Heroku is platform as a service (PaaS) providing support for several programming languages. You can use Atatus APM with your Heroku apps. Atatus APM supports PHP, Java, Ruby, Python and Node.js languages. Follow the below mentioned steps to install Atatus in Heroku Ruby app.

Rails installation steps

  1. From Heroku dashboard, select the relevant application you have created and choose Atatus from the add-on page. There are two ways to choose the add-on.
    • From UI, you can click on the Configure add-ons and then select the subscription plan.
    • From Command line
  2. Go to Atatus dashboard by clicking on the Atatus add-on and navigate to the Settings » Account Settings » License Keys in Atatus and copy the Atatus APM License key.
  3. From your terminal, go to your Rails app directory and set the license key and application name in heroku config as follows.
  4. Add the Atatus agent gem to your Gemfile.
  5. Install the gem from your application root directory.
  6. Run the following commands to commit the changes.
  7. Access your server from your web app or mobile app or curl. You will visualize your application’s metrics within minutes.