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Tracing

We use OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing.

Configuration

Section titled “Configuration”

There are two methods for configuration WithTracerProvider() and WithPropagator().

WithTracerProvider

Section titled “WithTracerProvider”
func WithTracerProvider(provider trace.TracerProvider) Option {
  return func(opts *options) {
    opts.TracerProvider = provider
  }
}

WithTracerProvider is for setting the provider, it accepts trace.TracerProvider

WithPropagator

Section titled “WithPropagator”
func WithPropagator(propagator propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
  return func(opts *options) {
    opts.Propagator = propagator
  }
}

WithPropagator is for setting the text map propagator, it accepts propagation.TextMapPropagator

Usage

Section titled “Usage”

Tracing for Server

Section titled “Tracing for Server”
package server


import (
  "github.com/go-kratos/kratos/v2/middleware/tracing"
  "github.com/go-kratos/kratos/v2/transport/grpc"


  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
  tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
  semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
)


// Set global trace provider
func initTracer(url string) error {
  // Create the Jaeger exporter
  exp, err := jaeger.New(jaeger.WithCollectorEndpoint(jaeger.WithEndpoint(url)))
  if err != nil {
    return err
  }
  tp := tracesdk.NewTracerProvider(
    // Set the sampling rate based on the parent span to 100%
    tracesdk.WithSampler(tracesdk.ParentBased(tracesdk.TraceIDRatioBased(1.0))),
    // Always be sure to batch in production.
    tracesdk.WithBatcher(exp),
    // Record information about this application in an Resource.
    tracesdk.WithResource(resource.NewSchemaless(
      semconv.ServiceNameKey.String("kratos-trace"),
      attribute.String("exporter", "jaeger"),
      attribute.Float64("float", 312.23),
    )),
  )
  otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
  return nil
}


// NewGRPCServer new a gRPC server.
func NewGRPCServer(c *conf.Server, executor *service.ExecutorService) *grpc.Server {
  err := initTracer("http://localhost:14268/api/traces")
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  //tr := otel.Tracer("component-main")
  var opts = []grpc.ServerOption{
    grpc.Middleware(
      tracing.Server(),
    ),
  }
  // ...
}

Tracing for Client

Section titled “Tracing for Client”
package client


import (
  "context"


  "github.com/go-kratos/kratos/v2/middleware/tracing"
  "github.com/go-kratos/kratos/v2/transport/grpc"


  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
  tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
  semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
  googlegrpc "google.golang.org/grpc"
)


// Set global trace provider
func initTracer(url string) error {
  // Create the Jaeger exporter
  exp, err := jaeger.New(jaeger.WithCollectorEndpoint(jaeger.WithEndpoint(url)))
  if err != nil {
    return err
  }
  tp := tracesdk.NewTracerProvider(
    // Set the sampling rate based on the parent span to 100%
    tracesdk.WithSampler(tracesdk.ParentBased(tracesdk.TraceIDRatioBased(1.0))),
    // Always be sure to batch in production.
    tracesdk.WithBatcher(exp),
    // Record information about this application in an Resource.
    tracesdk.WithResource(resource.NewSchemaless(
      semconv.ServiceNameKey.String("kratos-trace"),
      attribute.String("exporter", "jaeger"),
      attribute.Float64("float", 312.23),
    )),
  )
  otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
  return nil
}


func grpcCli() (*googlegrpc.ClientConn, error) {
  // If the project does not initialize initTracer, please initialize.
  return grpc.DialInsecure(
    context.Background(),
    grpc.WithMiddleware(
      tracing.Client(),
    ),
  )
}

Automatic Data Collection

Section titled “Automatic Data Collection”

If you don’t want to modify the code manually, you can also use Agent for automatic collection of OpenTelemetry data, such as Alibaba Go Auto Instrumentation (which will later be officially donated to OpenTelemetry Official Repository).

You can refer to the documentation to compile your Kratos application.

References

Section titled “References”