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New Logging feature available for docker-based on-prem installation

According to this: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=premises-installing-instana-backend-kubernetesopenshift#61-logging-beta it is only possible to enable this if using the Operator.Could we please document how to set...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Logging / Self Hosted 4 Not under consideration

Filtering by Log Parameters in Analytics Tab

In the Analytics tab we would like for there to be a filtering option for log parameters. There is not currently an option to filter based off of log params only the messages and level. I have attached screenshots below
about 1 year ago in Instana / Logging 2 Not under consideration

Log message body information sent via OpenTelemetry

Forwarding Golang and Nodejs application logs which are deployed in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service to Instana agent or Instana backend via fluentbit using OpenTelemetry exporter
4 months ago in Instana / Logging 7 Not under consideration

Logging add HTTP Header into the log parameters

Hello, Here is some infos about the request. We highly use custom headers to get contextual informations about HTTP calls . For instance device type, application version etc ..Currently we can filter these informations on the view Application> ...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Logging 0 Not under consideration

Get EventId Info from Log.

Dears, It will be better to get EventId info from log file... We should get more info for an EventId from log files...
9 months ago in Instana / Logging 2 Not under consideration

Custom keyword for ELK

I would like to have the possibility of changing the keyword that Instana uses when redirecting to Kibana The problem is that Instana uses keyword that Kibana does not find, so when redirecting no machine is found.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

Support for getting Logs through API

In Instana we are able to get all data from the API but the logs. We need to expose an API to extract logs. This would also help to extend retention of logs outside Instana.
7 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

Integration with Logging tools - Scalyr

Feature Request: Integration with Logging tools to allow easy access to/from Instana.Tools: Scalyr Splunk.
over 4 years ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration