# Opentracing The Opentracing module adds distributed OpenTracing request tracing to Angie; it includes plugins for exporting data to Zipkin and DataDog. ## Installation To [install](https://en.angie.software//angie/docs/installation/index.md#install-packages) the module, use one of the following packages: - Angie: `angie-module-opentracing` - Angie PRO: `angie-pro-module-opentracing` ## Loading the Module To work with the module, it must be loaded in the `main{}` context: ```nginx load_module modules/ngx_http_opentracing_module.so; ``` ## Configuration Example ```nginx http { opentracing on; opentracing_load_tracer /usr/local/lib/libdd_opentracing_plugin.so /etc/datadog-config.json; upstream backend { server app-service:9001; } server { error_log /var/log/angie/debug.log debug; listen 8080; server_name localhost; location = / { opentracing_trace_locations off; proxy_pass http://backend; opentracing_propagate_context; opentracing_tag "resource.name" "/"; } } } ``` ## Additional Information Various configuration options can be found at: [https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing/tree/master/example](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing/tree/master/example) Detailed documentation and source code are available at: [https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing)