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The first version of KumuluzEE OpenTracing has been released. It implements the MicroProfile OpenTracing specification 1.2.1. Initial version of KumuluzEE OpenTracing brings full power of distributed tracing to your new/existing microservices. From automatic tracing of incoming JAX-RS requests to tracing function calls with annotations, the extensions has all the necessary features.

Full feature list includes:

• Automatic tracing of incoming JAX-RS requests,
• Tracing outgoing JAX-RS requests by adding a single line of code,
• Manual tracing with @Traced annotation,
• Customized tracing by Tracer class injection,

Currently, the extensions supports two of the most popular tracing providers: Zipkin and Jaeger. Getting started is as easy as including one dependency to your project:

<dependency>
   <groupId>com.kumuluz.ee.opentracing</groupId>
   <artifactId>kumuluzee-opentracing-jaeger</artifactId>
   <version>${kumuluzee-opentracing.version}</version>
</dependency>

or

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.kumuluz.ee.opentracing</groupId>
    <artifactId>kumuluzee-opentracing-zipkin</artifactId>
    <version>${kumuluzee-opentracing.version}</version>
</dependency>

For more information, read the extension documentation, read MicroProfile specification or check out the sample project to kickstart your tracing adventure!

We also recommend reading a more in-depth guide on how to trace microservices in the article Tracing KumuluzEE microservices with Jaeger.