Additional instance identity properties
Each ADS instance has a unique identity that aids in distinguishing it from other instances. By default, ADS automatically generates this identity using the following format:
default-<xxxxxxxx>
The ID consists of the following:
default-is a constant prefix.<xxxxxxxx>is a randomly generated 8-digit hexadecimal string.This random part is regenerated every time the ADS service restarts, ensuring that each ADS instance has a unique identity.
However, you can customize the ADS instance identity by either setting a constant identity, or by defining a prefix proceeding the random generated part. In order to do this, you have to add the identity section in the deployment.yaml file and set one of the following options:
- Constant identity
- Prefix identity
This option will set ADS to have a constant value as an identity.
identity:
constant: <constant-value>
This constant ID will not change across restarts of the ADS service.
This option generates an identity that has your custom string prefix to precede the randomly generated part.
identity:
prefix: <your-custom-prefix>
The random section of the ID is updated during each restart of the ADS service. This will create identities in the following format:
your-custom-prefix-<xxxxxxxx>
The value of the constant and prefix properties can include any alphanumeric character and/or the '-' and '_' characters. However, the length of the constant or the prefix should not exceed 100 characters.
You can find Information about your generated ADS instance ID in the logs of ADS via the endpoint address interface as described in System information.