# Zipkin

### Supported Types

| Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| ------- | ---- | ------ |
|         |      | ✓      |

### Configuration Table

| Parameter              | Type     | Default         | Description                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------- | -------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| hostname\*             | `string` |                 | Hostname or IP address of the Zipkin server.                                                                                                         |
| port                   | `int`    | 14250           | Port (gRPC) of the Zipkin server.                                                                                                                    |
| path\*                 | `string` | "/api/v2/spans" | API path to send traces to.                                                                                                                          |
| enable\_tls            | `bool`   | false           | Whether or not to use TLS.                                                                                                                           |
| insecure\_skip\_verify | `bool`   | false           | Enable to skip TLS certificate verification.                                                                                                         |
| ca\_file               | `string` |                 | Certificate authority used to validate TLS certificates. It is required only if the underlying operating system does not trust Zipkin's certificate. |
| mutual\_tls            | `bool`   | false           | Whether or not to use mutual TLS authentication.                                                                                                     |
| cert\_file             | `string` |                 | A TLS certificate used for client authentication.                                                                                                    |
| key\_file              | `bool`   |                 | A TLS private key used for client authentication.                                                                                                    |

*<mark style="color:red;">\*required field</mark>*

### Supported Retry and Queuing Settings

This destination supports the [retry settings](/configuration/bindplane-otel-collector/retry-on-failure.md), the [sending queue settings](/configuration/bindplane-otel-collector/sending-queue.md), and the [persistent queue settings.](/configuration/bindplane-otel-collector/persistent-queue.md)

| Sending Queue | Persistent Queue | Retry on Failure |
| ------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| ✓             | ✓                | ✓                |


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