Required privileges for logs

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Changing the log retention is a sensitive setting in Instana. Therefore, Instana protects it by a role-based access control (RBAC) mechanism. Only users that are assigned with the Instana owner group or a group with the permission to change retention periods can access the retention period settings page.

To assign permission to change the retention period to a user group, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation menu in the Instana UI, select Setting > Security & Access > Access Control > Groups.

  2. Click a group, and then click Edit.

  3. In the Edit access configuration window, click Global functions from the page menu.

  4. In the Log permissions, select the Log retention period checkbox.
    Figure 1. Log retention permission
    Log retention permission
Note: The Log retention period permission is available only after the logging add-on is activated for the tenant unit.