Use the Grafana Tempo connector to monitor distributed application traces.
Integrating your application with Grafana Tempo lets you use these operations in an automation. It exposes 6 actions, listed below. Add the connector from the Connections area, authenticate, then select its operations in the automation builder. Capabilities: actions.
Authentication
Before you begin, make sure you have the following information:
Connection Name: Choose a meaningful name for your connection. This name helps you identify the connection within your application or integration settings.
Authentication Type: The authentication method for this connector is defined in the connection setup. Select the connector in the Connections area to see the fields it requires.
Obtaining Your Access Policy Token
Log in to your Grafana Cloud account at grafana.com.
Select the organization you want to use from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
In the left navigation, click Security, then select Access Policies.
Click Create access policy.
Enter a display name, choose the Realm (your organization or the specific stack running Tempo), and under Scopes select traces:read.
Click Create to save the access policy.
Open the access policy you just created and click Add token.
Enter a display name for the token, then click Create.
Click Copy to clipboard to copy the generated token and store it securely — it is shown only once.
Actions
Action Name | Description |
|---|---|
Get Available Tags | Retrieve all discovered tag names organized by scope |
Get Tag Values | Retrieve all discovered values and data types for a given tag |
Get Trace by ID | Retrieves a complete trace by its trace ID |
Query Metrics Instant | Execute instant TraceQL metrics query at a single point in time, returning single values per time series |
Query Metrics Range | Execute TraceQL metrics queries over a time range to generate Prometheus-compatible time-series metrics |
Search Traces | Search for traces using TraceQL queries or tag-based search |