Tracing requests with Google Stackdriver

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-go/blob/master/trace/trace.go

This is an example repo for getting Google's Stackdriver Trace tracing requests across microservices.

Create new GCP project

Google Cloud Console

Enable billing

Go to Billing to set up a billing account & make sure it is enabled for the new project you created.

Enable Stackdriver Trace API

API Dashboard

• click "Enable API"
• search "trace"
• select "Stackdriver Trace API"
• click "Enable"

Create service account

Go to Service Accounts

• click "Create service account"
• name it "tracer"
• select the Role of "Cloud Trace Agent"
• select "Furnish a new private key"
• click "CREATE"

The JSON key will be downloaded.

set environment vars

  export GCP_PROJECT={project id of the new project you created}

  export GCP_KEY={full path of the service account key file that you just downloaded}

Get repo

git clone http://github.com/jrkt/go-tracing-lab $GOPATH/src/github.com/jrkt/go-tracing-lab

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Reference: Setting up gRPC (linux)

• Get code

go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/{proto,protoc-gen-go}
go get -u google.golang.org/grpc

• Install protoc

wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.2.0rc2/protoc-3.2.0rc2-linux-x86_64.zip
unzip protoc-3.2.0rc2-linux-x86_64.zip
sudo cp bin/protoc /usr/local/bin