diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/application-config/zipkin.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/application-config/zipkin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca3aed2263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/application-config/zipkin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+spring.application.name=zipkin
+server.port=9411
+
+eureka.client.region = default
+eureka.client.registryFetchIntervalSeconds = 5
+
+logging.level.org.springframework.web=debug
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
index 044730ba22..97c440c249 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zipkin</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/SecurityConfig.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/SecurityConfig.java
index 9e5c424403..935e50ec72 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http.authorizeRequests()
             .antMatchers("/book-service/books").permitAll()
+            .antMatchers("/zipkin/**").permitAll()
             .antMatchers("/eureka/**").hasRole("ADMIN")
             .anyRequest().authenticated()
             .and()
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
index 43491ff36b..ca453e1007 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,12 @@ spring.cloud.config.discovery.enabled=true
 spring.cloud.config.username=configUser
 spring.cloud.config.password=configPassword
 
-eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://discUser:discPassword@localhost:8082/eureka/
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+eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://discUser:discPassword@localhost:8082/eureka/
+
+zuul.routes.zipkin.path=/zipkin/**
+zuul.routes.zipkin.sensitive-headers=Set-Cookie,Authorization
+hystrix.command.zipkin.execution.isolation.thread.timeoutInMilliseconds=600000
+
+spring.sleuth.sampler.percentage=1.0
+spring.sleuth.web.skipPattern=(.+?cleanup.*|.+favicon.*)
+spring.zipkin.base-url=http://zipkin
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diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/pom.xml
index ccfbdb9735..83879cf7d4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <module>gateway</module>
         <module>svc-book</module>
         <module>svc-rating</module>
+        <module>zipkin</module>
     </modules>
 
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/pom.xml
index c351c444f6..cbf7083b83 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zipkin</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
index 8f3a3261ac..e8360ecb6f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-book/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ spring.cloud.config.username=configUser
 spring.cloud.config.password=configPassword
 
 eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://discUser:discPassword@localhost:8082/eureka/
+
+spring.sleuth.sampler.percentage=1.0
+spring.zipkin.base-url=http://zipkin
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diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/pom.xml
index 2285286812..f02ba88f04 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zipkin</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
index be5cf7f1e1..a43e7d76a5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/svc-rating/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ spring.cloud.config.username=configUser
 spring.cloud.config.password=configPassword
 
 eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://discUser:discPassword@localhost:8082/eureka/
+
+spring.sleuth.sampler.percentage=1.0
+spring.zipkin.base-url=http://zipkin
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d43590366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.4.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-eureka</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zipkin-server</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zipkin-autoconfigure-ui</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!--<dependency>-->
+            <!--<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>-->
+            <!--<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>-->
+        <!--</dependency>-->
+
+        <!--<dependency>-->
+            <!--<groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>-->
+            <!--<artifactId>spring-session</artifactId>-->
+        <!--</dependency>-->
+        <!--<dependency>-->
+            <!--<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>-->
+            <!--<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>-->
+        <!--</dependency>-->
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-cloud-dependencies.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <spring-cloud-dependencies.version>Brixton.SR7</spring-cloud-dependencies.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
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diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/zipkin/ZipkinApplication.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/zipkin/ZipkinApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb1355e258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/zipkin/ZipkinApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.bootstrap.zipkin;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.EnableEurekaClient;
+import zipkin.server.EnableZipkinServer;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+@EnableEurekaClient
+@EnableZipkinServer
+public class ZipkinApplication {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+                SpringApplication.run(ZipkinApplication.class, args);
+        }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9569179a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/zipkin/src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+spring.cloud.config.name=zipkin
+spring.cloud.config.discovery.service-id=config
+spring.cloud.config.discovery.enabled=true
+spring.cloud.config.username=configUser
+spring.cloud.config.password=configPassword
+
+eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://discUser:discPassword@localhost:8082/eureka/
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