AWS X-Ray Daemon

This is aws x-ray daemon which runs in a container. This eliminates the need for running the daemon in every docker container.

Requirement

• AWS user credential or AWS iam role with aws managed policy AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess

Running in ec2 environment with iam instance role

docker run -d -p 2000/udp:2000/udp \
--name aws-xray namshi/aws-xray:latest

Running in non-ec2 environment or ec2 environment without iam instance role

docker run -d -p 2000/udp:2000/udp \
-e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=aws_access_key \
-e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=aws_secret_key \
-e AWS_REGION=aws_region \
--name aws-xray namshi/aws-xray --local-mode

Sending metrics from another container to the x-ray daemon container

docker run -d --link aws-xray \
-e AWS_XRAY_TRACING_NAME=myapp
-e AWS_XRAY_DAEMON_ADDRESS=
-e AWS_XRAY_DEBUG_MODE="true"
myorg/myapp:latest

Guide on AWS X-Ray for Java

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-sdk-java.html⁠

Guide on AWS X-Ray for Node.js

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-sdk-nodejs.html⁠

Guide on AWS X-Ray for .NET

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-sdk-dotnet.html⁠