This page describes how to install the Observe Agent, then instrument your Node.js applications to send data to Observe.

To view the list of auto-instrumented libraries, see utils.ts in the OpenTelemetry documentation on GitHub.

To manually instrument custom logic, see Manual instrumentation setup in the OpenTelemetry documentation.

Get the Observe Agent

Use the Add Data portal in the product to get the Observe Agent installed in your environment.

1. From the left navigation rail, select Data & integrations > Add data.
2. In the Observe Agent section, pick your environment, then follow the instructions to create a data ingest token and install the Observe Agent.

Add the zero-code auto-instrumentation for Node.js

After the Observe Agent is installed in your environment, instrument your Node.js application. Click one of the following to get started:

• Instrument your Node.js application on a host
• Instrument your Node.js application in Kubernetes
• (Optional) If needed, you can Troubleshoot your APM instrumentation.