# What is Sentry?

Sentry is a realtime event logging and aggregation platform. It specializes in monitoring errors and extracting all the information needed to do a proper post-mortem without any of the hassle of the standard user feedback loop.

> [github.com/getsentry/sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry)

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# How to use this image

## start a sentry instance

### PostgreSQL database (as recommended by upstream)

	docker run --name some-sentry --link some-postgres:postgres -d sentry

### MySQL database

	docker run --name some-sentry --link some-mysql:mysql -d sentry

### Redis buffering (recommended by upstream for any real workloads)

To enable Update Buffers using Redis, just add `--link some-redis:redis` to the `docker run` arguments of your service.

### port mapping

If you'd like to be able to access the instance from the host without the container's IP, standard port mappings can be used. Just add `-p 8080:9000` to the `docker run` arguments and then access either `http://localhost:8080` or `http://host-ip:8080` in a browser.

## configuring the initial user

The following assumes you chose PostgreSQL. If you did not, just replace the `--link` entries appropriately:

	docker run -it --rm --link some-postgres:postgres sentry sentry createsuperuser

Once the user is created, you must run the following to give them the proper teams/access within the database: (replace `<username>` here with whatever was entered as the "Username" when prompted by `createsuperuser` above)

	docker run -it --rm --link some-postgres:postgres sentry sentry repair --owner=<username>