# jaeger

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title: jaeger
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---

<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/tracers/jaeger.md -->

**Available in:** Self-Managed

Send tracing events to a [Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) agent or collector.

#### Common

```yml
tracers:
  jaeger:
    agent_address: ""
    collector_url: ""
    sampler_type: const
    flush_interval: "" # No default (optional)
```

#### Advanced

```yml
tracers:
  jaeger:
    agent_address: ""
    collector_url: ""
    sampler_type: const
    sampler_param: 1
    tags: {}
    flush_interval: "" # No default (optional)
```

## [](#fields)Fields

### [](#agent_address)`agent_address`

The address of a Jaeger agent to send tracing events to.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `""`

```yaml
# Examples:
agent_address: jaeger-agent:6831
```

### [](#collector_url)`collector_url`

The URL of a Jaeger collector to send tracing events to. If set, this will override `agent_address`.

Requires version 3.38.0 or later.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `""`

```yaml
# Examples:
collector_url: https://jaeger-collector:14268/api/traces
```

### [](#flush_interval)`flush_interval`

The period of time between each flush of tracing spans.

**Type**: `string`

### [](#sampler_param)`sampler_param`

A parameter to use for sampling. This field is unused for some sampling types.

**Type**: `float`

**Default**: `1`

### [](#sampler_type)`sampler_type`

The sampler type to use.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `const`

| Option | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| const | Sample a percentage of traces. 1 or more means all traces are sampled, 0 means no traces are sampled and anything in between means a percentage of traces are sampled. Tuning the sampling rate is recommended for high-volume production workloads. |

### [](#tags)`tags`

A map of tags to add to tracing spans.

**Type**: `string`

**Default**: `{}`