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Logs on Heroku?

amithgeorge — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:21:01 GMT

Hi,

I have a clojure (JVM) application running on Heroku. We log to STDOUT using logback library. We are running the DynaTrace buildpack. The distributed traces are showing properly. However the logs don't show up. Is there an example of how to integrate logback and DynaTrace, while running on Heroku/logging to STDOUT?

I am told our DynaTrace setup is using Logs v2, not the Classic v1.

Re: Logs on Heroku?

radek_jasinski — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:41:43 GMT

Hi,

I have not come across such an integration. You could try creating an extension to DT or a simple script that parses your log and sends the necessary information to DT via the API. You are interested in the API related to metrics (https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/post-ingest-metrics)

Radek

Re: Logs on Heroku?

amithgeorge — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:57:53 GMT

We did find a workaround using Heroku drains, fluentd and DT logs ingest http apis. This was a lot of work, and still requires us to maintain a fluentd installation. I am interested in the built-in integration mentioned here - https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/observe-and-explore/logs/log-management-and-analytics/lma-log-enrichment#java

What is the logback integration mentioned above? How does that work?

Re: Logs on Heroku?

radek_jasinski — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:55:06 GMT

First question..what type of Dynatrace are you using? Managed or SaaS?

Re: Logs on Heroku?

amithgeorge — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:51:21 GMT

We are using SaaS.