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    IBM OpenStack Sensor: Add configurable Keystone API path, HTTP/HTTPS protocol, certificate verification, domain support, and Canonical OpenStack compatibility

    The current IBM OpenStack sensor (com.instana.plugin.ibmopenstack) has several hardcoded defaults that prevent it from working with non-standard or self-hosted OpenStack deployments. The sensor appears to have been built primarily for Red Hat Open...
    2 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

    z/OS USS Started Task Procedure for Host Agent

    Provide a method to allow for automation of Instana host agent under z/OS USS that allows for starting the agent outside of an SSH session.
    8 days ago in Instana / Agent 0

    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...
    15 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

    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.
    4 months ago in Instana / Agent 3 Future consideration

    Rest API to configure Agent run mode

    We have a feedback from one of the customers who wanted to turn instana-agents off in bulk as a emergency shutdown in a situation where agents lead to production outage. (Happened in the past). None of the current REST APIs seems to have this func...
    23 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

    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 ...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Under review

    Non-root installation of Instana agent

    By installing the agent as a non-root user, the Instana administrator has the ability to stop, start, or reconfigure the agent without having to manage or request access as the root user. This process can sometimes take up to 24 hours to grant acc...
    10 months ago in Instana / Agent 2 Not under consideration

    nstana Agent Operator: Missing Required Images, Incorrect Tag Usage, and No Offline Image Selection in Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog for Air‑Gapped OpenShift Environments

    BWI reported that the Instana Agent Operator from the Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog cannot be deployed successfully in air‑gapped OpenShift environments due to several concrete technical issues. Two required container images are missing from ...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

    Need flexibility in RPM install to install the agent into a different directory

    Currently, the RPM based installs of Instana are hard coded to /opt/instana/agent on Linux. The custom has a rule that software MUST be installed into a different filesystem "/apps". They are not allowed to install anything into the /opt filesyste...
    14 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

    Want RPM based Agent installs to setup a service account and configure Instana to run with the service account

    The customer has a need to run the Agent as a non-root user. In this case, the user can have elevated privileges, but can't be root. The customer would like the RPM install process to have an option to create the user account and then configure th...
    14 days ago in Instana / Agent 2 Planned for future release

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