lib/instana/agent.rb in instana-1.7.11 vs lib/instana/agent.rb in instana-1.7.12

@@ -150,10 +150,12 @@
     # Starts the timer loop for the timers that were initialized
     # in the setup method.  This is blocking and should only be
     # called from an already initialized background thread.
     #
     def start
-      ::Instana.logger.warn "Host agent not available.  Will retry periodically." unless host_agent_ready?
+      unless host_agent_ready?
+        ::Instana.logger.warn "Host agent not available.  Will retry periodically. (Set env INSTANA_QUIET=1 to shut these messages off)"
+      end
 
       loop do
         if @state == :unannounced
           @collect_timer.pause
           @announce_timer.resume