logtoxray
Write to logs, get X-Ray traces. No distributed tracing instrumenation library required.
Installation
$ go get github.com/rakyll/log-to-xray/cmd/logtoxray
$ my_program | logtoxray
Usage
Users should include trace_id and span_id in every entry.
In order to start a new segment, log an entry with start_time.
{
"trace_id": "1-581cf771-a006649127e371903a2de979",
"id": "70de5b6f19ff9a0b",
"name": "auth.CurrentUser",
"start_time": "2021-06-28 17:09:12.0 -0700 PDT"
}
Append as many as changes with new log entries. Note that trace_id, span_id, start_time and end_time are immutable.
{
"trace_id": "1-581cf771-a006649127e371903a2de979",
"id": "70de5b6f19ff9a0b",
"annotations": {
"service": "auth",
"region": "us-east-1"
}
}
In order to finish a segment, write an entry with end_time:
{
"trace_id": "1-581cf771-a006649127e371903a2de979",
"id": "70de5b6f19ff9a0b",
"end_time": "2021-06-28 17:10:26.086625 -0700 PDT"
}