Distributed Tracing with Jaeger

Distributed tracing is a critical component for monitoring individual requests as they travel through a service mesh. By tracking how requests propagate across various services, developers can gain valuable insights into service behavior, detect interdependencies, and quickly identify latency issues.

Istio leverages Envoy proxies to integrate distributed tracing seamlessly within a service mesh. It supports a variety of tracing systems—such as Zipkin, Jaeger, Lightstep, and Datadog—to fit different monitoring needs. In this lesson, we focus on how to use Jaeger for tracing in an Istio-managed environment.