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GORM Tracing
Learn how to set up auto-instrumented tracing for your database calls using the GORM library.
1
Install the Highlight Go SDK.
Install the highlight-go package with go get.
go get -u github.com/highlight/highlight/sdk/highlight-go
2
Initialize the Highlight Go SDK.
highlight.Start starts a goroutine for recording and sending backend traces and errors. Setting your project id lets Highlight record errors for background tasks and processes that aren't associated with a frontend session.
import (
"github.com/highlight/highlight/sdk/highlight-go"
)
func main() {
// ...
highlight.SetProjectID("<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>")
highlight.Start(
highlight.WithServiceName("my-app"),
highlight.WithServiceVersion("git-sha"),
)
defer highlight.Stop()
// ...
}3
Initialize the GORM library with the Highlight hooks
Import the Highlight GORM library and call the SetupGORMTracing hook with any attributes wanted for context.
import (
"github.com/highlight/highlight/sdk/highlight-go"
htrace "github.com/highlight/highlight/sdk/highlight-go/trace"
"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
)
DB, err = gorm.Open(<DB_SETTINGS>)
if err := htrace.SetupGORMTracing(DB, attribute.String(highlight.ProjectIDAttribute, <YOUR_PROJECT_ID>)); err != nil {
highlight.RecordError(ctx, err)
}4
Call GORM with the trace context
When making any database calls with GORM, attach a WithContext hook to provide more data about the trace.
DB.WithContext(ctx).Find(&user)
5
Verify your backend traces are being recorded.
Visit the highlight traces portal and check that backend traces are coming in.