The Opentracing extension for Automation Orchestrator provides tools for gathering data about your Automation Orchestrator environment. You can use this data for troubleshooting the Automation Orchestrator system and workflows.

Before you can configure Automation Orchestrator to use the Opentracing extension, you must enable it in the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.

Note: Starting with Automation Orchestrator 8.8.2, the Opentracing extension for Automation Orchestrator is deprecated and will be removed from the product in a future release.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the Automation Orchestrator Appliance SSH service is enabled. See Activate or Deactivate SSH Access to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.
  • If you have enabled previous versions of the Opentracing extension, you must remove it before enabling the current version. For example, if you have previously enabled version 8.1.0 of the Opentracing extension, you must run the rm /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/extensions/opentracing-8.1.0.jar command.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance over SSH as root.
  2. To list all available extensions, run the ls /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/extensions/ command.
  3. Run the following command to enable the Opentracing extension: 
    mv /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/extensions/opentracing-8.12.0.jar.inactive /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/extensions/opentracing-8.12.0.jar
  4. Log in to the Control Center and confirm that the extension appears in the Extension Properties page.

What to do next

Configure the Opentracing integration with Automation Orchestrator in the Extension Properties page. See Configure the Opentracing Extension.