Error reporting with Sentry

When exceptions occur in production environments we need to be notified. We currently use Errbit for this but are in the process of migrating to Sentry.

What is Sentry?

Sentry is an open source error tracking tool. There’s a company called Sentry.io that provides the application as a SaaS product, which we’re using.

Configuring Sentry

We configure Sentry using govuk-sentry-config. It reads from the docs and makes sure all the configuration is set up correctly.