appmetrics-zipkin

appmetrics-zipkin provides Zipkin instrumentation of Node.js applications using a single line: require('appmetrics-zipkin'). This makes use of

Configure Zipkin Endpoint

Connecting to a Zipkin endpoint is done by adding the desired hostname and port to appmetrics-zipkin.properties file.

Alternatively, the hostname, port and service name (used by Zipkin to identify your application) can be added when including appmetrics-zipkin into your application:

var appzip = require('appmetrics-zipkin')({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 9411,
  serviceName:'frontend'
});

Note: The properties file has precedence over the inline settings

If no configuration details are provided, the endpoint will be localhost:9411 by default.

Usage

var appzip = require('appmetrics-zipkin');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();


app.get('/api', (req, res) => res.send(new Date().toString()));
app.listen(9000, () => {
  console.log('Backend listening on port 9000!');
});

Note: require('appmetrics-zipkin') should be included before requiring other packages to ensure those packages are correctly instrumented