Sentry Plugin

The Sentry Plugin displays issues from Sentry.

Getting Started

1. Install the Sentry Plugin:

# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd packages/app add @backstage-community/plugin-sentry

2. Import the sentry card or content into the frontend. If using the standard Backstage frontend, follow step 2A, and if using the new alpha frontend system, follow step 2B instead.

A. Add the EntitySentryCard to the EntityPage:

// packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx

import { EntitySentryCard } from '@backstage-community/plugin-sentry';

const overviewContent = (
  <Grid container spacing={3} alignItems="stretch">
    // ...
    <Grid item xs={12} sm={6} md={4}>
      <EntitySentryCard />
    </Grid>
    // ...
  </Grid>
);

You can also import the full-page EntitySentryContent extension if you want to have a dedicated sentry page:

// packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx

import { EntitySentryContent } from '@backstage-community/plugin-sentry';

const serviceEntityPage = (
  <EntityLayout>
    // ...
    <EntityLayout.Route path="/sentry" title="Sentry">
      <EntitySentryContent />
    </EntityLayout.Route>
    // ...
  </EntityLayout>
);

B. Install the plugin by updating App.tsx to include the plugin in the features block during app creation:

// packages/app/src/App.tsx
import { createApp } from '@backstage/frontend-app-api';
import sentryPlugin from '@axis-backstage/plugin-sentry/alpha';

...
const app = createApp({
  features: [
    ...,
    sentryPlugin,
    ],
});
export default app.createRoot();

3. Add the proxy config:

# app-config.yaml

proxy:
  '/sentry/api':
    target: https://sentry.io/api/
    allowedMethods: ['GET']
    headers:
      Authorization: Bearer ${SENTRY_TOKEN}

sentry:
  organization: <your-organization>

4. Create a new internal integration with the permissions Issues & Events: Read (https://docs.sentry.io/product/integrations/integration-platform/) and provide it as SENTRY_TOKEN as env variable.

5. Add the sentry.io/project-slug annotation to your catalog-info.yaml file:

apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: backstage
  description: |
    Backstage is an open-source developer portal that puts the developer experience first.
  annotations:
    sentry.io/project-slug: YOUR_PROJECT_SLUG
spec:
  type: library
  owner: CNCF
  lifecycle: experimental

Demo Mode

The plugin provides a MockAPI that always returns dummy data instead of talking to the sentry backend. You can add it by overriding the sentryApiRef:

// packages/app/src/apis.ts

import { createApiFactory } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
import {
  MockSentryApi,
  sentryApiRef,
} from '@backstage-community/plugin-sentry';

export const apis = [
  // ...

  createApiFactory(sentryApiRef, new MockSentryApi()),
];

If using the new frontend system, then use the mock api by modifying App.tsx instead;

// packages/app/src/App.tsx

import {
  createApiFactory,
  createExtensionOverrides,
  ApiBlueprint,
} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
import {
  MockSentryApi,
  sentryApiRef,
} from '@backstage-community/plugin-sentry';
import sentryPlugin from '@axis-backstage/plugin-sentry/alpha';


const sentryMockApi = ApiBlueprint.make({
  name: 'sentry',
  params: {
    factory: createApiFactory({
      api: sentryApiRef,
      deps: {},
      factory: () => new MockSentryApi(),
    }),
  },
});

const app = createApp({
  features: [
    ...,
    sentryPlugin,
    createExtensionOverrides({
      extensions: [
        sentryMockApi,
      ],
    }),
    ],
});
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