Monitoring Ruby on Rails applications with Applications Manager
Ruby on Rails is the go-to framework for organizations to build flexible, database-driven web applications with high speed and efficiency. Enterprises of all sizes rely on it to build user-friendly applications. But like any other modern web stack, optimizing the performance, availability, and reliability of Rails applications, especially in production environments, requires more than just reactive bug fixes.
ManageEngine Applications Manager provides actionable, end-to-end monitoring for Ruby on Rails applications, helping DevOps teams stay proactive, reduce downtime, and ensure seamless user experiences.
Why is monitoring Ruby on Rails applications important?
Ruby on Rails is intuitive and productive, but its abstraction can sometimes make it difficult for teams to point out performance problems. The applications run just as fine in the production environments but experience problems during real-world load deployment. Common issues include:
Sluggish Active Record queries
High memory usage and resource starvation during background jobs
Bottlenecks in external API calls
Undetected exceptions hidden among logs
Without real-time visibility into your Ruby on Rails application, you're left doing the guesswork. That's where Applications Manager's application performance monitoring (APM) for Ruby on Rails steps in, with code-deep insights into application performance.
APM for Ruby on Rails
ManageEngine Applications Manager provides agent-based monitoring through its APM Insight module. The agent (ruby gem) seamlessly integrates into your Ruby on Rails application running on Rails or Sinatra environments, helping you identify performance bottlenecks, analyze transaction-level details, and correlate back-end dependencies.
Here’s what it lets you monitor:
Transaction tracing
Applications Manager breaks down each web request into individual components and allows you to:
Identify slow transactions.
Pinpoint high-latency routes.
Analyze the controller and view execution times.
This helps developers improve response times and eliminate performance issues after code changes.
Database query monitoring
Ruby on Rails apps often rely heavily on Active Record. The APM agent tracks:
Query execution times
Slow SQL statements
Query counts per transaction
This helps you locate sluggish queries that are affecting application reliability and optimize them through proactive indexing and caching strategies.
Error and exception tracking
Instead of depending entirely on logs, the APM Insight module for Ruby on Rails helps you pinpoint:
Uncaught exceptions
Controller-specific errors
Background job failures
This helps in reducing mean time to resolution, especially when you set up alerts for recurring or critical exceptions.
External service monitoring
Ruby on Rails apps interact with third-party services for multiple operations, like payment gateways or email APIs. This adds more layers to the application infrastructure. Applications Manager enhances visibility into the performance and efficiency of such branched operations by allowing you to:
Track latency in API calls.
Monitor failed requests.
View the impact of external services on overall app performance.
This enables proactive issue escalation with external vendors and rerouting traffic without delay during peak hours and high traffic days.
Why choose Applications Manager for Ruby on Rails?
While there are stand-alone APM tools out there, ManageEngine Applications Manager offers a unique APM experience with:
Full-stack monitoring: It supports over 150 technologies that include database servers, web applications, cloud apps, services, ERP solutions, and VMs. It integrates with multiple ITOM and ITSM tools to enhance strategic IT management approaches.
Centralized dashboards: Applications Manager’s customizable dashboards make it easy to prioritize your IT components, access performance data in real time, and visualize application performance on the go.
Smart alerts and reports: AI-powered alerts let you automate escalations and trigger responsive actions based on the severity of the alert. With adaptive thresholds, IT teams can bring down alert noise and proactively dodge false alarms. Applications Manager’s predictive analysis provides admin teams with actionable and futuristic reports, helping them make data-driven decisions during resource, capacity, and growth planning.
Affordable and scalable: It's designed to scale with growing businesses and large enterprises alike, with zero hidden costs and no extra charges.
Performance optimization stands as an ongoing responsibility, especially for opinionated applications that run on Ruby on Rails. With ManageEngine Applications Manager, you will gain the visibility and vigilance you need to ensure your Ruby apps deliver the seamless experience your users expect. Try it today!