IBM DataPower Tracing

DataPower Gateway 10.6.0 and later supports the native tracing based on OpenTelemetry, and the tracing calls can be accepted by OpenTelemetry ingestion of Instana agent. This support is primarily for API Connect integration. For DataPower Gateway 10.6.0 and later, you must use DataPower Gateway native tracing.

If the DataPower Gateway 10.5.x and the DataPower instance is deployed through the API Connect Operator in Red Hat OpenShift, the Instana DataPower Tracing feature can monitor the API Management capability and examine how APIs start in the DataPower API Gateway.

Supported platforms

For information on supported platforms, see Supported platforms for IBM DataPower Tracing.

Enabling native tracing for IBM DataPower Gateway

To enable native tracing for IBM DataPower Gateway, complete the following steps:

  1. Configure OpenTelemetry data ingestion for Instana. For more information, see Configuring OpenTelemetry data ingestion.

  2. Enable native tracing. For more information, see OpenTelemetry integration.

After DataPower Gateway native is enabled, create an application perspective to view trace information.

To create an application perspective to view trace information, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the application perspective wizard in one of the following ways:
    • From the navigation menu on the Instana UI, select Applications.
    • Click Add > New Application Perspective on the Application page .
  2. Select Services or Endpoints, and then click Next.
  3. Click Add filter, and then select a service name. Multiple services and endpoints can be selected by using OR conditions. For DataPower service, the default service name is apiconnect.
  4. In the Application Perspective Name field, enter a name for the DataPower application perspective, and then click Create.

Enabling Instana tracing for IBM DataPower Gateway

To enable Instana tracing for DataPower Gateway, see Tracing for DataPower API Gateway.