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+"""
+Copyright 2020 The Magma Authors.
+
+This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+import sentry_sdk
+import snowflake
+from configuration.service_configs import get_service_config_value
+
+CONTROL_PROXY = 'control_proxy'
+SENTRY_URL = 'sentry_url_python'
+SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE = 'sentry_sample_rate'
+COMMIT_HASH = 'COMMIT_HASH'
+HWID = 'hwid'
+SERVICE_NAME = 'service_name'
+
+
+def sentry_init(service_name: str):
+    """Initialize connection and start piping errors to sentry.io."""
+    sentry_url = get_service_config_value(
+        CONTROL_PROXY,
+        SENTRY_URL,
+        default='',
+    )
+    if not sentry_url:
+        return
+
+    sentry_sample_rate = get_service_config_value(
+        CONTROL_PROXY,
+        SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE,
+        default=1.0,
+    )
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn=sentry_url,
+        release=os.getenv(COMMIT_HASH),
+        traces_sample_rate=sentry_sample_rate,
+    )
+    sentry_sdk.set_tag(HWID, snowflake.snowflake())
+    sentry_sdk.set_tag(SERVICE_NAME, service_name)