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Getting started

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Getting started

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Welcome to the APM Python agent docs.

The Elastic APM Python agent sends performance metrics and error logs to the APM Server. It has built-in support for Django and Flask performance metrics and error logging, as well as generic support of other WSGI frameworks for error logging.

Additional Components

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APM Agents work in conjunction with the APM Server, Elasticsearch, and Kibana. Please view the APM Overview for details on how these components work together.

The Elastic APM Python Agent comes with support for the following frameworks:

For other frameworks and custom Python code, the agent exposes a set of APIs for integration.

The Elastic APM Python agent does currently not support asynchronous frameworks like Twisted or Tornado.

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