Hi Is it possible to add custom settings to Discourse and if so where should i do it? For example i want to add getsentry and need to store its DSN somewhere. cheers

[image] jamesarobbo: getsentry Discourse example.com/logs already have every back and front erros logged. But if you really want this you can add site settings with a plugin.

thanks, if the logs are in the app and the app crashes how is that useful as i wouldn’t be able to see them?

[image] jamesarobbo: thanks, if the logs are in the app and the app crashes how is that useful as i wouldn’t be able to see them? So you want to use getsentry more like a pingdom service, I see.

Logs are also in /var/discourse/shared/

cheers, so you’re saying the only way to add something as simple as one setting is to create a plugin?

[image] In general Discourse is not a “configure this arbitrary stuff to appear in this web panel” CMS type of system; it’s more of a purpose built system for discussion. Discourse isn’t a library, framework or engine to build websites, is a forum software. So if you want to change the normal behavior it’s usually trough a plugin. A lot of things have site settings, you can customize a lot without touching code, but not all. But I think that expecting a plugin to add a gem and custom code is reasonable.

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jamesarobbo (James Robinson) April 18, 2016, 10:56am 8

brilliant, thanks. I’ve added a sentry initializer file to the initializers folder, will this be picked up when the app starts?

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