{"id":"ludayong20-zipkin-server","name":"zipkin-server","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/ludayong20/zipkin-server","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/ludayong20/zipkin-server","category":"monitoring","subcategories":[],"tags":["distributed-tracing","zipkin","observability","self-hosted","backend-server","tracing-api"],"what_it_does":"zipkin-server is an open-source Zipkin backend service that receives, stores (optionally), and serves distributed tracing data (spans) collected from instrumented applications via Zipkin-compatible APIs.","use_cases":["Self-host distributed tracing for microservices","Debugging performance issues and service-to-service latency","Tracing requests across polyglot services (via Zipkin instrumentation)","Building observability dashboards by querying stored traces/spans"],"not_for":["A production-grade managed observability SaaS with turnkey scaling and support","Event/audit logging systems not based on Zipkin tracing semantics","Use cases requiring strict multi-tenant isolation out of the box without additional architecture"],"best_when":"You want to run Zipkin in your own infrastructure and integrate with existing Zipkin-compatible tracing emitters and storage backends.","avoid_when":"You need a turnkey managed service, or you cannot provide the operational requirements of running and securing a tracing datastore/API yourself.","alternatives":["Jaeger","OpenTelemetry Collector + a tracing backend (e.g., Tempo, Jaeger)","New Relic Distributed Tracing","Datadog APM Traces"],"af_score":36.2,"security_score":39.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:25:34.634018+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":true,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["Unauthenticated by default (commonly in self-hosted setups unless a reverse proxy/WAF is used)","Reverse-proxy based authentication/authorization (typical deployment pattern)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"The evaluation is based on package name/typical Zipkin server deployment patterns; the provided prompt does not include repo/README evidence of a built-in auth mechanism or scope model."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source software; costs are infrastructure/ops for hosting and storage."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":36.2,"security_score":39.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":30.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":70.0,"auth_strength":30.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":40.0,"secret_handling":50.0,"security_notes":"As a self-hosted tracing backend, security typically depends on deployment: enforcing HTTPS/TLS at the server/proxy layer, network segmentation, and adding authentication via reverse proxy if the server does not provide it. The provided prompt contains no concrete evidence of scope-based auth, secret management, or dependency audit results.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":50.0,"breaking_changes_history":30.0,"error_recovery":40.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Tracing ingestion endpoints accept high write volume; naive retry without idempotency can create duplicate spans.","Operational concerns (storage backend choice, retention, indexing) affect behavior and performance; agents should not assume defaults are sufficient.","If deployed behind a proxy, ensure the proxy preserves required headers (e.g., for trace context) and does not strip request bodies unexpectedly."]}}