Chef ¶

If you are using Chef on your server infrastructure, you might want to use the official Blackfire cookbook to install the Agent and the Probe.

The blackfire cookbook currently supports all the Linux distributions we ship packages for (Debian and RedHat based).

To ease the process of using Blackfire with Chef, define these attributes:

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node['blackfire']['agent']['server_id'] = SERVER-ID
node['blackfire']['agent']['server_token'] = SERVER-TOKEN

From now on, we assume that these attributes are set up properly.

Installation ¶

Install the blackfire cookbook as usual and include blackfire in your node's run_list:

{
    "name":"my_node",
    "run_list": [
        "recipe[blackfire]"
    ]
}

You can find information about advanced usages on the official README.

Debugging the Agent and the PHP Probe ¶

By default, the probe is quiet and do not produce logs. To debug problems, define the following attributes:

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Automatic Upgrades ¶

As we ship new versions of Blackfire packages very often, the blackfire cookbook is configured to update Blackfire's packages automatically at each run.