> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Distributed Tracing with Jaeger
> This article discusses using Jaeger for distributed tracing in Istio-managed environments to monitor service behavior and identify latency issues.
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.
Distributed tracing with Jaeger not only helps in identifying performance bottlenecks but also enhances the observability of complex microservice architectures.
