Self-Hosting

Observability

Set up OpenTelemetry tracing with Jaeger.

Observability

Kaiten supports OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing.

Quick Start

Start with Jaeger included:

make up-full

Open Jaeger UI at http://localhost:16686.

Configuration

Enable tracing via environment variables:

KAITEN_OTEL_ENABLED=true
KAITEN_OTEL_ENDPOINT=http://jaeger:4318
KAITEN_OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=kaiten-api
KAITEN_OTEL_INSECURE=true

What's Traced

All HTTP requests to the API
Database queries
Outbox event inserts
Seeder operations (parent span: seeder.run)
CDC event processing

Custom OTLP Endpoint

To send traces to a different backend (Grafana Tempo, Datadog, etc.), set KAITEN_OTEL_ENDPOINT to your OTLP endpoint.

Event Pipeline

Set up the full event pipeline with RabbitMQ, Debezium, Dapr, and Svix.

Seed Data

Seeder profiles for development and demo environments.

On this page

Observability Quick Start Configuration What's Traced Custom OTLP Endpoint