“How-to” Guides
1. How to Set Up Sleuth with Brave?
Add the Sleuth starter to the classpath.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${release.train-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${releaseTrainVersion}"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-sleuth"
}
2. How to Set Up Sleuth with Brave & Zipkin via HTTP?
Add the Sleuth starter and Zipkin to the classpath.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${release.train-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin</artifactId>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${releaseTrainVersion}"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-sleuth"
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin"
}
3. How to Set Up Sleuth with Brave & Zipkin via Messaging?
If you want to use RabbitMQ, Kafka or ActiveMQ instead of HTTP, add the spring-rabbit
, spring-kafka
or org.apache.activemq:activemq-client
dependency.
The default destination name is Zipkin
.
If using Kafka, you must add the Kafka dependency.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${release.train-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${releaseTrainVersion}"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-sleuth"
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin"
implementation "org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka"
}
Also, you need to set the property spring.zipkin.sender.type
property accordingly:
spring.zipkin.sender.type: kafka
If you want Sleuth over RabbitMQ, add the spring-cloud-starter-sleuth
, spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin
and spring-rabbit
dependencies.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${release.train-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-rabbit</artifactId>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${releaseTrainVersion}"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-sleuth"
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin"
implementation "org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit"
}
If you want Sleuth over ActiveMQ, add the spring-cloud-starter-sleuth
, spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin
and activemq-client
dependencies.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${release.train-version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
<artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${releaseTrainVersion}"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-sleuth"
implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin"
implementation "org.apache.activemq:activemq-client"
}
Also, you need to set the property spring.zipkin.sender.type
property accordingly:
spring.zipkin.sender.type: activemq
4. How to See Spans in an External System?
If you can’t see spans get reported to an external system (e.g. Zipkin), then it’s most likely due to the following causes:
4.1. Your Span Is Not Being Sampled
In order to check if the span is not being sampled it’s enough to see if the exportable flag is being set. Let’s look at the following example:
2020-10-21 12:01:16.285 INFO [backend,0b6aaf642574edd3,0b6aaf642574edd3,true] 289589 --- [nio-9000-exec-1] Example : Hello world!
If the boolean value in the section [backend,0b6aaf642574edd3,0b6aaf642574edd3,true]
is true
means that the span is being sampled and should be reported.
4.2. Missing Dependency
Up till Sleuth 3.0.0 the dependency spring-cloud-starter-zipkin
included the spring-cloud-starter-sleuth
dependency and the spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin
dependency.
With 3.0.0 spring-cloud-starter-zipkin
was removed, so you need to change it to spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin
.
4.3. Connection Misconfiguration
Double check if the remote system address is correct (e.g. spring.zipkin.baseUrl
) and that if trying to communicate over the broker, your broker connection is set up properly.
5. How to Make RestTemplate, WebClient, etc. Work?
If you’re observing that the tracing context is not being propagated then cause is one of the following:
-
We are not instrumenting the given library
-
We are instrumenting the library, however you misconfigured the setup
In case of lack of instrumentation capabilities please file an issue with a request to add such instrumentation.
In case of the misconfiguration please ensure that the client you’re using to communicate is a Spring bean.
If you create the client manually via the new
operator the instrumentation will not work.
Example where instrumentation will work:
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
class MyConfiguration {
@Bean RestTemplate myRestTemplate() {
return new RestTemplate();
}
}
@Service
class MyService {
private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
MyService(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
}
String makeACall() {
return this.restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.com", String.class);
}
}
Example where instrumentation will NOT work:
@Service
class MyService {
String makeACall() {
// This will not work because RestTemplate is not a bean
return new RestTemplate().getForObject("http://example.com", String.class);
}
}
6. How to Add Headers to the HTTP Server Response?
Register a filter that will set the server response.
import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.Span;
import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.Tracer;
import javax.servlet.Filter;
import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilter;
@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
class MyConfig {
// Example of a servlet Filter for non-reactive applications
@Bean
Filter traceIdInResponseFilter(Tracer tracer) {
return (request, response, chain) -> {
Span currentSpan = tracer.currentSpan();
if (currentSpan != null) {
HttpServletResponse resp = (HttpServletResponse) response;
// putting trace id value in [mytraceid] response header
resp.addHeader("mytraceid", currentSpan.context().traceId());
}
chain.doFilter(request, response);
};
}
// Example of a reactive WebFilter for reactive applications
@Bean
WebFilter traceIdInResponseFilter(Tracer tracer) {
return (exchange, chain) -> {
Span currentSpan = tracer.currentSpan();
if (currentSpan != null) {
// putting trace id value in [mytraceid] response header
exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().add("mytraceid", currentSpan.context().traceId());
}
return chain.filter(exchange);
};
}
}
Your spans need to be sampled for the parser to work. That means that you need to be able to export spans to e.g. Zipkin. |
7. How to Customize HTTP Client Spans?
Register a bean of HttpRequestParser
type whose name is HttpClientRequestParser.NAME
to add customization for the request side.
Register a bean of HttpResponseParser
type whose name is HttpClientRequestParser.NAME
to add customization for the response side.
@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
public static class ClientParserConfiguration {
// example for Feign
@Bean(name = HttpClientRequestParser.NAME)
HttpRequestParser myHttpClientRequestParser() {
return (request, context, span) -> {
// Span customization
span.name(request.method());
span.tag("ClientRequest", "Tag");
Object unwrap = request.unwrap();
if (unwrap instanceof feign.Request) {
feign.Request req = (feign.Request) unwrap;
// Span customization
span.tag("ClientRequestFeign", req.httpMethod().name());
}
};
}
// example for Feign
@Bean(name = HttpClientResponseParser.NAME)
HttpResponseParser myHttpClientResponseParser() {
return (response, context, span) -> {
// Span customization
span.tag("ClientResponse", "Tag");
Object unwrap = response.unwrap();
if (unwrap instanceof feign.Response) {
feign.Response resp = (feign.Response) unwrap;
// Span customization
span.tag("ClientResponseFeign", String.valueOf(resp.status()));
}
};
}
}
8. How to Customize HTTP Server Spans?
Register a bean of HttpRequestParser
type whose name is HttpServerRequestParser.NAME
to add customization for the request side.
Register a bean of HttpResponseParser
type whose name is HttpServerResponseParser.NAME
to add customization for the response side.
@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
public static class ServerParserConfiguration {
@Bean(name = HttpServerRequestParser.NAME)
HttpRequestParser myHttpRequestParser() {
return (request, context, span) -> {
// Span customization
span.tag("ServerRequest", "Tag");
Object unwrap = request.unwrap();
if (unwrap instanceof HttpServletRequest) {
HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) unwrap;
// Span customization
span.tag("ServerRequestServlet", req.getMethod());
}
};
}
@Bean(name = HttpServerResponseParser.NAME)
HttpResponseParser myHttpResponseParser() {
return (response, context, span) -> {
// Span customization
span.tag("ServerResponse", "Tag");
Object unwrap = response.unwrap();
if (unwrap instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
HttpServletResponse resp = (HttpServletResponse) unwrap;
// Span customization
span.tag("ServerResponseServlet", String.valueOf(resp.getStatus()));
}
};
}
@Bean
Filter traceIdInResponseFilter(Tracer tracer) {
return (request, response, chain) -> {
Span currentSpan = tracer.currentSpan();
if (currentSpan != null) {
HttpServletResponse resp = (HttpServletResponse) response;
resp.addHeader("mytraceid", currentSpan.context().traceId());
}
chain.doFilter(request, response);
};
}
}
Your spans need to be sampled for the parser to work. That means that you need to be able to export spans to e.g. Zipkin. |
9. How to See the Application Name in Logs?
Assuming that you haven’t changed the default logging format set the spring.application.name
property in bootstrap.yml
, not in application.yml
.
With the new Spring Cloud configuration bootstrap this should no longer be required since there will be no Bootstrap Context anymore. |
10. How to Change The Context Propagation Mechanism?
To use the provided defaults you can set the spring.sleuth.propagation.type
property.
The value can be a list in which case you will propagate more tracing headers.
For Brave we support AWS
, B3
, W3C
propagation types.
If you want to provide a custom propagation mechanism set the spring.sleuth.propagation.type
property to CUSTOM
and implement your own bean (Propagation.Factory
for Brave).
Below you can find the examples:
@Component
class CustomPropagator extends Propagation.Factory implements Propagation<String> {
@Override
public List<String> keys() {
return Arrays.asList("myCustomTraceId", "myCustomSpanId");
}
@Override
public <R> TraceContext.Injector<R> injector(Setter<R, String> setter) {
return (traceContext, request) -> {
setter.put(request, "myCustomTraceId", traceContext.traceIdString());
setter.put(request, "myCustomSpanId", traceContext.spanIdString());
};
}
@Override
public <R> TraceContext.Extractor<R> extractor(Getter<R, String> getter) {
return request -> TraceContextOrSamplingFlags.create(TraceContext.newBuilder()
.traceId(HexCodec.lowerHexToUnsignedLong(getter.get(request, "myCustomTraceId")))
.spanId(HexCodec.lowerHexToUnsignedLong(getter.get(request, "myCustomSpanId"))).build());
}
@Override
public <K> Propagation<K> create(KeyFactory<K> keyFactory) {
return StringPropagationAdapter.create(this, keyFactory);
}
}
11. How to Implement My Own Tracer?
Spring Cloud Sleuth API contains all necessary interfaces to be implemented by a tracer.
The project comes with OpenZipkin Brave implementation.
You can check how both tracers are bridged to the Sleuth’s API by looking at the org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.brave.bridge
module.