Istio

Istio Integration in Dash0

Istio is one of the most commonly used service meshes. Istio configures Envoy instances under the hood and handles networking for you. Service meshes are somewhat complex, and visibility into their activity can be the difference between easy troubleshooting and a long-winded analysis.

Use Cases

Enhance observability and gain actionable insights into Istio-managed services:

• See Istio's Routing Decisions: Visualize and understand how Istio routes traffic within your service mesh.
• Gain API Insights: Access detailed information about all APIs exposed via the service mesh, regardless of backend tracing.
• Understand Unrouted Requests: Identify and analyze requests that cannot be routed for improved troubleshooting and performance.

Overview

Istio has native support for the generation of OpenTelemetry traces. Perfect for the integration with Dash0. There are several ways to export tracing information with Istio. Usually you can forward your OTLP information to a local collector. Alternatively you can send them directly to Dash0. This setup shows how to directly send traces to Dash0.

Configure

Start by enabling tracing and defining the export mechanism.

Next, enable tracing: