Distributed Tracing and Bi-Directional Drilldowns

APM Integration

Configure bi-directional drilldowns between APM and ThousandEyes

Summary #

In this section we will configure the APM Connector in ThousandEyes.

Step 1: Create the Splunk APM Connector in ThousandEyes #

The metric streaming integration from the previous section uses an Ingest token. This step is different: ThousandEyes needs to query Splunk APM and build trace links, so it uses a Splunk API token instead.

1. In Splunk Observability Cloud, create an access token with the API scope.

2. In ThousandEyes, go to Manage > Integrations > Integrations 2.0, and change to the Connectors tab.

3. Create a Generic Connector. You can select the Preset as Splunk Observability APM:

   • Name: Splunk APM
   • Target URL: https://api.<REALM>.signalfx.com
   • Header: X-SF-Token: <your-api-scope-token>

4. Click Save and Assign Operation

   

5. Click New Operation and select Splunk Observability APM.

6. Name it Splunk APM.

7. Click Save & Assign Connector.

   

8. Select the connector you just created and click Save.

Troubleshooting Guidance

If you see something like No assigned operation then you need to click Manage to assign it.