This module makes use of Elixir 1.7's new Logger metadata to report crashed processes. It replaces the previous Sentry.Logger sytem.

To include the backend in your application, the backend can be added in your configuration file:

config :logger,
  backends: [:console, Sentry.LoggerBackend]

If you are on OTP 21+ and would like to configure the backend to include metadata from Logger.metadata/0 in reported events, it can be enabled:

config :logger, Sentry.LoggerBackend,
  include_logger_metadata: true

It is important to be aware of whether this will include sensitive information in Sentry events before enabling it.

Options

The supported options are:

• :include_logger_metadata - Enabling this option will read any key/value pairs with with binary, atom or number values from Logger.metadata/0 and include that dictionary under the :logger_metadata key in an event's :extra metadata. This option defaults to false.
• :ignore_plug - Enabling this option will ignore any events that appear to be from a Plug process crashing. This is to prevent duplicate errors being reported to Sentry alongside Sentry.Plug.