grafana-tempo Installation Guide Installation Guide

grafana-tempo is a free and open-source high-scale distributed tracing backend. Grafana Tempo provides cost-effective, high-scale distributed tracing storage, integrating seamlessly with Grafana for trace visualization, serving as an alternative to Jaeger or AWS X-Ray

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores recommended

RAM: 2GB minimum (4GB+ recommended)

Storage: 10GB+ for trace data

Network: HTTP/gRPC for ingestion

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 3200 (default grafana-tempo port)

Port 9095 for gRPC, 14268 for Jaeger

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install grafana-tempo
sudo dnf install -y tempo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tempo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3200/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install grafana-tempo
sudo apt install -y tempo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tempo

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 3200

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Install grafana-tempo
sudo pacman -S tempo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tempo

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Install grafana-tempo
apk add --no-cache tempo

# Enable and start service
rc-update add tempo default
rc-service tempo start

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Install grafana-tempo
sudo zypper install -y tempo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tempo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3200/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install tempo

# Start service
brew services start tempo

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install tempo

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'tempo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service tempo start

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install tempo

# Or using Scoop
scoop install tempo

# Verify installation
tempo --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/tempo

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
tempo --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable tempo

# Start service
sudo systemctl start tempo

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop tempo

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart tempo

# Check status
sudo systemctl status tempo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u tempo -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add tempo default

# Start service
rc-service tempo start

# Stop service
rc-service tempo stop

# Restart service
rc-service tempo restart

# Check status
rc-service tempo status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'tempo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service tempo start

# Stop service
service tempo stop

# Restart service
service tempo restart

# Check status
service tempo status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start tempo
brew services stop tempo
brew services restart tempo

# Check status
brew services list | grep tempo

powershell

# Start service
net start tempo

# Stop service
net stop tempo

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service tempo
Stop-Service tempo
Restart-Service tempo

# Check status
Get-Service tempo

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream tempo_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:3200;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name tempo.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name tempo.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/tempo.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/tempo.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://tempo_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName tempo.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://tempo.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName tempo.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/tempo.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/tempo.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3200/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3200/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend tempo_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/tempo.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend tempo_backend

backend tempo_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server tempo1 127.0.0.1:3200 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R tempo:tempo /etc/tempo
sudo chmod 750 /etc/tempo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3200/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status tempo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u tempo -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep tempo)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/tempo"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/tempo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/tempo /var/lib/tempo

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/tempo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop tempo

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/tempo/tempo-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start tempo

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u tempo -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/tempo/tempo.log

# Check configuration
tempo --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/tempo

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 3200

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 3200

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep tempo)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep tempo)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 3200

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  tempo:
    image: tempo:latest
    ports:
      - "3200:3200"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/tempo
      - ./data:/var/lib/tempo
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update tempo

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade tempo

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu tempo

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade tempo

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update tempo

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade tempo

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/tempo-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/tempo

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart tempo

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/tempo

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/tempo -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/tempo

Official Documentation: https://docs.tempo.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/tempo/tempo

Community Forum: https://forum.tempo.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.tempo.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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