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Single place to manage agent configuration

Now to configure the agent you must modify the configuration.yaml on the server. The idea is to have a place inside instana front to configure the configuration.yaml of each agent.
7 months ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Provide a comprehensive and correct sensor version/release/tag list for a static agent package

Hi, While debugging some .NET tracing issue a constant source of confusion and irritation was/is the versioning and tagging system. Each part of the agent has at least one independent version or release number which is not listed in a comprehensiv...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Want an option for automatic one-liner and Windows install in Infrastructure mode

When performing an installation using the automatic one-liner or the Windows installer, there is no option to setup the Agent in infrastructure mode. This can cause a number of problems. There are times when applications are sensitive to the RFH2 ...
17 days ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

support Scala 3.x and ZIO

this feature request based on debug case number TS018964881. right now instana agent does not support Scala 3.x and ZIO. can you support in next release.
12 months ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Disable Unused Sensor Discovery in Instana for z/OS to Reduce TFP CPU Cost

Instana for z/OS currently performs unconditional sensor discovery for all supported technologies, even when customers only use a small, well‑defined subset (e.g., WebSphere and Java only). Under IBM Z Tailored Fit Pricing (TFP), any avoidable CPU...
23 days ago in Instana / Agent / IBM Z Future consideration

Regarding Monitoring of Multiple PostgreSQL Instances on a Single Server

In terms of PostgreSQL monitoring, if a single instance contains multiple databases, it is possible to monitor all databases. However, my understanding is that it is not possible to monitor multiple instances when there are several instances on a ...
4 months ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor Future consideration

Provide an agent (fleet) management through the backend UI

Hi, The capabilities of the configuration.yaml and the ability to stack several of those files are great but when administering literally 1000s of agents in a tighly controlled production system this proves to be very labour intensive and error pr...
5 months ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Utilise K8s secrets for InstanaAgent configuration

We are currently using the Instana Agent operator in Red Hat Openshift, and need to configure the Instana Agents. There are several places where use of secrets are in plaintext - this is problematic as we use gitops to manage the configuration of ...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Corporate restrictions require RPM Agent install into a different directory from current default

Currently, the RPM based installs of Instana are hard coded to /opt/instana/agent on Linux. The customer has a rule that software MUST be installed into a different filesystem "/apps". They are not allowed to install anything into the /opt filesys...
3 months ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Extend Instana Selective Monitoring by technology and process properties

In its current form, Selective Monitoring requires changes to all applications / processes which should be monitored in an opt-in scenario. Making changes only only in the agent to select applications / processes would keep Instana specific config...
3 months ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

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