Enabling Instana metric collection

You can enable License Service to allow Instana to collect metrics about License Service pod containers.

After you enable Instana metric collection, you can view metrics about License Service pod containers in Instana. For more information, see Configuring and monitoring supported technologies in the Instana documentation.

Prerequisites

A cluster with Instana configured.

Procedure

Enable Instana metric collection by adding enableInstanaMetricCollection: true to the IBMLicensing custom resource (CR). This action triggers the License Service pod to restart.
```
 kubectl patch IBMLicensing <name-of-your-License-Service-instance> --type merge -p '{"spec": {"enableInstanaMetricCollection": true}}'
```
Go to Instana and check if Instana collects and shows the License Service metrics.

Note: The License Service metrics might not be immediately shown in Instana.

To view the License Service metrics in Instana, go to Instana and select Infrastructure > . For more information about Instana, see Instana documentation.

Disabling Instana metric collection

Disable Instana metric collection by changing the value of enableInstanaMetricCollection parameter to false in the IBMLicensing custom resource (CR). This action triggers the License Service pod to restart.

kubectl patch IBMLicensing <name-of-your-License-Service-instance> --type merge -p '{"spec": {"enableInstanaMetricCollection": false}}'