Binding BusinessWorks Application to OpenTelemetry on Docker

You can enable open tracing on docker using environment variable.

Before you begin

Ensure the OpenTelemetry agent is running.

Procedure

Create a Dockerfile to deploy TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition application on docker. For more information about creating Dockerfile, see Application Development for Docker in the Application Development guide.
```
FROM tibco/bwce:latest
MAINTAINER Tibco
ADD <application name>.ear/
EXPOSE 8080
```
Run the Docker terminal and navigate to the directory where the EAR and Docker file are stored.
Run the following command to build the application image:
```
docker build -t <application name> . 
```
In docker run command, set the environment variables for BW_JAVA_OPTS to enable open tracing.

Run the command in the docker terminal using docker machine IP or using link.

docker run -d -p 18050:8080
-e BW_JAVA_OPTS= -Dbw.engine.opentelemetry.enable=true
-e BW_JAVA_OPTS= -Dbw.engine.opentelemetry.span.exporter.endpoint=http://localhost:4317 <application name>