Java APM with Heroku

This document details how to install the Java APM Profiler in your Java application running on Heroku.

Java Application Setup

Configure Application

• Download Profiler at: https://download.stackify.com/stackify-java-apm/stackify-java-apm.jar

• Add profiler JAR to heroku project root directory.

• Adjust ProcFile to include the profiler w/ the -javaagent option:

web: java -javaagent:./stackify-java-apm.jar -jar your_application.jar

Add Buildpack

heroku buildpacks:add -i=1 https://github.com/stackify/heroku-buildpack-stackify.git

Configure Buildpack

heroku config:set STACKIFY_KEY="XXXXXXXXXX"
heroku config:set STACKIFY_APPLICATION_NAME="My Application" 
heroku config:set STACKIFY_ENVIRONMENT_NAME="Production" 

Set STACKIFY_KEY to your Stackify Activation Key.

Verify

Deploy changes to Heroku and make requests. You can then verify results in the Retrace dashboard.