Viewing External Endpoints in Service Map

TLDR A inquires about seeing external endpoints in service map, such as azure ARM rest API. Srikanth explains only DB and Messaging systems are supported; confirms adding more support is on roadmap.

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:07:36 UTC

hey, is it possible to see external endpoints in service map?

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Srikanth
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:02:13 UTC

Is this a third-party external service endpoint?

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:02:38 UTC

yes

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Srikanth
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:03:52 UTC

Is it some sort of database or messaging system?

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:05:29 UTC

in this specific case it is azure ARM rest api

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:05:38 UTC

also apis for google cloud etc.

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Srikanth
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:07:33 UTC

No, that is not currently supported. Only DB and Messaging systems are supported for external endpoints as of now.

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:07:52 UTC

is that on the roadmap?

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Srikanth
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:10:29 UTC

Yes, not the high priority at the moment.

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:10:43 UTC

thanks for info

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:12:24 UTC

oh btw you mentioned messaging systems, but we can't see our rabbitmq in the service map

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:13:04 UTC

postgresql is visible thou

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Srikanth
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:13:07 UTC

What library do you use, there should be instrumentation support and enabled for it to show up in map

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:14:01 UTC

ok I'll pass that to our backend team to check it out

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:15:21 UTC

just to clarify, that should be enabled in the services interacting with rabbitmq not in the rabbitmq itself?

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A
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:16:24 UTC

ok nvm rabbit is actually visible, developer was too fast to declare otherwise, sorry :slightly_smiling_face: