "env": {
      "SENTRY_DSN": "@sentry_dsn"
    }
  }
}

5. Add DSN Secret: Run vercel secrets add sentry_dsn YOUR_SENTRY_DSN to add your Sentry DSN as a secret in Vercel.

Monitoring your Full Stack Application

With Sentry and Vercel integrated, you can now monitor your application's performance and errors in real-time.

Error Tracking with Sentry

Sentry provides detailed error tracking, including stack traces, user context, and more. To view your application's errors, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to your Sentry dashboard.
2. Select your project from the list.
3. Click on the "Issues" tab to view a list of errors.

Performance Monitoring with Vercel

Vercel's performance monitoring allows you to track your application's response times, throughput, and other important metrics. To access performance analytics, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to your Vercel dashboard.
2. Select your project from the list.
3. Click on the "Analytics" tab to view performance data.

Conclusion

By leveraging the power of Sentry and Vercel, you can effectively monitor your full stack applications and ensure optimal performance. With real-time error tracking and performance analytics, you'll be better equipped to address issues and maintain a high-quality user experience.