Configuring OpenTelemetry Tracing using GlobalConfig

EnRoute Technical Reference

EnRoute can be configured to generate Traces in Zipkin and OpenTelemetry format. Tracing can be configured using GlobalConfig

GlobalConfig for OpenTelemetry Tracing #

EnRoute can also be configured to send traces to opentelemtry collector. The tracer_type is set to opentelemetry and service_name is specified in <namespace.name> format

    apiVersion: enroute.saaras.io/v1
    kind: GlobalConfig
    metadata:
      name: enroute-globalconfig-tracing
    spec:
      config: |
        {
        "tracing" : {
            "tracer_type" : "opentelemetry",
            "opentelemetry_config" : {
              "service_name" : "default.simplest-collector:4317"
            }
        }
        }
      name: enroute-globalconfig-tracing
      type: globalconfig_tracing

Traces with EnRoute #

EnRoute shows up with the name enroute-ingress