Tempo data source for Grafana

Note: This core plugin was extracted from the grafana/grafana repository and is now bundled with Grafana.

Overview

Grafana datasource for the Tempo distributed tracing backend — Grafana Labs' high-volume, minimal-dependency open-source tracing system. The plugin lets you query and visualize traces stored in Tempo, including TraceQL, Search, Service Graph, and TraceID-based lookups.

Requirements

• Grafana 12.3.0 or later

Getting started

This plugin is bundled with Grafana — no installation is required for standard Grafana deployments.

1. Navigate to Connections > Data sources in Grafana.
2. Click Add data source and search for "Tempo".
3. Configure the connection settings and click Save & test.

For detailed setup instructions, see the Tempo data source documentation.

Custom Grafana distributions

If you are building a custom Grafana binary or distribution that excludes bundled plugins, you can install this plugin from the Grafana plugin catalog.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at:

https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/tempo/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This plugin is licensed under the AGPL-3.0.