Distributed Tracing with AWS X-Ray

AWS X-Ray is a powerful service that helps developers analyze and debug distributed applications, such as those built using a microservices architecture. X-Ray provides end-to-end visibility into application requests as they travel through various services, offering insights into the application’s performance and operational health.

AWS X-Ray helps you understand how your application and its underlying services are performing. It traces requests as they move through your application, collecting data on the underlying components and providing a detailed view of their performance and behavior. This service is particularly useful for identifying bottlenecks, detecting performance issues, and understanding the dependencies between different application parts.

To use X-Ray, you must instrument your application using the X-Ray SDK. This will enable X-Ray to track inbound and outbound requests and other application events. When a user accesses...