stdout.txt

diff --git a/.env b/.env
index fc10945..3f08e96 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Below envs are needed by the apm agent for elastic 
-ELASTIC_APM_DISABLE_SEND=false
+ELASTIC_APM_DISABLE_SEND=true
 ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL=0
 ELASTIC_APM_CAPTURE_EXCEPTIONS=true
 ELASTIC_APM_LOG_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTIONS=true
-ELASTIC_APM_CAPTURE_ERROR_LOG_STACK_TRACES=always
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+ELASTIC_APM_CAPTURE_ERROR_LOG_STACK_TRACES=always
diff --git a/app.ts b/app.ts
index d7f3baa..e6d1f2f 100644
--- a/app.ts
+++ b/app.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Configuration of apm is inside .env file variables.
-const apm = require("elastic-apm-node/start");
+import 'elastic-apm-node/start'
+// Or this:
+// import apm from './elastic-apm-node/start'; apm
 
 import express from "express";
 import { AddressInfo } from "net";
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7e1308b..ca51af3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7513,6 +7513,11 @@
                 "wildcard": "^2.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "webpack-node-externals": {
+            "version": "3.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-3.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-LnL6Z3GGDPht/AigwRh2dvL9PQPFQ8skEpVrWZXLWBYmqcaojHNN0onvHzie6rq7EWKrrBfPYqNEzTJgiwEQDQ=="
+        },
         "webpack-sources": {
             "version": "2.3.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-2.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3ede6a..4b4ff6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "main": "app.js",
     "scripts": {
         "build-release": "webpack --mode production",
-        "start": "export $(cat .env | grep \"^[^#;]\" |xargs) && node -r elastic-apm-node/start --unhandled-rejections=strict ./dist/app.js",
+        "start": "export $(cat .env | grep \"^[^#;]\" |xargs) && node --unhandled-rejections=strict ./dist/app.js",
         "debug": "export DEBUG=* && tsc && node --unhandled-rejections=strict ./dist/app.js",
         "test": "jest"
     },
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         "elastic-apm-node": "^3.18.0",
         "express": "^4.17.1",
         "express-winston": "^4.1.0",
+        "webpack-node-externals": "^3.0.0",
         "winston": "^3.3.3",
         "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^4.5.5"
     },
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index dddae8a..e741a32 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
+const nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
 
 module.exports = {
     entry: path.join(__dirname, '/app.ts'),
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ module.exports = {
         new CleanWebpackPlugin()
     ],
     target: 'node',
+    externals: [nodeExternals()],
     node: {
         __dirname: true,
         __filename: false,
     }
-};
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+};