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Getting Started with Distributed Tracing in Splunk Observability

In the advanced section of the Distributed Tracing Service Map documentation, we will walk through the steps to set up the OpenTelemetry demo application publicly available and configure it to send traces to Splunk Observability. This will allow you to visualize the service map in ThousandEyes and traces in Splunk Observability.

Prerequisites

  • ThousandEyes account
  • Ngrok account
  • Splunk Observability account
  • git
  • docker compose

Diagram

Diagram of the Advanced Service Map

Recording

As this is an advanced section, we have recorded a video walkthrough of the steps to set up the OpenTelemetry demo application and visualize the service map in ThousandEyes.