Thundra Sidekick
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Installation
Follow the below steps to install Thundra Sidekick SDK to your application.
- Install the latest Thundra agent from the Thundra to project by
pip install thundra-debugger - Configure the agent via exporting environment variables or creating .env file and load it in source code.
Configure the Agent
In order to configure the agent, you'll need an API key from Thundra Sidekick. You can see your API key in the Welcome Tab after log in.
Configure by Environment Variables
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export THUNDRA_APIKEY=<YOUR-THUNDRA-API-KEY>
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_NAME=<application_name>
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_STAGE=<application_stage>
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_VERSION=<application_version>
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_DEBUG_ENABLE=True
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For Django, there are two additional environment variables for database configuration:
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_TRACE_INTEGRATIONS_DJANGO_ORM_DISABLE=False
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export THUNDRA_AGENT_TRACE_INTEGRATIONS_RDB_DISABLE=False
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Configure by .env file
Create a file with the .env extension and add the following code snippet into it with your own environment variables.
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THUNDRA_APIKEY=<YOUR-THUNDRA-API-KEY>
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THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_NAME=<application_name>
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THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_STAGE=<application_stage>
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THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_VERSION=<application_version>
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THUNDRA_AGENT_DEBUG_ENABLE=True
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For Django, there are two additional variables for database configuration:
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THUNDRA_AGENT_TRACE_INTEGRATIONS_DJANGO_ORM_DISABLE=False
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THUNDRA_AGENT_TRACE_INTEGRATIONS_RDB_DISABLE=False
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Sample Docker Configuration
Simple Django production-ready Docker file:
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FROM python:3
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# This is the port that Gunicorn uses, so expose it to the outside
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# world.
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EXPOSE 8000
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​
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# Don't just add the base code directory, to try to cut down on
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# rebuild sizes.
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RUN mkdir /code
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WORKDIR /code
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​
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# Install all the requirements -- doing things in this order should
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# reduce the size of redeployments if we don't change dependencies.
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ADD requirements.txt /code/
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RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
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​
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# Add the main code directory and point at the start script.
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ADD . /code
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CMD ["./start.sh"]
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Start.sh file
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#!/bin/bash
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gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --workers=3 --access-logfile '-' --error-logfile '-' --capture-output conduit.wsgi
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Configure environment variable:
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docker run ... \
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-e THUNDRA_APIKEY=<YOUR-THUNDRA-API-KEY> \
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-e THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_NAME=<YOUR-APP-NAME> \
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-e THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_STAGE=dev \
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-e THUNDRA_AGENT_APPLICATION_VERSION=<YOUR-APP-VERSION> \
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-e THUNDRA_AGENT_DEBUG_ENABLE=True \
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...
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Configure .env file:
After adding the code mentioned on the Configure the Agent by .env section, there is no need to add environment variables as command-line arguments. Execute following:
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docker run ...
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Add Thundra to Your Application
You should start the Thundra debugger before your app is initialized or started. For example, you can add the following snippet at the end of your
settings.py for Django project or beginning of the file where you create Flask app such as app = Flask(name)Configure by Environment Variable:
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from pathlib import Path
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from dotenv import load_dotenv
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env_path = Path(<.env file path>).resolve()
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load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
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​
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try:
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import tracepointdebug
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tracepointdebug.start()
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except ImportError as e:
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pass
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Configure by .env File:
To install environment variables from the configuration file, you should install
pathlib and dotenv first.1
from pathlib import Path
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from dotenv import load_dotenv
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env_path = Path(<.env file path>).resolve()
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load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
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try:
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import tracepointdebug
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tracepointdebug.start()
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except ImportError as e:
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pass
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