https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Exclude-Kubernetes-pods-from-Monitoring/m-p/289528#M3338 <P>Hello.</P><P>I want to exclude some pods from injection that belong to a stateful set.</P><P>What is the difference doing it via:</P><P>1. Pod annotation</P><P>2. Container Monitoring rules on Settings page</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you</P> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:28:10 GMT Theodore_x86 2025-11-13T12:28:10Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Exclude-Kubernetes-pods-from-Monitoring/m-p/289528#M3338 <P>Hello.</P><P>I want to exclude some pods from injection that belong to a stateful set.</P><P>What is the difference doing it via:</P><P>1. Pod annotation</P><P>2. Container Monitoring rules on Settings page</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you</P> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:28:10 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Exclude-Kubernetes-pods-from-Monitoring/m-p/289528#M3338 Theodore_x86 2025-11-13T12:28:10Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Exclude-Kubernetes-pods-from-Monitoring/m-p/291598#M3409 <P>Hi,&nbsp;<a href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/50066">@Theodore_x86</a>!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Can you take a look at this Dynatrace Documentation page and let us know whether is it helping you in any way?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>-&gt;&nbsp;<STRONG><A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/setup-on-k8s/guides/deployment-and-configuration/monitoring-and-instrumentation/annotate" target="_self">Configure monitoring for namespaces and pods</A></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you for any feedback!</P> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:01:55 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Exclude-Kubernetes-pods-from-Monitoring/m-p/291598#M3409 Michal_Gebacki 2025-12-16T16:01:55Z