> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.groundcover.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate.md).

# Operate

- [Security considerations](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/security-considerations.md)
- [Customize usage](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage.md)
- [Filtering Kubernetes entities](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/filtering-kubernetes-entities.md): Customize data collection by filtering K8s entities
- [Custom data retention](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-data-retention.md)
- [Sensitive data obfuscation](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/sensitive-data-obfuscation.md)
- [Custom storage](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-storage.md): Customize groundcover storage volumes for logs, metrics and traces
- [Custom logs collection](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-logs-collection.md): Custom k8s logs filtering / storing
- [Custom labels and annotations](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-labels-and-annotations.md)
- [Enrich data with static labels](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-labels-and-annotations/enrich-metrics-with-static-labels.md)
- [Enrich logs, traces, events, and metrics with pod labels & annotations](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-labels-and-annotations/enrich-logs-and-traces-with-pod-labels-and-annotations.md)
- [Enrich metrics with node labels](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/custom-labels-and-annotations/enrich-metrics-with-node-labels.md)
- [Customize tracing payload size](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/customize-tracing-payload-size.md)
- [Disable tracing for specific protocols](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/disable-tracing-for-specific-protocols.md)
- [Tuning resources](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/tuning-resources.md)
- [Controlling the eBPF sampling mechanism](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/customize-usage/controlling-the-ebpf-sampling-mechanism.md)
- [Storage Management](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/storage-management.md): Optimize between your storage needs and storage costs
- [Backup & Restore Metrics](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/backup-and-restore-metrics.md): Learn how to backup and restore metrics into groundcover metrics storage
- [Fleet Manager](https://docs.groundcover.com/operate/fleet-manager.md): The fleet manager service is a backend component that is in charge of managing groundcover's entities throughout the different clusters managed by the backend.


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