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BeeInstana‑Status im Instana‑Operator‑Log anzeigen

uring the deployment of the Instana backend, the operator log records the status of all databases – except BeeInstana. This creates confusion and hampers monitoring. Consolidate all database information in a single placeProvide full transparency d...
9 days ago in Instana / Logging Under review

Allow multiple config files for the OTEL collector

As well as the regular tracing and host information collection, the config file contains all the log parsing and processing information for every log file that the collector must work. A customer I am working with who is looking to migrate from IT...
4 months ago in Instana / Logging Needs more information

Ability to view logs after agent loss

It would be interesting to be able to view an agent's logs from the SaaS in order to analyze the reason for its loss. Currently, logs can only be viewed when the agent is reporting to the SaaS, but it would be good to be able to analyze the last m...
5 months ago in Instana / Logging Not under consideration

Please add seconds parameter in the input dates field for UI time range section

In general, logs are generated at a nanosecond level. However, in Instana, the current filtering and time range adjustment options are limited to a minimum of one minute. While this granularity may suffice for some use cases, it becomes insufficie...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Logging Not under consideration

Node logs(kubelet logs) by using Instana sensor or configurations

to get insights on the events and issues at Node level.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Kubernetes / Logging Not under consideration

Integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs

Currently, Instana's Otel Collector does not support integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs out of the box, which means that its integration with AWS service logs and event functions is inferior to that of its competitors.
7 months ago in Instana / Logging Planned for future release

Instana should support LOKI as a log source

The latest versions of the OpenShift Logging Operator have dropped support for ElasticSearch and have moved over to LOKI. Instana needs to be able to use LOKI as a log integration source in order for us to maintain a vendor supported logging model...
10 months ago in Instana / Logging Not under consideration

Logs Enhancement - Smart Alert should have more grouping , Log file mentionning and log body

The New Log integration is functionnal within instana , but the smart alert integration lack key component to send alerts with the rightfull data for notifications. It currently will only tell you that you exceeded the set threshold regarding the ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Logging Future consideration

Add Otel tags in log volume Analysis

Add Open Telemetry tags filter group in log volume to facilite analysis volumetry sent directly to Instana Backend (without passing through Instana Agent)
5 months ago in Instana / Logging Not under consideration

Highlighting the matching query-term in search results

When i search for a text in the logs that are stored in Instana, in the result there is currently no highlighting of the part in the log-message that matches my query-term. I would argue that it is state of the art to highlight the query term in t...
3 months ago in Instana / Logging Under review

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