Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Bump ... No one?

I am a little disappointed to be honest. Not even a hint from the admins or moderators - There's got to be somebody else out there who runs Instana in a bigger environment.

Sharing is caring :-)

Regs,

Rainer

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Hi Rainer, we have the same problem.

But we are not the only ones.

There is an idea in the portal 

Self-Monitoring Instana with Instana - Document Instana custom metrics [INSTANA-I-1684]

that was created in July 2023 and there is no solution til now. Please vote it. It is not a my idea but I believe that it so important.

I think that Instana SWAT/Tiger team should do better ...

Carla 

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Hi Rainer, we have a similar requirement and an associated IDEA as well (IBM Ideas).

We spoke with a group of Instana developers and they recommended to have at least 2 Instana instances so that they could monitor each other.  From what I gather this is what they do with their SAS implementation of Instana.  From my understanding if Instana is monitoring itself it creates a type of feedback loop which will eventually consume all of the available resources.

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer

Hi Dala, thanks for that info. 

I know that it is vitally important to run the agent which is monitoring Instana only in INFRASTRUCTURE mode, as the APM mode will overwhelm the backend with useless traces. 

And that's exactly why we are looking for a best practices advice, as we are going to run a huge setup and need to be able to manage it here.

Regs,

Rainer

Hi Rainer, we have a similar requirement and an associated IDEA as well (IBM Ideas).

We spoke with a group of Instana developers and they recommended to have at least 2 Instana instances so that they could monitor each other.  From what I gather this is what they do with their SAS implementation of Instana.  From my understanding if Instana is monitoring itself it creates a type of feedback loop which will eventually consume all of the available resources.

Hi,

Instana is powerful and fast but needs resources to enable it. We (bigger IT organisation in Germany) are currently on the mission to setup a big custom self-hosted installtion on OpenShift and we need a little guidance.

One of the things we need is a way to monitor the backend components so we can take appropriate measures before something serious happens. We lack the experience though and are interested in existing best practices, dashboards, etc.

Even hints and tips on what to look out for are greatly appreciated. 

I am sure that we are not the only ones out there with questions around operating a huge Instana installation and hope for a vital interest and lots of participation here.

Thanks and regards,

Rainer