# OpenTracing


> Instrument NGINX with OpenTracing-compliant requests for a range of distributed tracing services, such as Zipkin, Jaeger and Datadog. Note that the opentracing module provides the framework for recording traces; you will also need to install a service-specific tracing module.  This module (“tracer”) pushes traces to the collector and analyser provided by that service.


**Note:**  The `nginx-plus-module-opentracing` package is no longer available in the NGINX Plus repository.

The module was deprecated in [NGINX Plus Release 31](/nginx/releases.md#r31) and removed in [NGINX Plus Release 34](/nginx/releases.md#r34). Its functionality has been replaced with the [OpenTelemetry](/nginx/admin-guide/dynamic-modules/opentelemetry.md) module.

To remove the module, follow the [Uninstalling a dynamic module](uninstall.md) instructions.

## More info

- [NGINX plugin for OpenTracing GitHub project](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing)

- [NGINX dynamic modules](/nginx/admin-guide/dynamic-modules/dynamic-modules.md)

- [NGINX Plus technical specifications](/nginx/technical-specs.md)

- [Uninstalling a dynamic module](uninstall.md)