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Jaeger data source

Grafana ships with built-in support for Jaeger, which provides open source, end-to-end distributed tracing. This topic explains configuration and queries specific to the Jaeger data source.

For instructions on how to add a data source to Grafana, refer to the [administration documentation]({{< relref "../../administration/data-source-management" >}}). Only users with the organization administrator role can add data sources. Administrators can also [configure the data source via YAML]({{< relref "#provision-the-data-source" >}}) with Grafana's provisioning system.

You can also [upload a JSON trace file]({{< relref "#upload-a-json-trace-file" >}}), and [link a trace ID from logs]({{< relref "#link-a-trace-id-from-logs" >}}) in Loki.

Configure the data source

To access the data source configuration page:

1. Hover the cursor over the Configuration (gear) icon.
2. Select Data Sources.
3. Select the Jaeger data source.

Set the data source's basic configuration options carefully:

Name	Description
Name	Sets the name you use to refer to the data source in panels and queries.
Default	Defines whether this data source is pre-selected for new panels.
URL	Sets the URL of the Jaeger instance, such as http://localhost:16686.
Basic Auth	Enables basic authentication for the Jaeger data source.
User	Defines the user name for basic authentication.
Password	Defines the password for basic authentication.

You can also configure settings specific to the Jaeger data source:

Configure trace to logs

Note: Available in Grafana v7.4 and higher.

The Trace to logs section configures the [trace to logs feature]({{< relref "../../explore/trace-integration/" >}}). Select a target data source, limited to Loki and Splunk [logs] data sources, and which tags to use in the logs query.

Name	Description
Data source	Sets the target data source.
Tags	Defines the tags to use in the logs query. Default is 'cluster', 'hostname', 'namespace', 'pod'.
Map tag names	Enables configuring how Jaeger tag names map to logs label names. For example, map service.name to service.
Span start time shift	Shifts the start time for the logs query based on the span start time. To extend to the past, use a negative value. Use time interval units like 5s, 1m, 3h. Default is 0.
Span end time shift	Shifts the end time for the logs query based on the span end time. Use time interval units. Default is 0.
Filter by Trace ID	Toggles whether to append the trace ID to the logs query.
Filter by Span ID	Toggles whether to append the span ID to the logs query.

Configure trace to metrics

Note: This feature is behind the traceToMetrics [feature toggle]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana#feature_toggles" >}}).

The Trace to metrics section configures the trace to metrics feature.

Use the settings to select the target Prometheus data source, and create any desired linked queries.

Setting name	Description
Data source	Defines the target data source.
Tags	Defines the tags used in linked queries. The key sets the span attribute name, and the optional value sets the corresponding metric label name. For example, you can map k8s.pod to pod. To interpolate these tags into queries, use the $__tags keyword.

Each linked query consists of:

• Link Label: (Optional) Descriptive label for the linked query.
• Query: The query ran when navigating from a trace to the metrics data source. Interpolate tags using the $__tags keyword. For example, when you configure the query requests_total{$__tags}with the tags k8s.pod=pod and cluster, the result looks like requests_total{pod="nginx-554b9", cluster="us-east-1"}.

Enable Node Graph

The Node Graph setting enables the beta [Node Graph visualization]({{< relref "../../panels-visualizations/visualizations/node-graph/" >}}), which is disabled by default.

Once enabled, Grafana displays the Node Graph after loading the trace view.

Configure the span bar label

The Span bar label section helps you display additional information in the span bar row.

You can choose one of three options:

Name	Description
None	Adds nothing to the span bar row.
Duration	(Default) Displays the span duration on the span bar row.
Tag	Displays the span tag on the span bar row. You must also specify which tag key to use to get the tag value, such as span.kind.

Provision the data source

You can define and configure the data source in YAML files as part of Grafana's provisioning system. For more information about provisioning, and for available configuration options, refer to [Provisioning Grafana]({{< relref "../../administration/provisioning#data-sources" >}}).

Provisioning examples

Using basic auth and the trace-to-logs field:

apiVersion: 1

datasources:
  - name: Jaeger
    type: jaeger
    uid: jaeger-spectra
    access: proxy
    url: http://localhost:16686/
    basicAuth: true
    basicAuthUser: my_user
    editable: true
    isDefault: false
    jsonData:
      tracesToLogs:
        # Field with internal link pointing to a logs data source in Grafana.
        # datasourceUid value must match the datasourceUid value of the logs data source.
        datasourceUid: 'loki'
        tags: ['job', 'instance', 'pod', 'namespace']
        mappedTags: [{ key: 'service.name', value: 'service' }]
        mapTagNamesEnabled: false
        spanStartTimeShift: '1h'
        spanEndTimeShift: '1h'
        filterByTraceID: false
        filterBySpanID: false
      tracesToMetrics:
        datasourceUid: 'prom'
        tags: [{ key: 'service.name', value: 'service' }, { key: 'job' }]
        queries:
          - name: 'Sample query'
            query: 'sum(rate(tempo_spanmetrics_latency_bucket{$__tags}[5m]))'
    secureJsonData:
      basicAuthPassword: my_password

Query traces

You can query and display traces from Jaeger via [Explore]({{< relref "../../explore" >}}).

{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/jaeger-search-form.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" caption="Screenshot of the Jaeger query editor" >}}

You can query by trace ID, or use the search form to find traces.

Query by trace ID

{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/jaeger-trace-id.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" caption="Screenshot of the Jaeger query editor with trace ID selected" >}}

To query by trace ID:

1. Select TraceID from the Query type selector.
2. Insert the ID into the text input.

Query by search

To search for traces:

1. Select Search from the Query type selector.
2. Fill out the search form:

Name	Description
Service	Returns a list of services.
Operation	Populated when you select a service with related operations. Select All to query all operations.
Tags	Sets tags with values in the logfmt format, such as error=true db.statement="select * from User".
Min Duration	Filters all traces with a duration higher than the set value. Valid values are 1.2s, 100ms, 500us.
Max Duration	Filters all traces with a duration lower than the set value. Valid values are 1.2s, 100ms, 500us.
Limit	Limits the number of traces returned.

Upload a JSON trace file

You can upload a JSON file that contains a single trace and visualize it. If the file has multiple traces, Grafana visualizes its first trace.

{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/jaeger-upload-json.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" caption="Screenshot of the Jaeger data source in explore with upload selected" >}}

Trace JSON example

{
  "data": [
    {
      "traceID": "2ee9739529395e31",
      "spans": [
        {
          "traceID": "2ee9739529395e31",
          "spanID": "2ee9739529395e31",
          "flags": 1,
          "operationName": "CAS",
          "references": [],
          "startTime": 1616095319593196,
          "duration": 1004,
          "tags": [
            {
              "key": "sampler.type",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "const"
            }
          ],
          "logs": [],
          "processID": "p1",
          "warnings": null
        }
      ],
      "processes": {
        "p1": {
          "serviceName": "loki-all",
          "tags": [
            {
              "key": "jaeger.version",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "Go-2.25.0"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "warnings": null
    }
  ],
  "total": 0,
  "limit": 0,
  "offset": 0,
  "errors": null
}

Link a trace ID from logs

You can link to a Jaeger trace from logs in Loki by configuring a derived field with an internal link.

For details, refer to [Derived fields]({{< relref "../loki/#configure-derived-fields" >}}) section of the [Loki data source]({{< relref "../loki/" >}}) documentation.