Question: Works with SpecialAgent?

[mosheeshel]

Hi,

I'm trying to accomplish a low effort tracing solution, the idea is minimal code, and save the traceId + spanId to log with all the logging that is currently done by the application.

I found the SpecialAgent which seems to promise automatic wiring and emitting of telemetry when added as the javaagent. It includes a way to plugin a specific tracer (which I want to save the trace data to the application log)

Can I accomplish this goal with this reporter? what else do I need to do/configure in my java app (Slf4J logging)?

The idea is to run my app with -javaagent:/microcosm/app/opentracing-specialagent-1.3.1.jar -Dspecialagent.tracer=span-reporter-slf4j-0.1.0.jar add anything else that is essential (but hopefully the bare minimum.

Thanks