This is the official documentation of SkyWalking Python agent. Welcome to the SkyWalking community!
The Python Agent for Apache SkyWalking provides the native tracing/metrics/logging/profiling abilities for Python projects.
This documentation covers a number of ways to set up the Python agent for various use cases.
The following table demonstrates the currently supported telemetry collection capabilities in SkyWalking Python agent:
| Reporter |
Supported? |
Details |
| Trace |
✅ (default: ON) |
Automatic instrumentation + Manual SDK |
| Log |
✅ (default: ON) |
Direct reporter only. (Tracing context in log planned) |
| Meter |
✅ (default: ON) |
Meter API + Automatic PVM metrics |
| Event |
❌ (Planned) |
Report lifecycle events of your awesome Python application |
| Profiling |
✅ (default: ON) |
Threading and Greenlet Profiler |
- Find the live demo with Python agent on our website.
- Follow the showcase to set up preview
deployment quickly.
