Multiplayer proxy
The Multiplayer proxy allows you to capture request/response and header content data outside of your services. It’s ideal for large-scale applications and it supports all languages, including those like Java that don't allow for in-service request/response hooks.
By using the Multiplaye proxy you ensure that when a recording is captured we can pre-correlate unsampled data across your entire stack: from frontend screens and user actions, to backend traces, logs and request/response content and headers across all your system components.
Quickstart overview
To get started copy/paste this command in your terminal:
npm install -g @multiplayer-app/cli && multiplayer
Follow the steps in the guided setup wizard. The debugging agent CLI wizard will automatically install the right Session Recorder packages (e.g. @multiplayer-app/session-recorder-react, -node) so it can actually capture session data to debug against.
More information in the Multiplayer quickstart.
Manua setup
To correctly configure the Multiplayer proxy make sure to:
- Login into your Multiplayer account. If you don't already have one, create a free trial at go.multiplayer.app
- Complete the Client setup in STEP 1 of the configuration steps
- Route traces and logs to Multiplayer using one of these 2 options:
- Follow the installation steps in the multiplayer-proxy repo
Content-capture libraries vs Multiplayer proxy
You have 2 options for routing your request/response content and headers data to Multiplayer:
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Content-capture libraries. Capture, serialize, and mask request/response and header content directly within your service code. This is an easy way to get started, especially for new projects, as it requires no extra components in your platform. See this guide.
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Multiplayer Proxy. [YOU'RE VIEWING THIS OPTION ‼️] This option allows you to handle capturing this data outside of your services and it’s ideal for large-scale applications. It supports all languages, including those like Java that don't allow for in-service request/response hooks. The proxy can be deployed in various ways, such as an Ingress Proxy, a Sidecar Proxy, or an Embedded Proxy, to best fit your architecture.
You did it! What’s next?
🚀 If you’re ready to trial Multiplayer with your own app, you can follow the steps in the quickstart.
If you have any questions or trouble with the configuration, contact us.