NOTE: You are looking at documentation for an older release. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
Error Indicesedit
Errors are stored in separate indices of the format apm-[version]-error-[date].
Example documentsedit
See how error documents can look like when indexed in Elasticsearch:
{
"events": [
{
"@timestamp": "2017-05-09T15:04:05.999999Z",
"context": {
"custom": {
"and_objects": {
"foo": [
"bar",
"baz"
]
},
"my_key": 1,
"some_other_value": "foo bar"
},
"process": {
"argv": [
"node",
"server.js"
],
"pid": 1234,
"ppid": 6789,
"title": "node"
},
"request": {
"body": "Hello World",
"cookies": {
"c1": "v1",
"c2": "v2"
},
"env": {
"GATEWAY_INTERFACE": "CGI/1.1",
"SERVER_SOFTWARE": "nginx"
},
"headers": {
"array": [
"foo",
"bar",
"baz"
],
"content-type": "text/html",
"cookie": "c1=v1; c2=v2",
"some-other-header": "foo",
"user-agent": "Mozilla Chrome Edge"
},
"http_version": "1.1",
"method": "POST",
"socket": {
"encrypted": true,
"remote_address": "12.53.12.1"
},
"url": {
"full": "https://www.example.com/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash",
"hash": "#hash",
"hostname": "www.example.com",
"pathname": "/p/a/t/h",
"port": "8080",
"protocol": "https:",
"raw": "/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash",
"search": "?query=string"
}
},
"response": {
"finished": true,
"headers": {
"content-type": "application/json"
},
"headers_sent": true,
"status_code": 200
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"environment": "staging",
"framework": {
"name": "Express",
"version": "1.2.3"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript",
"version": "8"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3",
"runtime": {
"name": "node",
"version": "8.0.0"
},
"version": "5.1.3"
},
"system": {
"architecture": "x64",
"hostname": "prod1.example.com",
"ip": "192.0.0.1",
"platform": "darwin"
},
"tags": {
"organization_uuid": "9f0e9d64-c185-4d21-a6f4-4673ed561ec8"
},
"user": {
"email": "foo@example.com",
"id": 99,
"username": "foo"
}
},
"docker": {
"container": {
"id": "container-id"
}
},
"error": {
"culprit": "my.module.function_name",
"exception": {
"attributes": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"code": "42",
"handled": false,
"message": "The username root is unknown",
"module": "__builtins__",
"stacktrace": [
{
"abs_path": "/real/file/name.py",
"context": {
"post": [
"line4",
"line5"
],
"pre": [
"line1",
"line2"
]
},
"exclude_from_grouping": false,
"filename": "file/name.py",
"function": "foo",
"library_frame": true,
"line": {
"column": 4,
"context": "line3",
"number": 3
},
"module": "App::MyModule",
"vars": {
"key": "value"
}
},
{
"abs_path": "/Users/watson/code/node_modules/elastic/lib/instrumentation/index.js",
"context": {
"post": [
" ins.currentTransaction = prev",
" return result",
"}",
"}",
"",
"Instrumentation.prototype._recoverTransaction = function (trans) {",
" if (this.currentTransaction === trans) return"
],
"pre": [
" var trans = this.currentTransaction",
"",
" return instrumented",
"",
" function instrumented () {",
" var prev = ins.currentTransaction",
" ins.currentTransaction = trans"
]
},
"exclude_from_grouping": false,
"filename": "lib/instrumentation/index.js",
"function": "instrumented",
"line": {
"context": " var result = original.apply(this, arguments)",
"number": 102
},
"vars": {
"key": "value"
}
}
],
"type": "DbError"
},
"grouping_key": "50f62f37edffc4630c6655ba3ecfcf46",
"id": "0123456789012345",
"log": {
"level": "warning",
"logger_name": "my.logger.name",
"message": "My service could not talk to the database named foobar",
"param_message": "My service could not talk to the database named %s",
"stacktrace": [
{
"abs_path": "/real/file/name.py",
"context": {
"post": [
"line4",
"line5"
],
"pre": [
"line1",
"line2"
]
},
"exclude_from_grouping": false,
"filename": "/webpack/file/name.py",
"function": "foo",
"library_frame": false,
"line": {
"column": 4,
"context": "line3",
"number": 3
},
"module": "App::MyModule",
"vars": {
"key": "value"
}
},
{
"abs_path": "/Users/watson/code/node_modules/elastic/lib/instrumentation/index.js",
"context": {
"post": [
" ins.currentTransaction = prev",
" return result",
"}",
"}",
"",
"Instrumentation.prototype._recoverTransaction = function (trans) {",
" if (this.currentTransaction === trans) return"
],
"pre": [
" var trans = this.currentTransaction",
"",
" return instrumented",
"",
" function instrumented () {",
" var prev = ins.currentTransaction",
" ins.currentTransaction = trans"
]
},
"exclude_from_grouping": false,
"filename": "lib/instrumentation/index.js",
"function": "instrumented",
"line": {
"context": " var result = original.apply(this, arguments)",
"number": 102
},
"vars": {
"key": "value"
}
}
]
}
},
"kubernetes": {
"namespace": "namespace1",
"node": {
"name": "node-name"
},
"pod": {
"name": "pod-name",
"uid": "pod-uid"
}
},
"processor": {
"event": "error",
"name": "error"
},
"timestamp": {
"us": 1494342245999999
}
},
{
"@timestamp": "2018-08-09T14:59:05.999Z",
"context": {
"process": {
"argv": [
"node",
"server.js"
],
"pid": 1234,
"ppid": 6789,
"title": "node"
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"environment": "staging",
"framework": {
"name": "Express",
"version": "1.2.3"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript",
"version": "8"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3",
"runtime": {
"name": "node",
"version": "8.0.0"
},
"version": "5.1.3"
},
"system": {
"architecture": "x64",
"hostname": "prod1.example.com",
"ip": "192.0.0.1",
"platform": "darwin"
}
},
"docker": {
"container": {
"id": "container-id"
}
},
"error": {
"exception": {
"message": "Cannot read property 'baz' no defined"
},
"grouping_key": "ae0232fed4cb40e7ebc62a585a421d60",
"id": "cdefab0123456789"
},
"kubernetes": {
"namespace": "namespace1",
"node": {
"name": "node-name"
},
"pod": {
"name": "pod-name",
"uid": "pod-uid"
}
},
"processor": {
"event": "error",
"name": "error"
},
"timestamp": {
"us": 1533826745999000
}
},
{
"@timestamp": "2018-08-01T10:00:00Z",
"context": {
"process": {
"argv": [
"node",
"server.js"
],
"pid": 1234,
"ppid": 6789,
"title": "node"
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"environment": "staging",
"framework": {
"name": "Express",
"version": "1.2.3"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript",
"version": "8"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3",
"runtime": {
"name": "node",
"version": "8.0.0"
},
"version": "5.1.3"
},
"system": {
"architecture": "x64",
"hostname": "prod1.example.com",
"ip": "192.0.0.1",
"platform": "darwin"
}
},
"docker": {
"container": {
"id": "container-id"
}
},
"error": {
"exception": {
"type": "DbError"
},
"grouping_key": "c3868d6704b923014eaffea034e70a3d",
"id": "cdefab0123456789"
},
"kubernetes": {
"namespace": "namespace1",
"node": {
"name": "node-name"
},
"pod": {
"name": "pod-name",
"uid": "pod-uid"
}
},
"processor": {
"event": "error",
"name": "error"
},
"timestamp": {
"us": 1533117600000000
}
},
{
"@timestamp": "2018-08-09T15:04:05.999Z",
"context": {
"process": {
"argv": [
"node",
"server.js"
],
"pid": 1234,
"ppid": 6789,
"title": "node"
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"environment": "staging",
"framework": {
"name": "Express",
"version": "1.2.3"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript",
"version": "8"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3",
"runtime": {
"name": "node",
"version": "8.0.0"
},
"version": "5.1.3"
},
"system": {
"architecture": "x64",
"hostname": "prod1.example.com",
"ip": "192.0.0.1",
"platform": "darwin"
}
},
"docker": {
"container": {
"id": "container-id"
}
},
"error": {
"grouping_key": "d6b3f958dfea98dc9ed2b57d5f0c48bb",
"id": "abcdef0123456789",
"log": {
"level": "custom log level",
"message": "Cannot read property 'baz' of undefined"
}
},
"kubernetes": {
"namespace": "namespace1",
"node": {
"name": "node-name"
},
"pod": {
"name": "pod-name",
"uid": "pod-uid"
}
},
"parent": {
"id": "9632587410abcdef"
},
"processor": {
"event": "error",
"name": "error"
},
"timestamp": {
"us": 1533827045999000
},
"trace": {
"id": "0123456789abcdeffedcba0123456789"
},
"transaction": {
"id": "1234567890987654",
"sampled": true
}
}
]
}