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Instrument Node.js apps with Elastic APM

Software Engineering#observability#tracing#instrumentation#opentelemetry#nodejs#elastic#apm
Authorpatrykkopycinski
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps developers quickly add Elastic APM instrumentation to Node.js applications so traces, spans, and performance metrics are collected and viewable in Kibana, reducing manual setup time and misconfiguration.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Framework detection and guidance: Guides integration for Express, Fastify, Koa, NestJS, or plain Node.
  • Agent installation and configuration: Instructs adding elastic-apm-node or configuring an OpenTelemetry exporter and ensures APM server URL and token/API key are set.
  • Validation and best practices: Recommends service naming, environment tags, and verification steps to confirm traces appear in Kibana.

Quick Start

Use the apm-nodejs skill to instrument your Node.js application with Elastic APM by adding elastic-apm-node and supplying the APM server URL and secret token or API key.

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Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: apm-nodejs
Download link: https://github.com/patrykkopycinski/elastic-cursor-plugin/archive/main.zip#apm-nodejs

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