X-Ray

X-Ray helps you trace and debug requests across distributed AWS systems. It records each step a user or process takes, letting you find bottlenecks and errors in complex architectures. You need to instrument both your services and SDK calls to get full trace data. X-Ray’s service map and trace details show how requests flow through your system, and you can filter or group traces for easier analysis. Sampling rules help control costs by limiting the number of traces collected.

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Major Learnings

•X-Ray tracks requests across AWS services so you can see how data flows and where issues happen.
•You must instrument both your services (like Lambda, API Gateway) and SDK calls to get complete traces.
•Use service maps, trace details, and segments to spot bottlenecks or errors in your distributed system.
•Sampling rules help balance trace detail and cost; annotations and groups make filtering and sharing easier.

Next Steps

1.Enable X-Ray tracing on all your key AWS services and instrument your SDK calls.
2.Add annotations and segments in your code to make traces more useful for filtering and debugging.
3.Try out the service map and trace detail views to follow a user request through your system.
4.Review your sampling rules to control trace volume and costs, and set up groups for common trace filters.