Distributed tracing/Tutorial/Searching
Searching
When you first load https://trace.wikimedia.org you'll be presented with a search menu. It'll take a moment to load as it fetches the values for several of the attributes that can be searched. Once populated you'll have a number of options to select from via drop down menu.
Service
- Select the service you want to search traces for. This filters based on the service.name as reported by the application.
- Note: traces ingested without a service name may appear under OTLPResourceNoServiceName. Be sure to check this when troubleshooting/onboarding a new service.
Operation
- In the Operation dropdown, you can narrow down the search to specific operations or endpoints within the selected service. By default 'all' are searched.
Tags
- Filter by key-value pairs. For example to search for traces relating to errors try searching for tags:
error=truehttp.status_code=500
Lookback (Time Range)
- Use the Lookback dropdown to choose a time range:
- Predefined ranges such as "Last 1 Hour," "Last 2 Days."
- Custom range: Specify start and end times manually
Duration
The Duration Search feature in Jaeger UI allows users to filter and find traces based on their execution time. Which can be useful for finding slow traces, performance issues, etc
- Use the "Min Duration" and "Max Duration" fields to specify the length of the trace.
Limit Results
The maximum number of search results (traces) to fetch
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Distributed tracing/Tutorial/Instrumenting your own application