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Manage Metrics & Data storage - ability to delete data based on time, limit the time frame data retention

We have standard edition in our environment and recently we have an issue where the data file system is reaching 98% which causes performance issue i.e. we're unable to view events in Instana GUI. We should have the ability to delete collected dat...
about 20 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Support for Kafka heap configuration in Standard Edition

Dear Colleagues, during PoC with one of our customers we were trying to adjust kafka configuration to handle increased load, and it appeared to be that we need to grant more memory and heap to Kafka. As soon as it is Standard Self-Hosted Instana b...
2 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Need to be able to install and manage Standard Edition via sudo

Today, in order to install and manage Instana Standard Edition, you must login as root. Running commands via sudo does not work properly. Many customers do not allow users to log onto servers as root. All elevated permissions must be accessed via ...
12 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Access to public Artifactory repositories via web browsers is restricted due to company security controls.

Our company laptops have recently been migrated to a cloud‑native environment. Previously, we used specific URLs with dedicated credentials to download Instana and MQ‑related software. However, under the new setup, the credential pop‑up prompt is ...
6 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Need improved t-shirt sizes for Standard Edition

We need to improve our t-shirt sizing for Standard Edition. We need sizes that allow our sales teams and customers to choose the right architecture to meet their needs. There are a number of key requirements and reasons that we need this data. Our...
7 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Provide the ability to add additional nodes to a Standard Edition deployment to add more capacity and have more flexibility of where datastores are located

For some customers, a 3 node or 5 node standard edition deployment doesn't quite meet their needs from a scale/performance standpoint. If Standard Edition were a little bit more flexible, customers could address their performance bottlenecks. For ...
14 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Need a manifest to mirror all standard edition packages and helm charts

We need the ability to generate a manifest for all packages that might be used for standard edition environments. Today, customers can run "stanctl versions list-images" which generates a manifost for the core containers. But, there are items that...
14 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Need the ability to generate an air-gapped package from a desktop/laptop system

Many of our customers do not have a Linux server with internet access that can be used to generate the air-gapped package that is necessary for a Standard Edition installation. They have Linux servers, but there are firewalls that prevent access. ...
14 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Add `stanctl plan` sub-command for planning stuff (e.g. upgrade, storage) in day 2

It’s a huge pain point nowadays when tying to do some day 2 operations at Instana backend. For example, when trying to upgrade to one desired version from current installed version, there might be a few “jumps”, based on the “upgrade from” info, t...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Requesting the ability to perform incremental backups to Instana backend self-hosted.

Adding an option for an incremental backup would help reduce product downtime needed for the full backup. This would benefit all Self-Hosted installations. Suggesting the ability to perform a full backup monthly and then incremental backups as nee...
21 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

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