Tempo
High-scale distributed tracing backend
What is Tempo?
Grafana Tempo is an open source, easy-to-use, and high-scale distributed tracing backend. Tempo requires only object storage to operate and is deeply integrated with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
Key Features
- Minimal dependency (only object storage)
- TraceQL query language
- Native integration with Grafana
- Support for Jaeger, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry
- Highly scalable architecture
- Cost-effective trace storage
- Service graph generation
Deployment on Moltern
Tempo can be deployed on Moltern with a single click. Moltern handles:
- Automatic SSL/TLS certificates via Let's Encrypt
- Persistent storage for your data
- Environment configuration through the dashboard
- Container orchestration with automatic restarts
Getting Started
- Navigate to the Services page in Moltern
- Search for "Tempo"
- Click Deploy and configure your settings
- Access your instance via the provided URL
Integration
This service integrates well with other monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Alertmanager.