Configuring the Go Tracing Library

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After you set up the tracing library with your code, configure the Agent to collect APM data, and activate the Go integration, optionally configure the tracing library as desired.

Datadog recommends using DD_ENV, DD_SERVICE, and DD_VERSION to set env, service, and version for your services.

Read the Unified Service Tagging documentation for recommendations on how to configure these environment variables. These variables are available for versions 1.24.0+ of the Go tracer.

You may also elect to provide env, service, and version through the tracer’s API:

package main

import (
    "gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
)

func main() {
    tracer.Start(
        tracer.WithEnv("prod"),
        tracer.WithService("test-go"),
        tracer.WithServiceVersion("abc123"),
    )

    // When the tracer is stopped, it will flush everything it has to the Datadog Agent before quitting.
    // Make sure this line stays in your main function.
    defer tracer.Stop()
}

The Go tracer supports additional environment variables and functions for configuration. See all available options in the configuration documentation.

DD_VERSION

Set the application’s version, for example: 1.2.3, 6c44da20, 2020.02.13

DD_SERVICE

The service name to be used for this application.

DD_ENV

Set the application’s environment, for example: prod, pre-prod, staging.

DD_AGENT_HOST

Default: localhost
Override the default trace Agent host address for trace submission.

DD_TRACE_AGENT_PORT

Default: 8126
Overrides the default trace Agent port for Datadog trace submission. If the Agent configuration sets receiver_port or DD_APM_RECEIVER_PORT to something other than the default 8126, then the library configuration DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT must match it.

DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT

Default: 8125
Overrides the default trace Agent port for DogStatsD metric submission. If the Agent configuration sets dogstatsd_port or DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT to something other than the default 8125, then the library configuration DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT must match it.

DD_TRACE_SAMPLING_RULES

Default: nil
A JSON array of objects. Each object must have a "sample_rate". The "name" and "service" fields are optional. The "sample_rate" value must be between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive). Rules are applied in configured order to determine the trace’s sample rate. For more information, see Ingestion Mechanisms.
Examples:

Set the sample rate to 20%: '[{"sample_rate": 0.2}]'
Set the sample rate to 10% for services starting with ‘a’ and span name ‘b’ and set the sample rate to 20% for all other services: '[{"service": "a.*", "name": "b", "sample_rate": 0.1}, {"sample_rate": 0.2}]'.

DD_TRACE_SAMPLE_RATE

Enable ingestion rate control.

DD_SPAN_SAMPLING_RULES

Default: nil
A JSON array of objects. Rules are applied in configured order to determine the span’s sample rate. The sample_rate value must be between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive). For more information, see Ingestion Mechanisms.
Example:

Set the span sample rate to 50% for the service my-service and operation name http.request, up to 50 traces per second: '[{"service": "my-service", "name": "http.request", "sample_rate":0.5, "max_per_second": 50}]'

DD_TRACE_RATE_LIMIT

Maximum number of spans to sample per-second, per-Go process. Defaults to 100 when DD_TRACE_SAMPLE_RATE is set. Otherwise, delegates rate limiting to the Datadog Agent.

DD_TAGS

Default: []
A list of default tags to be added to every span and profile. Tags can be separated by commas or spaces, for example: layer:api,team:intake,key:value or layer:api team:intake key:value.

DD_TRACE_STARTUP_LOGS

Default: true
Enable startup configuration and the diagnostic log.

DD_TRACE_DEBUG

Default: false
Enable debug logging in the tracer.

DD_TRACE_ENABLED

Default: true
Enable web framework and library instrumentation. When false, the application code doesn’t generate any traces.

DD_SERVICE_MAPPING

Default: null
Dynamically rename services through configuration. Services can be separated by commas or spaces, for example: mysql:mysql-service-name,postgres:postgres-service-name, mysql:mysql-service-name postgres:postgres-service-name.

DD_INSTRUMENTATION_TELEMETRY_ENABLED

Default: true
Datadog may collect environmental and diagnostic information about your system to improve the product. When false, this telemetry data will not be collected.

DD_TRACE_PARTIAL_FLUSH_ENABLED

Default: false
Enables incrementally flushing large traces to the Datadog Agent, reducing the chance of rejection by the Agent. Use only when you have long-lived traces or traces with many spans. Valid values are true or false. Added in version 1.54.0. Only compatible with the Datadog Agent 7.26.0+.

DD_TRACE_PARTIAL_FLUSH_MIN_SPANS

Default: 1000
Number of spans within a trace that can be partially flushed to the Datadog Agent. DD_TRACE_PARTIAL_FLUSH_ENABLED must be true for partial flushing to occur. Added in version 1.54.0. Only compatible with the Datadog Agent 7.26.0+.

DD_TRACE_CLIENT_IP_ENABLED