Error Logging in Rails

Question

Hi,

My team has recently switched to rails, and we're yet to implement an error logging solution for our project.

I'd like something like Elmah - http://code.google.com/p/elmah/ - where the errors and details are logged and easily accessible.

Are there any suggestions?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I use and like Hoptoad (disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with them in any way). Another popular service in the Rails world for doing the same thing is Exceptional.

Answer 2

I did a quick search for a gem on Rails log analyzing and came across this awesome looking project called request-log-analyzer lead by wvanbergen. You can find the project on github: http://github.com/wvanbergen/request-log-analyzer.

Also, take a look at some sample output: http://wiki.github.com/wvanbergen/request-log-analyzer/sample-output

This would be a very simple and effective way of tracking request-related errors, obviously.

For non-request-related errors that you'd like to log, I'd recommend just using the built-in Logger and seeing if either 1) request-log-analyzer can interface with a non-request log file or if 2) you can play with the request-log-analyzer to also parse and display your own error log file in a similar fashion.