# Distributed Tracing Samples

Comprehensive distributed tracing examples using Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, and other modern observability tools for microservices architecture

> Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/distributed-tracing-samples

- **Category:** Observability

- **Keywords:** distributed-tracing, jaeger, opentelemetry, microservices, observability, monitoring, performance, apm, tracing, span, trace

## Overview

Comprehensive distributed tracing examples using Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, and other modern observability tools for microservices architecture

## Examples

- **Jaeger Distributed Tracing Setup**: Complete Jaeger deployment configuration with collectors, agents, and UI for end-to-end distributed tracing
- **OpenTelemetry Auto-Instrumentation**: OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation configuration for Java, Python, Node.js, and Go applications with custom spans
- **Microservices Request Flow Trace**: Sample distributed trace showing request flow across multiple microservices with correlation IDs and context propagation
- **Performance Bottleneck Detection**: Advanced tracing configuration for identifying performance bottlenecks with detailed span attributes and error tracking
- **OpenTelemetry Collector Pipeline**: OpenTelemetry Collector configuration for processing, filtering, and exporting traces to multiple backends
- **Cross-Service Context Propagation**: Implementation example of context propagation between microservices using OpenTelemetry context API and custom headers

## When to use

- Use this sample set when you want reference inputs for Distributed Tracing Samples.
- Use it to preview output formats and compare related sample variants.

## How it works

- Open a sample entry to inspect the prepared example payload or asset.
- Compare it with related tools to understand how the workflow connects.

## Use cases

- Jaeger Distributed Tracing Setup
- OpenTelemetry Auto-Instrumentation
- Microservices Request Flow Trace
- Performance Bottleneck Detection
- OpenTelemetry Collector Pipeline
- Cross-Service Context Propagation

## Frequently asked questions

### What is included in Distributed Tracing Samples?

This page includes curated sample entries, related tools, and neighboring sample collections for Distributed Tracing Samples.

## Related tools

- [YAML-JSON Converter](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/yaml-json-converter): Convert between YAML and JSON formats
- [Config File Semantic Diff](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/config-file-semantic-diff): Compare JSON, YAML, TOML, and dotenv configurations by key path while ignoring ordering and formatting noise.
- [JSONata Query & Transform Studio](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/jsonata-query-transform-studio): Preview JSONata-style queries and transformations, compare results across sample payloads, and export the transformed output as JSON, CSV, YAML, or Markdown
- [Distributed Trace Decoder & Waterfall Visualizer](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/distributed-trace-decoder-waterfall-visualizer): Decode Jaeger, Zipkin, or OpenTelemetry trace JSON and render span timing, dependencies, and error hotspots as an interactive waterfall report
- [WireGuard/OpenVPN to Clash and sing-box Config Bridge](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/wireguard-openvpn-to-clash-singbox-bridge): Convert pasted WireGuard or OpenVPN client text into Mihomo/Clash YAML or sing-box JSON with secret-field diagnostics; do not share private keys
- [API Latency Budget Planner](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/api-latency-budget-planner): Plan and visualise an API latency budget. Enter a P99 target (e.g. ≤ 300ms) and per-stage allocations (DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, Processing, Network) to see a live waterfall, budget utilisation, and over-budget warnings. Optionally paste an OpenTelemetry or Datadog trace to reverse-engineer a measured allocation.
- [JSON Schema to Zod Schema Converter](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/json-schema-to-zod-schema-converter): Convert JSON Schema JSON/YAML definitions into ready-to-use Zod schemas with nested objects, arrays, enums, and common validation rules
- [Log Sequence Diagram Converter](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/log-sequence-diagram-converter): Convert structured service logs into Mermaid or PlantUML sequence diagrams, with optional latency and error annotations

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