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+<!--
+Hi, thank you for opening an issue!
+Before hitting the button...
+
+** Is this a REQUEST FOR HELP? **
+If so, please have a look at:
+- How WeaveScope works : https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/how-it-works/ 
+- our troubleshooting page: https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/building/
+- our help page, to choose the best channel (Slack, etc.) to reach out: https://weave-community.slack.com/messages/scope/
+
+** Is this a FEATURE REQUEST? **
+If so, please search existing feature requests, and if you find a similar one, up-vote it and/or add your comments to it instead.
+If you did not find a similar one, please describe in details:
+- why: your use-case, specific constraints you may have, etc.
+- what: the feature/behaviour/change you would like to see in Weave Scope
+Do not hesitate, when appropriate, to share the exact commands or API you would like, and/or to share a diagram (e.g.: asciiflow.com): "a picture is worth a thousand words".
+
+** Is this a BUG REPORT? **
+Please fill in as much of the template below as you can.
+
+Thank you!
+-->
+
+## What you expected to happen?
+
+## What happened?
+<!-- Error message, actual behaviour, etc. -->
+
+## How to reproduce it?
+<!-- Specific steps, as minimally and precisely as possible. -->
+
+## Anything else we need to know?
+<!-- Cloud provider? Hardware? How did you configure your cluster? Kubernetes YAML, KOPS, etc. -->
+
+## Versions:
+<!-- Please paste in the output of these commands; 'kubectl' only if using Kubernetes -->
+```
+$ scope version
+$ docker version
+$ uname -a
+$ kubectl version
+```
+
+## Logs:
+```
+$ docker logs weavescope
+```
+or, if using Kubernetes:
+```
+$ kubectl logs <weave-scope-pod> -n <namespace> 
+```
+<!-- (If output is long, please consider a Gist.) -->
+<!-- Anything interesting or unusual output by the below, potentially relevant, commands?
+$ journalctl -u docker.service --no-pager
+$ journalctl -u kubelet --no-pager
+$ kubectl get events
+-->
+