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+# SolarWindsAPM Gem Configuration
+
+## Environment Variables
+
+The following environment variables are detected by the solarwinds_apm gem and affect how the gem functions.
+
+### General
+
+Name | Description | Default
+---- | ----------- | -------
+`SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY` | API token + service name combination, mandatory for metrics and traces to show in the dashboard |
+`SW_APM_GEM_VERBOSE` | sets the verbose flag (`SolarWindsAPM::Config[:verbose]`) early in the gem loading process which may output valuable information | `false`
+`SW_APM_NO_LIBRARIES_WARNING` | tells the solarwinds_apm gem to __not__ output the _missing SolarWindsAPM libraries_ message on stack initialization | `false`
+
+# Related to Tests
+
+Name | Description | Default
+---- | ----------- | -------
+`SW_APM_GEM_TEST` | puts the gem in test mode to avoid restarting certain background services used in testing.   `false`
+`DBTYPE` | For tests on Ruby on Rails, specifies the database type to test against.  `postgres`, `mysql` and `mysql2` are valid options. | `postgres`
+`MONGO_SERVER` | specifies the Mongo server to test against. | `127.0.0.1:27017`
+`RABBITMQ_SERVER` | specifies the RabbitMQ server to test against. | `127.0.0.1`
+`RABBITMQ_PORT` | port for the RabbitMQ connection. | `5672`
+`RABBITMQ_USERNAME` | username for the RabbitMQ connection | `guest`
+`RABBITMQ_PASSWORD` | password for the RabbitMQ connection | `guest`
+
+## SolarWindsAPM::Config
+
+`SolarWindsAPM::Config` is a nested hash used by the solarwinds_apm gem to store preferences and switches.
+
+See [this Rails generator template file](https://github.com/librato/ruby-solarwinds/blob/master/lib/rails/generators/solarwinds_apm/templates/sw_apm_initializer.rb) for documentation on all of the supported values.

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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# this Gemfile is very minimal
+# use rake commands or gemfiles in the gemfiles directory for testing
+
+gem 'rake', '>= 0.9.0'
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem 'byebug', '>= 8.0.0'
+  gem 'irb', '>= 1.0.0' # if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.6.0'
+  gem 'memory_profiler'
+end
+
+gemspec

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+# Welcome to the SolarWindsAPM Ruby Gem
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem provides [SolarWindsAPM](https://cloud.solarwinds.com/) performance instrumentation for Ruby.
+
+It has the ability to report performance metrics on an array of libraries, databases and frameworks such as Rails,
+Rack, ActiveRecord, Mongo, Memcache, Resque 
+[and more](https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/observability/default.htm#cshid=config-ruby-agent).
+
+It requires an [Solarwinds] account to view metrics.  Get yours, 
+[it's free](https://cloud.solarwinds.com).
+
+[![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/solarwinds_apm.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/solarwinds_apm)
+
+[![Run all Tests](https://github.com/appoptics/appoptics-apm-ruby/actions/workflows/run_tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/appoptics/appoptics-apm-ruby/actions/workflows/run_tests.yml)
+[![C++ Tests](https://github.com/appoptics/appoptics-apm-ruby/actions/workflows/run_cpluplus_tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/appoptics/appoptics-apm-ruby/actions/workflows/run_cpluplus_tests.yml)
+
+[comment]: <> ([![Maintainability]&#40;https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/ac7f36241a23a3a82fc5/maintainability&#41;]&#40;https://codeclimate.com/github/appoptics/appoptics-apm-ruby/maintainability&#41;)
+
+# Documentation
+
+* [SolarWindsAPM Knowledge Base](https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/observability/default.htm#cshid=config-ruby-agent)
+
+# Installation
+
+_Before installing the gem below, make sure that you have the 
+[dependencies](https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/observability/default.htm#cshid=config-ruby-install) installed on your host first._
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem is [available on Rubygems](https://rubygems.org/gems/solarwinds_apm) and can be installed with:
+
+```bash
+gem install solarwinds_apm
+```
+
+or added to **the end** of your Gemfile and running `bundle install`:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'solarwinds_apm'
+```
+
+# Running
+
+Make sure to set `SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY` in the environment from where the app or service is run, e.g:
+```
+export SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY=795fb4947d15275d208c49cfd2412d4a5bf38742045b47236c94c4fe5f5b17c7:<your_app_name>
+```
+
+## Rails
+
+No special steps are needed to instrument Ruby on Rails.  Once part of the bundle, the solarwinds-apm gem will automatically 
+detect Rails and instrument on stack initialization.
+
+### The Install Generator
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem provides a Rails generator used to seed an initializer where you can configure and control 
+`tracing_mode` and [other options](https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/observability/default.htm#cshid=config-ruby-config-file).
+
+To run the install generator run:
+
+```bash
+bundle exec rails generate solarwinds_apm:install
+```
+
+After the prompts, this will create an initializer: `config/initializers/solarwinds_apm.rb`.
+
+## Sinatra
+
+You can instrument your Sinatra application by adding the following code to your `config.ru` Rackup file:
+
+```ruby
+# If you're not using Bundler.require.  Make sure this is done
+# after the Sinatra require directive.
+require 'solarwinds_apm'
+```
+
+Make sure that the solarwinds_apm gem is loaded _after_ Sinatra either by listing `gem 'solarwinds_apm'` after Sinatra in 
+your Gemfile or calling the `require 'solarwinds_gem'` directive after Sinatra is loaded.
+
+With this, the solarwinds_apm gem will automatically detect Sinatra on boot and instrument key components.
+
+## Padrino
+
+As long as the solarwinds_apm gem is in your `Gemfile` (inserted after the `gem 'padrino'` directive) and you are calling 
+`Bundler.require`, the solarwinds_apm gem will automatically instrument Padrino applications.
+
+If you need to set `SolarWindsAPM::Config` values on stack boot, you can do so by adding the following
+to your `config/boot.rb` file:
+
+```ruby
+Padrino.before_load do
+  # Verbose output of instrumentation initialization
+  SolarWindsAPM
+end
+```
+
+## Grape
+
+You can instrument your Grape application by adding the following code to your `config.ru` Rackup file:
+
+```ruby
+    # If you're not using Bundler.require.  Make sure this is done
+    # after the Grape require directive.
+    require 'solarwinds_apm'
+
+    ...
+
+    class App < Grape::API
+      use SolarWindsAPM::Rack
+    end
+```
+
+Make sure that the solarwinds gem is loaded _after_ Grape either by listing `gem 'solarwinds_apm'` after Grape in your 
+Gemfile or calling the `require 'solarwinds_apm'` directive after Grape is loaded.
+
+You must explicitly tell your Grape application to use SolarWindsAPM::Rack for tracing to occur.
+
+
+# SDK for Custom Tracing 
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem has the ability to instrument any arbitrary Ruby application or script.
+
+```ruby
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'bundler'
+
+Bundler.require
+
+require 'solarwinds_apm'
+```
+
+You can add even more visibility into any part of your application or scripts by adding custom instrumentation.  
+
+## SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace
+You can instrument any arbitrary block of code using `SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace`.  
+
+```ruby
+# layer_name will show up in the SolarWinds dashboard
+layer_name = 'subsystemX'
+
+# report_kvs are a set of information Key/Value pairs that are sent to
+# SolarWinds dashboard along with the performance metrics. These KV
+# pairs are used to report request, environment and/or client specific
+# information.
+
+report_kvs = {}
+report_kvs[:mykey] = @client.id
+
+SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace(layer_name, kvs: report_kvs) do
+  # the block of code to be traced
+end
+```
+
+`SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace` is used within the context of a request.  It will follow the upstream state of the request 
+being traced.  i.e. the block of code will only be traced when the parent request is being traced.
+
+This tracing state of a request can also be queried by using `SolarWindsAPM.tracing?`.
+
+## SolarWindsAPM::SDK.start_trace
+
+If you need to instrument code outside the context of a request (such as a cron job, background job or an arbitrary 
+ruby script), use `SolarWindsAPM::SDK.start_trace` instead which will initiate a new trace based on configuration and 
+probability (based on the sample rate).
+
+
+
+### Example
+
+```ruby
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'bundler'
+
+Bundler.require
+
+# Make sure solarwinds_apm is at the bottom of your Gemfile.
+# This is likely redundant but just in case.
+require 'solarwinds_apm'
+ 
+
+# Tracing mode can be :enabled or :disabled
+SolarWindsAPM::Config[:tracing_mode] = :enabled
+ 
+#
+# Update April 9, 2015 - this is done automagically now
+# and doesn't have to be called manually
+#
+# Load library instrumentation to auto-capture stuff we know about...
+# e.g. ActiveRecord, Dalli, Redis, memcache, mongo
+# TraceView::Ruby.load
+ 
+# Some KVs to report to the dashboard
+report_kvs = {}
+report_kvs[:command_line_params] = ARGV.to_s
+report_kvs[:user_id] = `whoami`
+ 
+SolarWindsAPM::SDK.start_trace('my_background_job', kvs: report_kvs) do
+  #
+  # Initialization code
+  #
+  
+  tasks = get_all_tasks
+  
+  tasks.each do |t|
+    # Optional: Here we embed another 'trace' to separate actual 
+    # work for each task.  In the traces dashboard this will show 
+    # up as a large 'my_background_job' parent layer with many 
+    # child 'task' layers.
+    SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace('task', kvs: { :task_id => t.id }) do
+      t.perform
+    end
+  end
+  
+  #
+  # cleanup code
+  #
+end
+ 
+
+# Note that we use 'start_trace' in the outer block and 'trace' for
+# any sub-blocks of code we wish to instrument.  The arguments for
+# both methods vary slightly. 
+``` 
+
+Find more details in the [RubyDoc page](https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/solarwinds_apm/SolarWindsAPM/SDK) on how to use the Tracing SDK in an independent Ruby script.
+
+# Support
+
+If you run into a problem, find a bug, or would like to request an enhancement, feel free to contact our tech support 
+[technicalsupport@solarwinds.com](technicalsupport@solarwinds.com).  
+
+# Contributing
+
+You are obviously a person of great sense and intelligence.  We happily appreciate all contributions to the solarwinds_apm 
+gem whether it is documentation, a bug fix, new instrumentation for a library or framework or anything else we haven't 
+thought of.
+
+We welcome you to send us PRs.  We also humbly request that any new instrumentation submissions have corresponding tests 
+that accompany them.  This way we don't break any of your additions when we (and others) make changes after the fact.
+
+
+## Layout of the Gem
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem uses a standard gem layout.  Here are the notable directories.
+
+    lib/solarwinds_apm/inst               # Auto load directory for various instrumented libraries
+    lib/solarwinds_apm/frameworks         # Framework instrumentation directory
+    lib/solarwinds_apm/frameworks/rails   # Files specific to Rails instrumentation
+    lib/rails                             # A Rails required directory for the Rails install generator
+    lib/api                               # The SolarWindsAPM Tracing API: layers, logging, tracing
+    ext/oboe_metal                        # The Ruby c extension that links against the system liboboe library
+
+## Building the Gem
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem is built with the standard `gem build` command passing in the gemspec:
+
+```bash
+gem build solarwinds_apm.gemspec
+```
+
+## Writing Custom Instrumentation
+
+Custom instrumentation for a library, database or other service can be authored fairly easily.  Generally, 
+instrumentation of a library is done by wrapping select operations of that library and timing their execution using the 
+SolarWindsAPM Tracing SDK which then reports the metrics to the users' SolarWinds dashboard.
+
+Here, I'll use a stripped down version of the Dalli instrumentation (`lib/solarwinds_apm/inst/dalli.rb`) as a quick example 
+of how to instrument a client library (the dalli gem).
+
+The Dalli gem nicely routes all memcache operations through a single `perform` operation.  Wrapping this method allows 
+us to capture all Dalli operations called by an application.
+
+First, we define a module (SolarWindsAPM::Inst::Dalli) and our own custom `perform_with_sw_apm` method that we will 
+use as a wrapper around Dalli's `perform` method.  We also declare an `included` method which automatically gets called 
+when this module is included by another.  
+See [`Module#included` Ruby reference documentation](https://devdocs.io/ruby~2.5/module#method-i-included).
+
+```ruby
+module SolarWindsAPM
+  module Inst
+    module Dalli
+      include SolarWindsAPM::API::Memcache
+ 
+      def self.included(cls)
+        cls.class_eval do
+          if ::Dalli::Client.private_method_defined? :perform
+            alias perform_without_sw_apm perform
+            alias perform perform_with_sw_apm
+          end
+        end
+      end
+ 
+      def perform_with_sw_apm(*all_args, &blk)
+        op, key, *args = *all_args
+ 
+        if SolarWindsAPM.tracing?
+          opts = {}
+          opts[:KVOp] = op
+          opts[:KVKey] = key
+ 
+          SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace('memcache', kvs: opts) do
+            result = perform_without_sw_apm(*all_args, &blk)
+            if op == :get and key.class == String
+                SolarWindsAPM::API.log_info('memcache', { :KVHit => memcache_hit?(result) })
+            end
+            result
+          end
+        else
+          perform_without_sw_apm(*all_args, &blk)
+        end
+      end
+       
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Second, we tail onto the end of the instrumentation file a simple `::Dalli::Client.module_eval` call to tell the Dalli 
+module to include our newly defined instrumentation module.  Doing this will invoke our previously defined `included` method.
+
+```ruby
+if defined?(Dalli) and SolarWindsAPM::Config[:dalli][:enabled]
+  ::Dalli::Client.module_eval do
+    include SolarWindsAPM::Inst::Dalli
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Third, in our wrapper method, we capture the arguments passed in, collect the operation and key information into a local 
+hash and then invoke the `SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace` method to time the execution of the original operation.
+
+The `SolarWindsAPM::SDK.trace` method calls Dalli's native operation and reports the timing metrics and your custom 
+`report_kvs` up to SolarWinds servers to be shown on the user's dashboard.
+
+Some other tips and guidelines:
+
+* You can point your Gemfile directly at your cloned solarwinds_apm gem source by using 
+`gem 'solarwinds_apm', :path => '/path/to/ruby-solarwinds'`
+
+* If instrumenting a library, database or service, place your new instrumentation file into the `lib/solarwinds_apm/inst/` 
+directory.  From there, the solarwinds_apm gem will detect it and automatically load the instrumentation file.
+
+* If instrumenting a new framework, place your instrumentation file in `lib/solarwinds_apm/frameworks`.  Refer to the Rails 
+instrumentation for on ideas on how to load the solarwinds_apm gem correctly in your framework.
+
+* Review other existing instrumentation similar to the one you wish to author.  `lib/solarwinds_apm/inst/` is a great place 
+to start.
+
+* Depending on the configured `:sample_rate`, not all requests will be traced.  Use `SolarWindsAPM.tracing?` to determine 
+of this is a request that is being traced.
+
+* Performance is paramount.  Make sure that your wrapped methods don't slow down users applications.
+
+* Include tests with your instrumentation.  See `test/instrumentation/` for some examples of existing instrumentation 
+tests.
+
+## Compiling the C extension
+
+The solarwinds_apm gem utilizes a C extension to interface with a core library bundled in with the gem which handles 
+reporting the trace and performance data back to SolarWinds servers.
+
+C extensions are usually built on `gem install` but when working out of a local git repository, it's required that you 
+manually build this C extension for the gem to function.
+
+To make this simpler, we've included a few rake tasks to automate this process:
+
+```bash
+rake clean               # make sure no old stuff is around
+rake fetch_ext_deps      # download c-files
+rake compile             # Build the gem's c extension
+```
+
+To see the code related to the C extension, take a look at `ext/oboe_metal/extconf.rb` for details.
+
+You can read more about Ruby gems with C extensions in the 
+[Rubygems Guides](http://guides.rubygems.org/gems-with-extensions/).
+
+## Running the Tests
+
+See the README in the test directory.
+
+# License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 SolarWinds, LLC
+
+Released under the [Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

data/bin/solarwinds_apm_config

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+##
+# execute this with `bundle exec solarwinds_apm_config`
+# copies the configuration template file into the current  directory
+#
+
+puts "Copying the configuration template file to solarwinds_apm_config_tmp.rb"
+puts "Edit and save as solarwinds_apm_config.rb"
+
+target_file = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'solarwinds_apm_config_tmp.rb')
+temp_orig = File.join(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)),
+                 'lib/rails/generators/solarwinds_apm/templates/solarwinds_apm_initializer.rb')
+
+FileUtils.copy(temp_orig, target_file)

data/examples/prepend.rb

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+require 'solarwinds_apm'
+
+module Measurements
+  def request(*args, &block)
+    req = args.first
+    SolarWindsAPM::SDK.summary_metric("request_size", req.to_hash.to_s.size)
+    resp = super
+    SolarWindsAPM::SDK.summary_metric("response_size", resp.to_hash.to_s.size)
+    return resp
+  end
+end
+
+Net::HTTP.send(:prepend, :Measurements)