Larametrics

A self-hosted metrics and notifications platform for Laravel apps, Larametrics records and notifies you of changes made to models, incoming requests, and messages written to the log.

A full version of the docs can be found here, below you'll find a quick 'Getting Started' guide.

Requirements

PHP 5.6.4 or higher
Laravel 5.2 or higher
guzzlehttp/guzzle (if notifications enabled)

Installation

Larametrics is installed as a standalone package through Composer:

composer require aschmelyun/larametrics

After Composer finishes up, you'll have to add the following line to your config/app.php file if you're not on Laravel 5.5 or higher:

Aschmelyun\Larametrics\LarametricsServiceProvider::class

Additionally, you'll want to get the config file copied over and add in the necessary database structure with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Aschmelyun\Larametrics\LarametricsServiceProvider"
php artisan migrate

Note: Notifications use queued jobs when available to prevent delays in app response time. If you don't have this database table set up already for queues, run php artisan queue:table && php artisan migrate.

Displaying the Dashboard

Once you have the package tied in to your Laravel app, it starts collecting data based off of the default config file and storing it in your database. In order to view the dashboard associated with Larametrics and analyse your metrics and notifications, you'll need to add in a helper method to your routes file of choice.

\Aschmelyun\Larametrics\Larametrics::routes();

Include that where (and how) you want the dashboard to appear. For reference, all Larametrics routes are wrapped under a /metrics prefix, but you can adjust where you want the routes to appear.

In the following example, the Larametrics dashboard will only be viewable to people who are signed into the application, and visit /admin/metrics:

// routes/web.php
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth', 'prefix' => 'admin'], function() {
    \Aschmelyun\Larametrics\Larametrics::routes();
});

Configuration

Configuring Larametrics for use within your Laravel app takes place mainly in the config/larametrics.php file. Each item is broken down in the comment lines above it, describing what that item does and what value(s) it's anticipating.

There are also two .env variables you'll need to set depending on if you use notifications:

LARAMETRICS_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL, the address that all email notifications will be routed to
LARAMETRICS_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_WEBHOOK, a Slack webhook configured for receiving requests and adding messages to a specified channel. More info here.

Additionally, there's a few other niche variables that you can set specifically for notifications. See a brief description of each below, or a more details on the documentation site.

LARAMETRICS_FROM_EMAIL, the email address that notifications will appear to be sent from
LARAMETRICS_FROM_NAME, the name that will appear alongside associated email notifications
LARAMETRICS_MODEL_SUBJECT, the subject of notification emails that arrive when models are created/updated/deleted
LARAMETRICS_LOG_SUBJECT, the subject of notification emails that arrive when an application log event is recorded
LARAMETRICS_ROUTE_SUBJECT, the subject of notification emails that arrive when a route has been visited

Roadmap

Larametrics is still in development, constantly being optimized and attempting to be made compatible for older Laravel versions. Here's what's on the path ahead:

Difference to Laravel Telescope

In October 2018, Taylor Otwell announced Laravel Telescope, which acts as a debugging tool for Laravel applications. For a distinction between Larametrics and Telescope, please see this discussion here.