Achieving observability in Heroku applications with Sumo Logic

Are you one of the many companies harnessing the power of Heroku to build, deliver and scale your applications seamlessly? If so, you're likely aware of the need for robust observability to ensure your Heroku environment runs smoothly.

Let’s delve into the world of Heroku monitoring and explore how Sumo Logic, a leading observability platform, can provide invaluable insights into your Heroku infrastructure and application logs.

The power of Heroku: streamlining application deployment

Heroku is a cloud platform that empowers organizations to develop and run applications effortlessly. With support for various programming languages like Ruby, Node.js, Java, Python, Go and more, Heroku has become a popular choice for developers. Its simplicity, scalability and developer-friendly features make it a top choice for modern application deployment.

The Sumo Logic advantage: gaining comprehensive insights

To ensure the smooth operation of your Heroku-powered applications, you need a powerful observability tool. Enter Sumo Logic, offering a dedicated Sumo Logic app for Heroku. This app is designed to help you gain visibility into your Heroku environment, making it easier to monitor infrastructure, applications, metrics and error scenarios.

Here's how Sumo Logic adds value to your Heroku monitoring efforts:

1. Seamless Heroku log collection

Sumo Logic simplifies log collection from Heroku. It allows you to collect logs seamlessly, providing critical insights into your Heroku infrastructure and application performance. Two primary methods of log collection are available:

• HTTPS Log Drain: Attach a HTTPS Log Drain to your Heroku application via the command-line interface (CLI). This method enables you to send logs to Sumo Logic, ensuring integration with any Sumo Logic account.

• Sumo Logic Add-on: The Sumo Logic Add-on streamlines log collection by creating a Sumo Logic free trial account and an associated https logs source on a hosted collector. It can be attached to your Heroku application via the Heroku Marketplace

2. Preconfigured dashboards for actionable insights

Sumo Logic's Heroku app comes equipped with a suite of preconfigured dashboards that enable you to visualize and analyze your Heroku data effectively. Let's explore the key use cases covered by these dashboards:

Overview dashboard: holistic insights

Gain a comprehensive view of request timings, response latencies, dyno statistics and error trends. Daily trends are showcased, providing valuable insights into your Heroku environment.

Dyno dashboard: understanding Dyno performance

Dive deep into dyno launches, stops, restarts and scaling operations. This dashboard helps you understand the performance and health of your Heroku dynos.

Application dashboard: tracking development lifecycle

Track your application builds, deployments, releases and their success or failure trends. Stay informed about your app's development lifecycle.

Memory metrics dashboard: optimizing memory usage

Monitor Heroku platform metrics related to memory consumption and swap. Keep an eye on resident memory, disk cache memory, swap memory and more to optimize performance.

CPU load metrics dashboard: evaluating CPU performance

Understand CPU load averages over different time intervals (1m, 5m, 15m). This dashboard is essential for gauging the CPU performance of your Heroku dynos.

Infrastructure errors dashboard: detecting infrastructure issues

Detect and analyze various types of Heroku infrastructure errors. Gain insights into error trends and potential issues in your infrastructure.

Application errors dashboard: identifying application errors

Dive deep into Heroku app errors, including release errors, worker initialization errors, signal termination errors and more. Identify areas for improvement in your applications.

3. Provisioning and getting started

Getting started with Sumo Logic for Heroku monitoring is a breeze:

Choose your collection method

Decide whether you prefer using the HTTPS Log Drain or the Sumo Logic Add-on for log collection. Select the method that best aligns with your needs.

Provision the Sumo Logic add-on

If you opt for the Sumo Logic Add-on, you can easily provision it via the Heroku Marketplace. This add-on creates a Sumo Logic free trial account for log analysis.

Access dashboards

Once you've set up your log collection, access the preconfigured dashboards from the Sumo Logic web app. Explore the data, apply filters and gain actionable insights into your Heroku environment.

Customize as needed

Feel free to customize your dashboard views and create alerts to proactively address issues within your Heroku environment.

Optimize your Heroku-powered apps with Sumo Logic

Sumo Logic's monitoring solution for Heroku empowers developers and operations teams to gain in-depth visibility into their applications' performance and infrastructure health. By leveraging our preconfigured dashboards and log collection methods, you can ensure seamless operations, identify bottlenecks and proactively address issues.

Ready to unlock the full potential of your Heroku environment? Dive into the world of Heroku monitoring with Sumo Logic and take your applications to the next level.

Start monitoring with Sumo Logic today and ensure the reliability and performance of your Heroku-powered apps! 🚀