Overview

At a high level Kadabra consists of three components:

• A client for collecting the metrics in your application. You will configure the client API and instrument your application code to record relevant metrics, such as user signups or 500 errors.
• Channels for temporarily queueing the metrics to be published asynchronously. Currently the only supported channel is Redis, so all you’ll need to do is make sure you have a local Redis server running side-by-side with your application (this is covered later, don’t fret!).
• An agent for dequeueing metrics and publishing them. You will provide configuration and run the agent in a dedicated process, separate from your application.

Metrics are published asynchronously to have minimal impact on your application’s performance. The client provides a simple interface for gathering metrics in your application, and the agent takes metrics from the intermediate channel and publishes them.

If you’re ready to start using Kadabra, head on over to Installation.