How-To: Set up Zipkin for distributed tracing

    For self hosted mode, on running :

    1. The following YAML file is created by default in $HOME/.dapr/config.yaml (on Linux/Mac) or %USERPROFILE%\.dapr\config.yaml (on Windows) and it is referenced by default on dapr run calls unless otherwise overridden `:
    • config.yaml

    Launch Zipkin using Docker:

    1. docker run -d -p 9411:9411 openzipkin/zipkin
    1. The applications launched with dapr run by default reference the config file in $HOME/.dapr/config.yaml or and can be overridden with the Dapr CLI using the --config param:
    1. dapr run --app-id mynode --app-port 3000 node app.js

    To view traces, in your browser go to http://localhost:9411 and you will see the Zipkin UI.

    The following steps shows you how to configure Dapr to send distributed tracing data to Zipkin running as a container in your Kubernetes cluster, and how to view them.

    Create a Kubernetes service for the Zipkin pod:

    1. kubectl expose deployment zipkin --type ClusterIP --port 9411

    Next, create the following YAML file locally:

    • tracing.yaml configuration
    1. apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
    2. kind: Configuration
    3. metadata:
    5. spec:
    6.   tracing:
    7.     samplingRate: "1"
    8.     zipkin:
    9.       endpointAddress: "http://zipkin.default.svc.cluster.local:9411/api/v2/spans"

    Now, deploy the the Dapr configuration file:

    In order to enable this configuration for your Dapr sidecar, add the following annotation to your pod spec template:

    1. annotations:
    2.   dapr.io/config: "tracing"

    To view traces, connect to the Zipkin service and open the UI:

      In your browser, go to http://localhost:9411 and you will see the Zipkin UI.