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+++ title = "Tempo" description = "High volume, minimal dependency trace storage. OSS tracing solution from Grafana Labs." keywords = ["grafana", "tempo", "guide", "tracing"] aliases = ["/docs/grafana/latest/features/datasources/tempo"] weight = 1400 +++
Tempo data source
Grafana ships with built-in support for Tempo a high volume, minimal dependency trace storage, OSS tracing solution from Grafana Labs. Add it as a data source, and you are ready to query your traces in [Explore]({{< relref "../explore/_index.md" >}}).
Add data source
To access Tempo settings, click the Configuration (gear) icon, then click Data Sources > Tempo.
Name | Description |
---|---|
Name |
The name using which you will refer to the data source in panels, queries, and Explore. |
Default |
The default data source will be pre-selected for new panels. |
URL |
The URL of the Tempo instance, e.g., http://tempo |
Basic Auth |
Enable basic authentication to the Tempo data source. |
User |
User name for basic authentication. |
Password |
Password for basic authentication. |
Trace to logs
Note: This feature is available in Grafana 7.4+.
This is a configuration for the [trace to logs feature]({{< relref "../explore/trace-integration" >}}). Select target data source (at this moment limited to Loki data sources) and select which tags will be used in the logs query.
- Data source - Target data source.
- Tags - The tags that will be used in the Loki query. Default is
'cluster', 'hostname', 'namespace', 'pod'
.
Query traces
You can query and display traces from Tempo via [Explore]({{< relref "../explore/_index.md" >}}). To query a particular trace, insert its trace ID into the query text input.
{{< docs-imagebox img="/img/docs/v73/tempo-query-editor.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" caption="Screenshot of the Tempo query editor" >}}
Linking Trace ID from logs
You can link to Tempo trace from logs in Loki or Elastic by configuring an internal link. See the [Derived fields]({{< relref "loki.md#derived-fields" >}}) section in the [Loki data source]({{< relref "loki.md" >}}) or [Data links]({{< relref "elasticsearch.md#data-links" >}}) section in the [Elastic data source]({{< relref "elasticsearch.md" >}}) for configuration instructions.