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Render integration

Start logging in 2 minutes

  1. Go to Render dashboard -> Observability → Log Streams → Add Log Stream.
  2. Paste the values below into the fields.
  3. Click on Save Changes and you're done. 🎉
Log Stream configuration
Log Endpoint: $INGESTING_HOST_VEC:6514
Token:        $SOURCE_TOKEN


You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.

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Send Render metrics to Better Stack

Create OpenTelemetry source

  1. Go to Sources -> Connect source.

  2. Name the source and select OpenTelemetry.

  3. Click "Connect source".

  4. Copy the Source token and Ingesting host from the page.

Set up metrics in Render

  1. Go to Render dashboard -> Observability.

  2. Under Metrics Stream, click Add Destination.

  3. Select Better Stack.

  4. Paste the Better Stack Source token and Ingesting host.

Noticed your Render source isn't eligible to be used with a dashboard?

Since Render metrics include a unique render. prefix, they won't automatically map to our general OpenTelemetry dashboard. Build a custom dashboard instead.

Need help?

Please let us know at hello@betterstack.com.
We're happy to help! 🙏

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