What this book covers
Part I, Introduction, provides a general introduction to the area of distributed tracing.
Chapter 1, Why Distributed Tracing, frames the observability problem that distributed tracing aims to solve and explains why other monitoring tools fall short when it comes to troubleshooting pathological behavior in complex distributed systems. The chapter includes a brief history of my personal experience with tracing and an explanation of why I felt that writing this book would be a useful contribution to the industry.
Chapter 2, Take Tracing for a HotROD Ride, dives in with an easy to run, hands-on example used to illustrate the core features, benefits, and capabilities of distributed tracing, using Jaeger, an open source tracing ...
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