tracetest VS Grafana

Code Example

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git clone https://github.com/kubeshop/tracetest cd tracetest/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests

The code to execute this scenario is contained in the delete_test.ts file from a repo which we will clone and run locally further in this article. First, let’s discuss the code for the key sections that are utilizing the [@tracetest/client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tracetest/client) NPM package.

If you want to see the code example right away, check it out on GitHub, here.

If you’re eager to start, clone the example from GitHub and get a Tracetest Agent public URL and Token after signing up at app.tracetest.io. Sign up for a Cloudflare account on

For this example, I’ll showcase this simple example app for Tracetest and Sumo Logic. To quickly access the example, you can run the following:

If you get stuck along the tutorial, feel free to check out the example app in the GitHub repo, here.

It’s official! You can now use synthetic monitoring to run trace-based tests with Tracetest’s new GitHub Action. I’ve already implemented dogfooding and it’s currently running in production as health checks, running hourly, here.

Monitoring application logs is a crucial aspect of the software development and deployment lifecycle. In this post, we'll delve into the process of observing logs generated by Docker container applications operating within HashiCorp Nomad. With the aid of Grafana, Vector, and Loki, we'll explore effective strategies for log analysis and visualization, enhancing visibility and troubleshooting capabilities within your Nomad environment.

To help us visualize these scenarios, we'll build a Grafana Dashboard so we can follow along.

Visualization and Analysis: Choose a tool with intuitive and customizable dashboards, charts, and visualizations. A question to ask is, "Are the visualization features of this tool user-friendly and adaptable to our team's specific needs?" Tools like Grafana and Kibana provide powerful visualization capabilities.

Prometheus: Open-source monitoring system. Often used together with Grafana.

Grafana

Yes I'm aware that Grafana is open source but the method I used to find the API endpoints is far quicker than digging through hundreds of files in a codebase I'm not familiar with.

So, you will add one last container to allow us to visualize this data: Grafana, an open-source analytics and visualization platform that allows us to see traces and metrics simply. You can set Grafana to read data from both Tempo and Prometheus by setting them as datastores with the following grafana.datasource.yaml config file:

In example above, we use 2 additional parameters: code (HTTP response code) and page (page identifier), which provide detailed statistics. For example, you can build such graphs in Grafana: