Release notes for Instana agent operator

Agent operator updates are released separately from the Instana backend and Agent updates.

2.1.20

Instana agent operator 2.1.19 is released on 3 March 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The agent operator now generates working HTTP proxy strings for the k8sensor even if credentials are not defined.

2.1.19

Instana agent operator 2.1.19 is released on 18 February 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • By default, the agent operator deployment on Kubernetes now uses a single replica to reduce resource consumption.

2.1.18

Instana agent operator 2.1.18 is released on 13 February 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The default k8sensor poll rate is increased to 10 seconds.

2.1.17

Instana agent operator 2.1.17 is released on 13 February 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The logic to specify when to render configuration-opentelemetry.yaml and enable opentelemetry opt-out is modified.
  • Go is updated to version 1.24.0.

2.1.16

Instana agent operator 2.1.16 is released on 3 February 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding is added to instana-agent service account to enable the Prometheus sensor in Kubernetes.

2.1.15

Instana agent operator 2.1.15 is released on 3 February 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Deployment and RBAC naming are changed.
  • Zones are added to the example instanaagent.yaml in the documentation.
  • The link to OLM is corrected in README.md.

2.1.14

Instana agent operator 2.1.14 is released on 14 January 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The operator does not deploy the agent if the custom volume mounts do not match the defined volumes.

2.1.13

Instana agent operator 2.1.13 is released on 13 January 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The dependency golang.org/x/net is updated.

2.1.12

Instana agent operator 2.1.12 is released on 10 January 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Environment variable keys are aligned with Instana public documentation.

2.1.11

Instana agent operator 2.1.11 is released on 7 January 2025.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Support is added for additional volume and mounts.
  • New environment variables are added for repository mirror configuration.

2.1.10

Instana agent operator 2.1.10 is released on 19 November 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Roles are added for node metrics and stats are added for k8sensor.

2.1.9

Instana agent operator 2.1.9 is released on 8 October 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Support for multiple backends is added for Kubernetes sensor.
  • Go is updated to version 1.23.2.
  • Agent memory requests are now aligned with Helm chart.
  • Version is changed from 1.23 to 1.23.0 in go.mod.

2.1.8

Instana agent operator 2.1.8 is released on 3 September 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Go is updated to version 1.23.0, ubi9-minimal and several go libraries
  • The OpenTelemetry default settings are added to the example.
  • Broken links are fixed in the documentation.

2.1.7

Instana agent operator 2.1.7 is released on 13 August 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • The OLTP ports on the service and the pods are bound only if they are enabled by changing default to enabled.

2.1.6

Instana agent operator 2.1.6 is released on 8 August 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Support for multiple backends is added for the host agent: The agent running on Kubernetes can now report to multiple backends. Worker nodes are visible in both backends. However, Kubernetes clusters are visible only shown in the first backend.

  • The issue in which CRD status reported false-positive is now fixed. Previously, the agent custom resource set its status incorrectly to "Failed" instead of "Running" even after proper deployment. This issue is now fixed.

2.1.5

Instana agent operator 2.1.5 is released on 30 July 2024.

2.1.4

Instana agent operator 2.1.4 is released on 23 July 2024.

2.1.3

Instana agent operator 2.1.3 is released on 9 July 2024.

2.1.2

Instana agent operator 2.1.2 is released on 1 July 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • DirectoryOrCreate type is added to the DaemeonSet to make sure that required directories are created.
  • Manual operator catalog promotion is added into the documentation.

2.1.1

Instana agent operator 2.1.1 is released on 24 June 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • A new flag, serviceMesh.enabled, is added.
  • The memory limit of controller manager is increased.

2.1.0

Instana agent operator 2.1.0 is released on 29 May 2024.

Features and Fixes

The following features and fixes are added in this release:

  • Agent deployment now prefers operator method over internal Helm chart.

2.0.32

Instana agent operator 2.0.32 is released on 28 May 2024.

2.0.31

Instana agent operator 2.0.31 is released on 23 May 2024.

2.0.30

Instana agent operator 2.0.30 is released on 17 May 2024.

2.0.27

Instana agent operator 2.0.27 is released on 23 April 2024.