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README.md
Protocols
There are two types of protocols list here.
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Probe Protocol. Include the descriptions and defines about how agent send collected metric data and traces, also the formats of each entities.
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Query Protocol. The backend provide query capability to SkyWalking own UI and others. These queries are based on GraphQL.
Probe Protocol
They also related to the probe group, for understand that, look Concepts and Designs document. These groups are Language based native agent protocol, Service Mesh protocol and 3rd-party instrument protocol.
Language based native agent protocol
This protocol is combined from two parts:
- Cross Process Propagation Headers Protocol is for in-wire propagation. which is usually used to carrier the necessary info to build trace.
- SkyWalking Trace Data Protocol define the communication way and format between agent and backend.