Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 41 – Using Zipkin UI Dashboard to Trace Requests

The video tutorial explains the setup and use of the Zipkin distributed tracing server in a microservices architecture. It covers the necessary components, including RabbitMQ, Eureka naming server, and API Gateway, and details the process of launching and verifying these services. The tutorial demonstrates how to use Zipkin to trace requests across microservices, highlighting its importance in providing visibility into complex systems. It concludes by discussing the challenges of microservices and the role of Zipkin in addressing these issues.

What is the significance of connecting the Zipkin server to Eureka?

Explain how to trace a request using Zipkin.

What challenges does Zipkin help to address in microservices?