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Erich Blume c281fb5403 Add OpenTelemetry distributed tracing (Tempo + Beyla eBPF) (#286)
## Summary

Adds the third observability pillar — **distributed tracing** — alongside existing metrics (Prometheus) and logs (Loki).

- **Grafana Tempo 2.10.1** on minikube-indri for trace storage with 7d retention, OTLP receivers, and `metrics_generator` that remote-writes span-metrics (RED) to Prometheus
- **Beyla eBPF auto-instrumentation** via a privileged Alloy DaemonSet on ringtail — instruments HTTP services (Frigate, ntfy, Ollama, Immich) without code changes
- **Grafana integration** — Tempo datasource with trace↔log and trace↔metrics correlation, plus Loki derivedFields for trace ID linking
- **Prometheus** scrapes Tempo operational metrics

### Architecture

```
ringtail (k3s)                                indri (minikube)
┌──────────────────────┐                      ┌─────────────────────┐
│ Alloy+Beyla (eBPF)   │──OTLP HTTP────────→ │ Tempo               │
│  ↳ Frigate, ntfy,    │  via tailnet         │  ↳ trace storage    │
│    Ollama, Immich     │                      │  ↳ RED → Prometheus │
└──────────────────────┘                      │                     │
                                              │ Grafana             │
                                              │  ↳ Tempo datasource │
                                              └─────────────────────┘
```

### New files (12)
- `docs/reference/services/tempo.md` — reference doc
- `docs/changelog.d/feature-otel-tracing.feature.md`
- `argocd/apps/tempo.yaml` + `argocd/manifests/tempo/` (6 files)
- `argocd/apps/alloy-tracing-ringtail.yaml` + `argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/` (4 files)

### Modified files (6)
- `argocd/manifests/grafana/datasources.yaml` — Tempo datasource + Loki derivedFields
- `argocd/manifests/prometheus/prometheus.yml` — Tempo scrape target
- `service-versions.yaml` — tempo + alloy-tracing-ringtail entries
- `docs/reference/services/grafana.md` — Tempo in datasources table
- `docs/reference/reference.md` — Tempo in services index
- `docs/reference/operations/observability.md` — Tempo in components list

## Deployment and Testing

- [ ] Sync `apps` app to pick up new Application definitions
- [ ] `argocd app set tempo --revision feature/otel-tracing && argocd app sync tempo`
- [ ] Verify Tempo pod: `kubectl --context=minikube-indri get pods -n monitoring -l app=tempo`
- [ ] Verify Tempo ready: port-forward 3200 and `curl localhost:3200/ready`
- [ ] Verify Tailscale ingresses: `kubectl --context=minikube-indri get ingress -n monitoring`
- [ ] `argocd app set alloy-tracing-ringtail --revision feature/otel-tracing && argocd app sync alloy-tracing-ringtail`
- [ ] Check Beyla discovery in alloy-tracing logs on ringtail
- [ ] Sync grafana-config for updated datasources
- [ ] Sync prometheus for updated scrape config
- [ ] Test Grafana Tempo datasource connection
- [ ] Generate test traffic and search traces in Grafana Explore → Tempo
- [ ] After merge: reset all ArgoCD app revisions back to main

Reviewed-on: #286
2026-03-05 10:51:07 -08:00

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Apps 2026-03-04
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ArgoCD Applications

Registry of all applications deployed via argocd.

Application Registry

App Namespace Path/Source Service
apps argocd argocd/apps/ App-of-apps root
argocd argocd argocd/manifests/argocd/ argocd
tailscale-operator tailscale argocd/manifests/tailscale-operator/ tailscale-operator
1password-connect 1password argocd/manifests/1password-connect/ 1password
external-secrets external-secrets Helm chart 1password
external-secrets-config external-secrets argocd/manifests/external-secrets-config/ 1password
cloudnative-pg cnpg-system mirrors/cloudnative-pg release manifest PostgreSQL operator
blumeops-pg databases argocd/manifests/databases/ postgresql
prometheus monitoring argocd/manifests/prometheus/ prometheus
loki monitoring argocd/manifests/loki/ loki
grafana monitoring Helm chart (forge mirror) grafana
grafana-config monitoring argocd/manifests/grafana-config/ grafana
immich immich Helm chart immich
tempo monitoring argocd/manifests/tempo/ tempo
alloy-k8s alloy argocd/manifests/alloy-k8s/ [[alloy
alloy-tracing-ringtail alloy argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/ [[alloy
kube-state-metrics monitoring argocd/manifests/kube-state-metrics/ K8s metrics
miniflux miniflux argocd/manifests/miniflux/ miniflux
kiwix kiwix argocd/manifests/kiwix/ kiwix
torrent torrent argocd/manifests/torrent/ transmission
navidrome navidrome argocd/manifests/navidrome/ navidrome
teslamate teslamate argocd/manifests/teslamate/ teslamate
cv cv argocd/manifests/cv/ cv
forgejo-runner forgejo-runner argocd/manifests/forgejo-runner/ forgejo CI
ollama ollama argocd/manifests/ollama/ ollama

Sync Policies

Application Policy Rationale
apps Automated Picks up new Application manifests
All others Manual Explicit control over deployments
  • argocd - GitOps platform details
  • cluster - Kubernetes infrastructure