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Create ThousandEyes HTTP Test with Distributed Tracing

We are going to create a HTTP Test test an endpoint to our OpenTelemetry demo application, which is already instrumented with OpenTelemetry and sending telemetry data to Splunk Observability.

Refer to ThousandEyes documentation for test creation.

Use the ThousandEyes web interface to create the test.

  • Click on Network & App Synthetics in the left navigation bar
  • Select Test Settings from the dropdown menu
  • Click the + Add New Test button
  • Select HTTP Test from the test type options create HTTP Test
  • Configure Test Settings
    • Test Name: Enter a descriptive name (e.g., "Basic - Test Workshop Distributed Tracing")
    • URL: Enter http://13.52.215.7:8080/api/test
    • In the Agents section, select a Cloud Agent
    • Under Advanced settings:
      • Check Enable Distributed Tracing create HTTP Test
  • Click Create New Test create HTTP Test