Advanced Configuration

This guide provides advanced configuration, logs, and options for Distributed Tracing (APM) including the following:

• Correlate Logs
• How to shape data you do not want to send
• Working with Span attributes

In this section, we will introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Correlate Logs

Learn how to link your traces and logs together for a broad and deep understanding of your environment. See the following sections based on your language:

📄️ What if I don't want to send all the tracing data to Sumo Logic?

Most of configuration rules described below are based on whole trace inspection (such as end-to-end trace duration) and the decision of whether to send a trace or not, is also based on all or none spans for the trace. Therefore it is important that a single collector working with that capability enabled, always sees a complete trace.

📄️ Working with Span attributes

You can add, delete, hash, or modify span attributes (metadata tags) on Collectors or directly in your application code. This helps you enhance diagnostic details included in your data, remove redundant information to cut the cost, or mask sensitive information before they leave your site.