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    Adding script/ command to encrypt password for instana host agent configurations

    Instana deployment: standard edition multi node adding a method to encrypt the password within the configuration file instead of using plain text password but using scripts/ commands not using hash vault or environment variable. Similar to the enc...
    33 minutes ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

    Controlling instana default events (change, online, offline)

    if possible to shut down some change/online/offline events similar to the control over default events in the Events page. To clarify this, controlling change/online/offline events to be sent to the alert channel and appear in alert dashboard but n...
    37 minutes ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

    Exporting and Importing instana Events

    It would be useful if we could have an option to "quickly" export configured perspectives/websites/events etc that we have set from Instana, maybe into a YAML/JSON/XML format, and then it can be imported again into an Instana interface. I think th...
    40 minutes ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

    Documentation for the new Gateway API feature of Custom Edition on AKS, replacing NGINX.

    The Kubernetes community has officially announced the retirement of the Ingress NGINX project, which directly impacts long-term platform stability and security. According to the Kubernetes announcement, Ingress NGINX will only receive best-effort ...
    7 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

    [GOV][INSTANA][PROD][PLATFORM] Feature Request: Automated Log Retention Policy for Instana

    Hi Team, We are currently experiencing frequent disk utilization issues in our Production Instana environment. At present, we are relying on manual cleanup activities every month to maintain stability. While we have a temporary workaround in place...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Self Hosted 1 Needs more information

    Instana: Add a 'Maintenance-Aware' filter/toggle to the Events View to hide muted events"

    Problem Statement Currently, when a Maintenance Window is active, Instana correctly suppresses notifications (Alerting Channels). However, the Events view continues to display all triggered events regardless of the maintenance status. During large...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Self Hosted 1 Submitted

    If an agent cannot connect to the backend, all data will be cached until agent can be reconnected

    With our current ITM6 agent there is caching of both alerting and historical metric data meant for the WPA.. With Instana being a streaming only agent with all processing on the server side, in the event of an outage or agent communication issues ...
    about 2 months ago in Instana / Agent / Self Hosted 0 Under review

    Instana Deployment on OpenShift Must Comply with RH ACS Policies — or Provide Clear Exceptions

    When deploying Instana on OpenShift, the deployment should comply with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RH ACS) policies. If full compliance is not technically feasible, Instana must provide transparent explanations of the gaps and rationale, so...
    3 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 3 Under review

    Git proxy functionality on backend for agents in DMZs

    Hi, When we install agents in production they are not allowed to connect to the internal Github to receive their configuration. Gitops is only possible if the requests could be routed through the backend. Any change in production also needs a long...
    6 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 1 Future consideration

    Need improved prereq checking for Standard Edition

    There are a number of common problems that we've seen with customer installs where better prereq checking could have prevented an installation failure. We would like to see the prereq checker improved to check for additional prereqs. The following...
    7 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 3 Future consideration

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