This guide assumes that your app is deployed on a Linux machine. If your app is running on macOS, see here.

Here’s what you’ll see when you log in to the Subtrace dashboard for the first time:

Choose the backend that you’re using and follow the instructions to start your app with Subtrace.

Subtrace automatically detects when you’ve started your app:

And that’s it! You can hit “Finish”, and send some requests to your app to see them show up in realtime.