Which are the different data sources from where the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Java agent can collect spans and metrics data?

The APM Java Agent collects telemetry from Java applications:

Jaeger or Zipkin (C): These are open-source distributed tracing systems. The Java Agent can integrate

with Jaeger- or Zipkin-compatible applications, collecting spans and metrics for APM analysis.

Why not A, B, or D?

NginX (A): A web server; APM uses other agents (e.g., Browser Agent) for such systems.

WebLogic, etc. (B): Application servers, but not direct data sources; the agent collects from the app,

not the server type.

VMware ESXi (D): A hypervisor, unrelated to Java tracing.

Jaeger and Zipkin compatibility extends APM’s reach.

Reference: APM Java Agent