Zipkin

Export observability traces from Spice into Zipkin

In addition to the built-in runtime.task_history SQL table, Spice can export the observability traces it collects into Zipkin.

Zipkin UI showing traces exported by Spice

Enabling Zipkin Export

Zipkin export is defined in the spicepod.yaml under the runtime.tracingsection:

runtime:
  tracing:
    zipkin_enabled: true
    zipkin_endpoint: http://localhost:9411/api/v2/spans
  • zipkin_enabled: Optional. Default false. Enables or disables the Zipkin trace export.

  • zipkin_endpoint: Required if zipkin_enabledis true. The path to the /api/v2/spansendpoint on the Zipkin instance to export to.

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