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

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

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

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance SSH service is enabled. See Activate or Deactivate SSH Access to the vRealize 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 vRealize 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-8.9.0.jar.inactive /data/vco/usr/lib/vco/app-server/extensions/opentracing-8.9.0.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 vRealize Orchestrator in the Extension Properties page. See Configure the Opentracing Extension.