Security best practices

Volume encryption

Configure disk encryption that is recommended by the appliance vendors depending on your operating system.

Secure backups

Encrypt all backups; follow the storage vendor’s instructions on how to secure backups with encryption on Instana.

Secure users

Ensure that Instana is installed and running as a specific user. No other users must have access to the $HOME or installation folders on the Instana host.

Ensure that other users do not have permissions to manage services and local Kubernetes and container environments on this host.