SkyWalking configurations

This topic describes the SkyWalking configurations of MOSN.

Currently, support HTTP1 protocol.

The SkyWalking configuration structure is shown as follows.

{
  "tracing": {
    "enable": true,
    "driver": "SkyWalking",
    "config": {
      "reporter": "gRPC",
      "backend_service": "127.0.0.1:11800",
      "service_name": "mosn",
      "max_send_queue_size": 30000,
      "authentication": "mosn",
      "tls": {
        "cert_file": "cert.crt",
        "server_name_override": "mosn.io"
      }
    }
  }
}

reporter

Reporter mode, support log (only test) and gRPC.

• If this field is left empty, log by default.

backend_service

SkyWalking backend service address, used only if the reporter is gRCP.

• eg: 127.0.0.1:11800.

service_name

To register the service name to SkyWalking, used only if the reporter is gRCP.

• If this field is left empty, mosn by default.

max_send_queue_size

Trace data cache queue size, used only if the reporter is gRCP.

• If this field is left empty, 30000 by default.

authentication

gRPC authentication, used only if the reporter is gRCP.

• If the field is not empty, this parameter is used for authentication when establishing a connection with the SkyWalking backend service.

tls

Used only if the reporter is gRCP.

• If the field is not empty, TLS will be used to connect to the SkyWalking backend service.

cert_file

TLS client certificate.

server_name_override

Service name.