flask-sqlalchemy-x-ray-sample

A sample application to get started with Flask and AWS X-Ray integration

Setup

1. Install x-ray daemon locally
2. Setup a Python virualenv and install requirements

python -m venv venv
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create .env file. A sample available at .env.sample
4. Start the application

python wsgi.py

5. Generate some traffic

for id in {100..110}; do
    curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/${id}"
    curl "http://localhost:8080/${id}"
    sleep .25
done

6. Visit AWS X-Ray Console and check the generated traces

References

AWS X-Ray
X-Ray SDK for Python middleware
Patching libraries to instrument downstream calls
Generating custom subsegements
AWS X-Ray Daemon