Integrations
Grafana Tempo
Connect Castrel to Grafana Tempo for distributed tracing.
Overview
- Connector Name:
tempo - Supported API Version: Grafana Tempo HTTP API
- Supported Server Versions: Grafana Tempo v2.0.0 and later
- Official Documentation: Grafana Tempo Docs
Configuration
To use the Tempo tools, you need to configure a Connector with the following fields:
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
instance_name | Yes | Instance name to identify this connector instance. |
base_url | Yes | The base URL of your Tempo server (e.g., http://tempo:3200). |
auth_type | Yes | Set to none or basic. |
username | No | Basic Auth username. |
password | No | Basic Auth password. |
verify_ssl | No | SSL certificate verification (default: true). |
Available Tools
The connector provides tools for trace retrieval and analysis.
- Trace Retrieval: Get a specific trace by ID.
- Trace Search: Search for traces using TraceQL or criteria.
- Metadata: List tag names and values to help filter searches.
- Metrics: Query metrics derived from traces (RED metrics).