Deploy and Host jaeger on Railway

What is jaeger?
Jaeger is an open-source distributed tracing tool used for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices-based architectures. Developed by Uber and now part of the CNCF, Jaeger helps developers trace request flows, visualize service dependencies, and identify latency bottlenecks across distributed systems.

About Hosting jaeger

Hosting Jaeger requires running its collector, agent, query service, and user interface—either as standalone binaries, Docker containers, or orchestrated deployments. On Railway, deploying Jaeger is simple: launch the Jaeger services (commonly as containers), connect them with your chosen storage backend, and expose endpoints to your applications for trace reporting and query. Railway automates infrastructure, networking, scaling, and updates, enabling you to focus on distributed tracing rather than low-level operations.

Common Use Cases

• End-to-end tracing of requests for root-cause analysis in microservices
• Visualizing and optimizing application performance and service dependencies
• Monitoring distributed transactions for error detection and latency

Dependencies for jaeger Hosting

• Jaeger binaries or container images (all-in-one or modular services)
• Storage backend (e.g., Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Kafka, or in-memory)

Deployment Dependencies

• Docker (recommended for quick, containerized deployments)
• Railway CLI (for managing deployment and workflow)

For more, visit the Jaeger GitHub repository.

Why Deploy jaeger on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it. By deploying jaeger on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.