pkin</a>,
regardless of the language, framework, or platform you use to build your application.</p><p>This task uses the <a href=/v1.26/docs/examples/bookinfo/>Bookinfo</a> sample as the example application.</p><p>To learn how Istio handles tracing, visit this task&rsquo;s <a href=../overview/>overview</a>.</p><h2 id=before-you-begin>Before you begin</h2><ol><li><p>Follow the <a href=/v1.26/docs/ops/integrations/zipkin/#installation>Zipkin installation</a> documentation to deploy Zipkin into your cluster.</