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Workspace Instana
Categories Backend Enablement
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 9, 2026

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Enable configurable Instana backend and agent communication ports instead of requiring default 80/443 ports.

Many enterprise customers operate Instana in highly restricted network environments where standard HTTP/HTTPS ports such as 80 and 443 may be tightly controlled by centralized security or network teams. In these environments, customers may be required to use internally approved non-standard ports for specific systems, zones, or monitoring platforms. Requiring Instana backend or agent communication to use only the default 80/443 ports can delay deployment, require additional exception approvals, or prevent production adoption.

This idea is to provide an officially supported way to configure alternative ports for Instana backend ingress and agent communication endpoints.

The feature should allow customers to:

  • Change the default backend listener or ingress ports from 80/443 to customer-approved ports.
  • Configure Instana agents to communicate with the backend using those alternative ports.
  • Reflect the selected ports consistently across stanctl, installation templates, agent deployment commands, health checks, TLS/certificate configuration, and documentation.

This would benefit customers with strict internal network standards, healthcare, public sector, financial customers, and managed Kubernetes environments where port usage is centrally governed.

Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Marcelo Ibanez
    Jul 16, 2026

    Thank you for raising this idea.

    After investigating with our team, we can confirm that this capability is technically supported in Instana Self-Hosted — however, we recognize that the current documentation does not make this clear for your use case.

    The external HTTPS port is configurable in the coreSpec. This is actually already used internally for a specific use case, so we know it works.

    I will set this idea to In Development. As soon as our capacity allows it, we will work on the docs.
    In the meantime I'll slack you to see how we can help you




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