Introduction to Linkerd : Distributed Tracing with Jaeger

Get the jaeger extension from the linkerd CLI. See Official Docs

linkerd jaeger install > ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/tracing/manifests/linkerd-jaeger-21.4.3.yaml

Deploy the manifests:

kubectl apply -f ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/tracing/manifests/linkerd-jaeger-21.4.3.yaml

See components

watch kubectl -n linkerd-jaeger get pods

#do a check
linkerd jaeger check

kubectl -n default set env --all deploy OC_AGENT_HOST=collector.linkerd-jaeger:55678

Jaeger Dashboard

See service mesh traces in the dashboard

kubectl -n linkerd-jaeger port-forward svc/jaeger 16686

Deploy the Jaeger All-in-One image for demo purposes

kubectl apply -f .\kubernetes\servicemesh\linkerd\tracing\jaeger-all-in-one.yaml

Enable tracing :

linkerd upgrade config --addon-config kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/tracing/config.yaml | kubectl apply -f -