Is there solution for the case that agent and collect_server are network isolated

[SimonLiuhd]

Hi all,

The application with java agent deployed in customer's environment, which is separated with internet, while the collector back-end server is deployed in my company network.
The challenge are followings:
1> the java agent writes the tracing information collected on the local disk system (such as a local file)
2> the collector back-end service  imports the above offline tracing files, and shows the tracing chains on UI
Is the above possible? Or is there another ideal solution for the isolated environment case?

Any suggestion is appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Simon

[wu-sheng]

Is the above possible? Or is there another ideal solution for the isolated environment case?

Possible, yes, but the community don't have this. This is too special case to everyone. And SkyWalking is a monitoring system, rather than a BI system. This is not our use case.

[SimonLiuhd]

Thank your so fast reply, Sheng.

I think what you mean by "Possible" is that we can extend the java-agent and collector server by coding to achieve it, right?
Could you please give me some key points or references about that?

Simon

[wu-sheng]

This would not be easy. Take a look how Kafka reporter works, change it to file reporter.
But after that, we still have to deal with some gRPC not connected event in the core. GRPCChannelManager has to be set in connected status.(No recommend way, because we never expect to change this.)

[SimonLiuhd]

Thanks a lot. Great helps for me.

Simon