Monitoring for Ruby on Rails sites

Monitor Rails sites for 500s, Action Cable drops, and asset pipeline 404s.

What breaks on Ruby on Rails sites

Common failure modes

Where these sites usually run

How Lemwatch detects a Ruby on Rails stack

Lemwatch fingerprints your stack on the first check — for Ruby on Rails that means X-Powered-By or csrf-token meta tag with Rails signature. Once detected, the Ruby on Rails preset turns on the checks that matter for this stack and skips the ones that produce noise.

What to monitor