Distributed Tracing

This task shows you how to configure Istio-enabled applications to collect trace spans.

Overview of distributed tracing in Istio.

How to configure tracing options using Telemetry API.

How to configure tracing options using MeshConfig and pod annotations.

Learn the different approaches on how to configure trace sampling on the proxies.

Learn how to configure the proxies to send traces in OpenTelemetry format.

Learn how to configure the proxies to send tracing requests to Jaeger.

Learn how to configure the proxies to send tracing requests to Zipkin.

Learn how to configure the proxies to send tracing requests to Apache SkyWalking.