Distributed Tracing Setup
Implement distributed tracing for end-to-end request visibility in microservices.
Tracing Components
- Trace Context Propagation: Header-based context passing
- Span Creation: Service and operation instrumentation
- Trace Collection: Centralized trace aggregation
- Trace Analysis: Latency breakdown and bottleneck detection
- Sampling Strategy: Managing trace volume and cost
Process
- Choose tracing backend (Jaeger, Zipkin, Datadog APM, etc.)
- Design instrumentation strategy
- Implement OpenTelemetry or vendor SDK
- Configure context propagation
- Set up trace collection and storage
- Create trace analysis dashboards
Output
Provide:
- Tracing SDK integration code
- Instrumentation for key services
- Context propagation configuration
- Sampling strategy recommendations
- Backend setup instructions (Jaeger/Zipkin/etc.)
- Dashboard configuration for trace analysis
- Performance impact assessment