# Instana To enable the Instana: ```yaml tab="File (YAML)" tracing: instana: {} ``` ```toml tab="File (TOML)" [tracing] [tracing.instana] ``` ```bash tab="CLI" --tracing.instana=true ``` #### `localAgentHost` _Require, Default="127.0.0.1"_ Local Agent Host instructs reporter to send spans to instana-agent at this address. ```yaml tab="File (YAML)" tracing: instana: localAgentHost: 127.0.0.1 ``` ```toml tab="File (TOML)" [tracing] [tracing.instana] localAgentHost = "127.0.0.1" ``` ```bash tab="CLI" --tracing.instana.localAgentHost=127.0.0.1 ``` #### `localAgentPort` _Require, Default=42699_ Local Agent port instructs reporter to send spans to the instana-agent at this port. ```yaml tab="File (YAML)" tracing: instana: localAgentPort: 42699 ``` ```toml tab="File (TOML)" [tracing] [tracing.instana] localAgentPort = 42699 ``` ```bash tab="CLI" --tracing.instana.localAgentPort=42699 ``` #### `logLevel` _Require, Default="info"_ Set Instana tracer log level. Valid values for logLevel field are: - `error` - `warn` - `debug` - `info` ```yaml tab="File (YAML)" tracing: instana: logLevel: info ``` ```toml tab="File (TOML)" [tracing] [tracing.instana] logLevel = "info" ``` ```bash tab="CLI" --tracing.instana.logLevel=info ```