Zipkin
Introduction
The OpenCensus Zipkin receiver allows OpenCensus Service to capture traces that were initially destined for Zipkin
Accepted formats
The OpenCensus Service receives a variety of Zipkin data serialized in the following formats:
| Zipkin API version | Data format |
|---|---|
| v1 | JSON |
| v1 | Apache Thrift |
| v2 | JSON |
| v2 | Protocol Buffers |
| v2 | Scribe |
Configuration
A Zipkin receiver can be turned on by using the configuration file sub-section “zipkin” under “receivers”
Format
receivers:
zipkin:
address: <host:port>
zipkin-scribe:
port: <port>
category: <category>Example
receivers:
zipkin:
address: "localhost:9411"
zipkin-scribe:
port: 9410
category: "agent"and when OpenCensus Service is re-run, it should produce such output
Agent
2019/02/12 18:02:58 Running zPages at ":55679"
2019/02/12 18:02:58 Running Zipkin receiver with address "localhost:9411"Collector
{"level":"info","ts":1551744415.5136526,"caller":"opencensus/receiver.go:62","msg":"OpenCensus receiver is running.","port":55678}
{"level":"info","ts":1551744414.5134265,"caller":"zipkin/receiver.go:51","msg":"Zipkin receiver is running.","port":9411}Notes
“zipkin” and “zipkin-scribe” are two different receivers.
References
| Resource | URL |
|---|---|
| Zipkin project | https://zipkin.io/ |