Commit f5143cf0 authored by Dmitriy Zaporozhets (DZ)'s avatar Dmitriy Zaporozhets (DZ) Committed by Nick Gaskill

Add documentation for integrated error tracking

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Marking an error as resolved indicates that the error has stopped firing events. If a GitLab issue is linked to the error, then the issue closes.
If another event occurs, the error reverts to unresolved.
## Integrated error tracking
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/329596) in GitLab 14.3.
Integrated error tracking is a lightweight alternative to Sentry backend.
You still use Sentry SDK with your application. But you don't need to deploy Sentry
or set up for cloud-hosted Sentry. Instead, you use GitLab as a backend for it.
Sentry backend automatically assigns a Data Source Name (DSN) for every project you create.
GitLab does the same. You should be able to find a DSN for your project in the GitLab error tracking
settings. By using a GitLab-provided DSN, your application connects to GitLab to report an error.
Those errors are stored in the GitLab database and rendered by the GitLab UI, in the same way as
Sentry integration.
### Feature flag
The integrated error tracking feature is behind a feature flag that is disabled by default.
To enable it:
```ruby
Feature.enable(:integrated_error_tracking)
```
To disable it:
```ruby
Feature.disable(:integrated_error_tracking)
```
### Project settings
The feature should be enabled on the project level. However, there is no UI to enable this feature yet.
You must use the GitLab API to enable it.
#### How to enable
1. Enable the `integrated` error tracking setting for your project:
```shell
curl --request PATCH --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/PROJECT_ID/error_tracking/settings?active=true&integrated=true"
```
1. Create a client key (DSN) to use with Sentry SDK in your application. Make sure to save the
response, as it contains a DSN:
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/PROJECT_ID/error_tracking/client_keys"
```
1. Take the DSN from the previous step and configure your Sentry SDK with it. Errors are now
reported to the GitLab collector and are visible in the [GitLab UI](#error-tracking-list).
#### How to disable
To disable the feature, run this command. This is the same command as the one that enables the
feature, but with a `false` value instead:
```shell
curl --request PATCH --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/PROJECT_ID/error_tracking/settings?active=false&integrated=false"
```
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