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title: "Jaeger data source | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Guide for using the Jaeger data source in Grafana"
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# Jaeger data source

Grafana ships with built-in support for [Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/), an open source, end-to-end distributed tracing system. Use the Jaeger data source to query and visualize traces, explore service dependencies, and correlate traces with logs and metrics.

## Supported features

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| Feature     | Supported |
|-------------|-----------|
| Traces      | Yes       |
| Metrics     | No        |
| Logs        | No        |
| Alerting    | No        |
| Annotations | No        |

## Get started

The following documents help you set up and use the Jaeger data source:

- [Configure the Jaeger data source](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/jaeger/configure/)
- [Jaeger query editor](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/jaeger/query-editor/)
- [Troubleshoot Jaeger data source issues](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/jaeger/troubleshooting/)

## Additional features

After configuring the data source, you can:

- Use [Explore](/docs/grafana/next/explore/) to query traces without building a dashboard.
- Enable the [Node Graph visualization](/docs/grafana/next/panels-visualizations/visualizations/node-graph/) to display trace structure and service dependencies.
- Configure [trace to logs](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/jaeger/configure/#trace-to-logs) to link spans to log entries in Loki or Splunk.
- Configure [trace to metrics](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/jaeger/configure/#trace-to-metrics) to navigate from traces to related metrics.
- Link to Jaeger traces from [logs](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/loki/configure-loki-data-source/#derived-fields) using derived fields or from [metrics](/docs/grafana/next/fundamentals/exemplars/) using exemplars.

## Related resources

- [Official Jaeger documentation](https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/)
- [Grafana community forum](https://community.grafana.com/)