Inquiry About Official Public Images for Jaeger Collector on ECR

[eilaytal]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to see if there are any official public images available for the Jaeger collector that can be used with Amazon ECR, similar to those available on Docker Hub (like jaegertracing/jaeger-collector).

Any information or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[jkowall]

Here is the LLM answer, sorry I don't use ECR personally:

Deploying Jaeger on Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) involves several steps. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to accomplish this:

Preparing the Environment

Before deploying Jaeger, ensure you have:

1. An AWS account with necessary permissions
2. AWS CLI installed and configured
3. Docker installed on your local machine

Creating an ECR Repository

First, create an ECR repository to store the Jaeger images:

1. Open the Amazon ECR console
2. Click "Create repository"
3. Name your repository (e.g., "jaeger")
4. Configure any additional settings as needed
5. Click "Create repository"

Pushing Jaeger Images to ECR

Now, push the Jaeger images to your ECR repository:

1. Authenticate your Docker client to your ECR registry:

aws ecr get-login-password --region <your-region> | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com

2. Pull the official Jaeger images:

docker pull jaegertracing/jaeger-collector:latest
docker pull jaegertracing/jaeger-query:latest
docker pull jaegertracing/jaeger-agent:latest

3. Tag the images with your ECR repository URI:

docker tag jaegertracing/jaeger-collector:latest <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:collector
docker tag jaegertracing/jaeger-query:latest <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:query
docker tag jaegertracing/jaeger-agent:latest <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:agent

4. Push the images to ECR:

docker push <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:collector
docker push <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:query
docker push <your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:agent

Deploying Jaeger on ECS

To deploy Jaeger on Amazon ECS:

1. Create an ECS cluster if you don't have one
2. Create task definitions for each Jaeger component (collector, query, agent)
3. Create ECS services to run these tasks

Here's an example task definition for the Jaeger collector:

{
  "family": "jaeger-collector",
  "containerDefinitions": [
    {
      "name": "jaeger-collector",
      "image": "<your-account-id>.dkr.ecr.<your-region>.amazonaws.com/jaeger:collector",
      "portMappings": [
        {
          "containerPort": 14250,
          "hostPort": 14250,
          "protocol": "tcp"
        },
        {
          "containerPort": 14268,
          "hostPort": 14268,
          "protocol": "tcp"
        }
      ],
      "environment": [
        {
          "name": "SPAN_STORAGE_TYPE",
          "value": "elasticsearch"
        },
        {
          "name": "ES_SERVER_URLS",
          "value": "http://<your-elasticsearch-endpoint>:9200"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create similar task definitions for the query and agent components[1][3].

Setting Up Storage Backend

Jaeger requires a persistent storage backend. For production use, it's recommended to use Elasticsearch or Cassandra[5]. Here's how to set up Elasticsearch:

1. Create an Amazon Elasticsearch domain
2. Configure the Jaeger collector and query services to use this Elasticsearch endpoint

Accessing Jaeger UI

After deployment, you can access the Jaeger UI:

1. Find the public IP or DNS of the EC2 instance running the Jaeger query service
2. Access the UI via a web browser at http://<instance-ip-or-dns>:16686

Security Considerations

Ensure proper security measures:

1. Use private subnets for Jaeger components when possible
2. Configure security groups to restrict access
3. Use AWS IAM roles for task execution and service permissions

Monitoring and Scaling

1. Set up CloudWatch alarms to monitor Jaeger performance
2. Use ECS service auto-scaling to handle varying loads

By following these steps, you can successfully deploy Jaeger on Amazon ECR and ECS, providing a robust distributed tracing solution for your applications[6][7].

Citations:
[1] https://www.ramadankhalifa.net/how-to-deploy-jaeger-on-aws/
[2] https://github.com/kolomiets/quickstart-jaeger
[3] https://betterprogramming.pub/introducing-jaeger-quick-start-deploying-on-aws-f0ee5d398e8a?gi=f9d392a5df25
[4] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/example_ecr_Scenario_RepositoryManagement_section.html
[5] https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/1.62/deployment/
[6] https://www.aspecto.io/blog/how-to-deploy-jaeger-on-aws-a-comprehensive-step-by-step-guide/
[7] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/docker-push-ecr-image.html