Installing Blackfire¶

Installing Blackfire

Installing and updating Blackfire should be a quick process. This document will guide you through the steps.

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for the language.

To start using Blackfire, we are going to install the following:

A language extension;
An agent to communicate with Blackfire's servers;
A profiling client (a browser extension or a CLI tool).

Configure the Debian Repository ¶

Blackfire uses a custom Debian repository to distribute its packages; it is compatible with most Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu and Linux-Mint.

wget -q -O - https://packages.blackfire.io/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

Add the repository to Debian source list:

echo "deb http://packages.blackfire.io/debian any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blackfire.list

Update the repositories:
```
sudo apt update
```

Install the Packages ¶

Install the blackfire-agent package:
```
sudo apt install blackfire-agent
```

Configure and Run the Agent ¶
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Learn more about the agent configuration file.
Restart the agent service:
```
sudo /etc/init.d/blackfire-agent restart
```
During the agent installation, a new /etc/init.d/blackfire-agent service was created to start, stop, and restart it. Whenever you modify the agent configuration, restart it.
If something goes wrong, check out the log file generated by default in /var/log/blackfire/agent.log. Change the log file or the log level in the agent configuration file.

Install the Python Probe ¶

Install pip:
```
sudo apt install python-pip
```
Install the blackfire package:
```
pip install blackfire --user
```
If you have multiple versions of Python installed on your system, it is possible that you have multiple versions of the pip binary installed as well. For example, you can have pip2 installed for Python >= 2.0, and pip3 installed for Python >= 3.0.
Ensure blackfire-python command is in your $PATH.
Blackfire pip package installs the blackfire-python command, which can be used for zero configuration profiling.

The folder where blackfire-python is installed may vary depending on your Python environment (e.g. pyenv, virtualenv).
Note that the folder blackfire-python is installed in must be in your $PATH.
If you previously installed Blackfire bootstrap configuration hook (blackfire_bootstrap.pth, in versions <= 1.4.5), you must uninstall it by running the following command:
```
python -m blackfire uninstall-bootstrap
```

Install a Profiling Client ¶
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To profile applications, use the Python SDK.

For on-demand profiling, you need to install a profiling client:

Profile from a browser via our browser extensions (Web applications only).

Your browser is not supported. Please switch to Firefox or Google Chrome to be able to profile from a browser.

You are currently using Google Chrome.

Install the Blackfire Extension from the Google Chrome Web Store:

Install the Extension

Congratulations! You can start profiling your applications from this browser as the Extension is already installed.

You are currently using Firefox.

Install the Blackfire extension from the Mozilla Add-On website:

Install the Extension
Profile from the command line via the blackfire tool (Web applications, APIs, command line tools, daemons, and more).

Configure it with your personal credentials:
```
blackfire config --client-id=CLIENT_ID --client-token=CLIENT_TOKEN
```

Start Profiling ¶

Start profiling via: