Jaeger UI is a web-based interface for searching, analyzing, and visualizing distributed traces. It also presents a graph representation of microservice architecture. section 6.2.1
Use the interface to:
- Search traces for a selected service and inspect execution durations over time. section 8.2.3
- View a service dependency graph and open individual traces in a waterfall-style span view. section 8.2.3
- Filter failure spans by HTTP status code or error=true, then compare failed execution with a healthy baseline. section 8.2.4
Troubleshooting a microservices request
Open the UI at http://localhost:16686/, select frontend, and find traces. A healthy trace establishes expected durations; a failed span, marked with a red exclamation point, reveals the affected service, duration, and error code. section 8.2.3 section 8.2.4
Listing 6.2 The relevant bits of Docker Compose file for Jaeger with ClickHouse setup
frontend: #1
image: public.ecr.aws/mhausenblas/ho11y:stable
ports:
- 8765:8765
environment:
- "DOWNSTREAM0=http://backend0:8766"
- "DOWNSTREAM1=http://backend1:8767"
- "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIB=frontend"
- "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=otel-collector:4317"
- "HO11Y_INJECT_FAILURE=enabled"
jaeger: #2
image: jaegertracing/all-in-one:1.35
command: [
"--grpc-storage-plugin.binary=/etc/jaeger-clickhouse",
"--grpc-storage-plugin.configuration-file=/etc/clickhouse-plugin.config"
]
volumes:
- ./jaeger-clickhouse:/etc/jaeger-clickhouse
- ./clickhouse-plugin.config:/etc/clickhouse-plugin.config
ports:
- "9090:9090"
- "16686:16686"
- "14250:14250"
environment:
- "SPAN_STORAGE_TYPE=grpc-plugin"
clickhouse: #3
image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server
ports:
- "8123:8123"
- "9000:9000"
Inspect a Docker Compose setup that runs Jaeger with ClickHouse storage and exposes the Jaeger UI. section 6.2.1
