Running Trace-Based Tests with GitHub Actions and Secrets

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  1. tracetest

    🔭 Tracetest - Build integration and end-to-end tests in minutes, instead of days, using OpenTelemetry and trace-based testing.

    Each one of these APIs has their code specified inside our source code on GitHub (here) inside the services folder. You can run them together using Docker Compose along with a Tracetest Agent, which we will use to test these services with the following command:

  2. AppSignal

    Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

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  3. jaeger

    CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform

    These APIs are instrumented with OpenTelemetry SDKs and send data to Jaeger via the OpenTelemetry Collector.

  4. tracetest-github-action

    GitHub Action for running trace-based tests against Tracetest with our CI/CD pipeline

    The next step is to install the Tracetest CLI in the CI container with the Tracetest Github Action and configure the CLI. You can do this by adding the following step:

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