Dynatrace supports multiple approaches for distributed tracing:
* OpenTracing is supported as an open standard for instrumenting applications and sending trace data
* OpenTelemetry is the modern, preferred open standard for collecting and exporting traces, metrics, and logs into Dynatrace
* Dynatrace OneAgent SDK enables custom instrumentation for tracing in cases where automatic instrumentation is not sufficient Dynatrace RUM focuses on capturing real user interactions and frontend performance, not distributed tracing.
Dynatrace Operator is used for deploying OneAgent in Kubernetes environments and does not provide tracing capabilities itself.
These supported tracing methods allow Dynatrace to capture end-to-end distributed traces across modern, cloud-native, and custom environments.
Reference: Based on official Dynatrace University training materials covering distributed tracing and instrumentation.