Log Drains & Heroku-like integration with Better Stacks

sameerkumar18
PRO

8 months ago

Hey!

  1. Is there a way to export logs, similar to Heroku's Logdrain feature?

  2. How do I integrate Railway.app with BetterStacks? Their integration with Heroku was straightforward due to Heroku's Logdrain feature - how do i integrate BetterStacks with Railway.app? (codebase is pure Django monolith)

Thanks!
my email: samkumar@shipblink.com

Solved

5 Replies

8 months ago

Hello,

Unfortunately we do not support log drains, something I've personally wanted.

That leaves two options -

  1. Use BetterStack's SDK in code.

  2. Use locomotive - https://railway.app/template/jP9r-f


Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] 8 months ago


sameerkumar18
PRO

8 months ago

@brody thanks for the quick response!

#2 locomotive seems like a very smart workaround - I would love to try that out.

I tried following some instructions and created this project using locomotive https://railway.app/project/6ce9c890-5e14-4120-995d-c254bdcf3756

For some reason, it isn't sending logs to BetterStacks neither anything shows up in the project's own "Observability" tab - I'm very likely missing something. Any chance you could help me point to the root cause?

really appreciate your help!

Sam


Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] 8 months ago


8 months ago

You need to deploy locomotive into the same project as the service you want to ship the logs for.


Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] 8 months ago


sameerkumar18
PRO

8 months ago

Ah makes sense. I re-created the service within the original service and it seems to be working. Thanks a ton for your help!


Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] 8 months ago


8 months ago

Awsome, let me know if you have any more questions!


Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] 8 months ago


Status changed to Solved brody 8 months ago