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title: "Getting Started"
slug: "nodejs-getting-started"
description: "Boost Node.js app performance with Retrace's APM & logging. Setup APM easily on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes & more. Track errors & deployments effortlessly."
updated: 2020-04-14T17:55:28Z
published: 2020-04-14T17:55:28Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Getting Started

For Node.js applications, Retrace offers both basic and advanced features. This guide will help you on how to get started with your Node.js application

## Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

To setup **APM** on your **Node.js** application follow the document that best matches your setup:

- [Node.js APM with Linux / Windows](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-linux-windows)
- [Node.js APM with Docker](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-docker)
- [Node.js APM with Kubernetes](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-kubernetes)
- [Node.js APM with AWS ECS](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-aws-ecs)
- [Node.js APM with AWS Fargate](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-aws-fargate)
- [Node.js APM with AWS Lambda](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-aws-lambda)
- [Node.js APM with AWS Elastic Beanstalk](/docs/nodejs-apm-with-aws-elastic-beanstalk)

## Logs & Errors (ELM)

You can send your applications logs to Retrace with multiple Node.js logging frameworks. Be sure to send your logs to take full advantage of Retrace's error tracking and centralized logging features. Errors are also used as part of Retrace's **App Scoring** feature.

- [Winston v2](/docs/winston-v2)
- [Stackify Node.js Logger](/docs/stackify-nodejs-logger)

## Deployment Tracking

Notify Retrace when you do a new deployment to get advanced reporting features. This makes it easy to see how performance changes after a new deployment. Popular tools like Team City, Jenkins, Bamboo and others are supported. View [our docs](/docs/deployment-tracking-overview) to learn more.