zipkin-go-example

An example app where two Golang services collaborate on an http request. The timing of these requests are recorded into ZIpkin.

Setup

• make module
• make

Zipkin Receiver

• docker run -d -p 9411:9411 openzipkin/zipkin

Run

Execute the frontend and backend services on separate terminals. For example:

• ./bin/zipkin-go-example backend
• ENCODING="protobuf" ./bin/zipkin-go-example frontend

Generate Traces

• curl http://localhost:8081

References

• https://medium.com/devthoughts/instrumenting-a-go-application-with-zipkin-b79cc858ac3e
• https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go