OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler support in Instana

Instana now supports the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler, (up to commit 2698137). You can use this profiler to analyze Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, and NodeJS applications.

Supported operating systems

To make sure that the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler is compatible with your current setup, check the following system requirements:

  • Operating system: Linux x86_64 or ARM64
  • Minimum Kernel version: 5.10.0
  • C Runtime: GNU
  • Minimum C Runtime version: 2.26.0

Configuration

To enable the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler, add the following configuration to the agent configuration file located at <agent_install_dir>/etc/instana/configuration.yaml:

com.instana.plugin.ebpf:
  opentelemetry-ebpf-profiling:
    enabled: true