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Run Scripts ( Bash / Python etc.,)

From agent to execute scripts and feed the data to Instana for custom alerts and metrics.
7 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Option to discover newly added services or Agent to Instana

Once applications onboarding to Instana on a daily bases we are looking if we can get notified as and when new service shows up in Instana. This will help us to keep a track on service and host details which got onboarded to Instana.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Capture parameters of dynamic SQL statement for JDBC

Dynamic SQL is normally writing a query with parameters, and it will be very helpful to show the actual value of the parameters of SQL statement during problem diagnose. Current Instana can only display the SQL statement without the parameters val...
19 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Enable Profiling for Applications on Windows OS

Customers need the ability to identify hotspots at a very granular level, this will help them further troubleshoot Windows hosted applications and services. All customers current and future will benefit from this. This capability should work just ...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

add metrics support for undertow

undertow is an open source project behind Jboss. it's one of the most popular embeded web server in Spring Boot applications. customer has obersevability for this technology. customer is interested in metrics regarding http requests and thread poo...
22 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Allow blocking of entries to Agent Log File

Instana Agent Logs specifically for both Solaris and Windows OS that monitors our JBOSS platforms is showing the same error against all active PIDS. This is not seen in the Instana SaaS Dashboard for the AP or in the JBOSS logs, it is only within ...
26 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

MSSQL sensor does not support extracting the port from multiple instances(running on two different ports) on the same host

Since theMSSQL sensor does not support extracting the port from multiple instances(running on two different ports) on the same host.We can extract either the default port without the configuration or the non default port which is configured via co...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Differentiate between Agent and JVM offline events.

It is not possible to differentiate between a JVM going offline and if there is a communication drop with the Instana agent. This has been discussed with IBM support TS013050872. Request for service improvement to be able to tell the difference so...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Limiting host agent CPU installed using Archive (tar.gz) technology

The agent is being installed using the static host agent tar.gz file provided by the Backend, the compress file is copied and extracted on the target host. Then, the agent is configured as needed. Using the archive technology (tar.gz) you can limi...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Configure MTLS for IBMMQ

The Use case behind this is that the client needs to configure MTLS for IBMMQ, and needs to provide the certificates (and password/secret) via JKS files. Basically trying to accomplish this in the helm chart: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.3...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent / Kubernetes / MQ 2 Submitted