Deploy Jaeger v2 as an OpenTelemetry Collector distribution and migrate from Jaeger v1
domain: jaegertracing.io · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Verified steps
Review the Jaeger v2 migration guide to understand the shift from separate all-in-one/collector/query binaries to a single OTel Collector-based `jaeger` binary
Write an OTel Collector-style YAML config for Jaeger v2, configuring a `jaeger_storage` extension for your backend (e.g. Badger, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or ClickHouse)
Add the `jaeger_query` extension to serve the Jaeger UI and query API from the same binary
Map old CLI flags (e.g. `--es.*`, `--cassandra.*`) to their equivalent fields in the `jaeger_storage` extension config
Point OTel-instrumented services' OTLP exporters at the new binary's receiver instead of the old Jaeger collector endpoint
Validate storage connectivity and query results in staging before cutting production trace traffic over
Known gotchas
Jaeger v2 configuration is fundamentally different (OTel Collector YAML vs CLI flags/separate binaries), so plan for a config rewrite rather than a simple version bump
Confirm the exact end-of-life date/version for Jaeger v1 binaries against the current migration guide, since that timeline can shift between releases
Storage backend support and extension option names have evolved across early v2 releases — check the docs version matching your target Jaeger release
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