README.md

Running the example to export traces to Google Cloud

You can run this example to generate sample traces on any Google Cloud project.

Prerequisites

Get Google Cloud Credentials on your machine

gcloud auth application-default login

Executing this command will save your application credentials to default path which will depend on the type of machine -

• Linux, macOS: $HOME/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\gcloud\application_default_credentials.json

Export the Google Cloud Project ID to GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT environment variable:

export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="my-awesome-gcp-project-id"

Run the example

You can run the example application via gradle. From the project root:

cd examples/trace/ && gradle run 

You should now see the exported traces in your Google Cloud project.