Zipkin

    This task uses the Bookinfo sample as the example application.

    To learn how Istio handles tracing, visit this task’s .

    1. Follow the documentation to deploy Zipkin into your cluster.

    2. When you enable tracing, you can set the sampling rate that Istio uses for tracing. Use the option during installation to set the sampling rate. The default sampling rate is 1%.

    3. Deploy the sample application.

    For testing (and temporary access), you may also use port-forwarding. Use the following, assuming you’ve deployed Zipkin to the istio-system namespace:

    1. From the search panel, click on the plus sign. Select serviceName from the first drop-down list, productpage.default from second drop-down, and then click the search icon:

    2. Click on the search result to see the details corresponding to the latest request to /productpage:

      Detailed Trace View

    3. The trace is comprised of a set of spans, where each span corresponds to a Bookinfo service, invoked during the execution of a /productpage request, or internal Istio component, for example: .