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Downloading and executing Java files in synthetic monitoring.

Hello,We require a product enhancement in Instana Synthetic Monitoring to enable the controlled download and execution of Java files (JARs/classes) within synthetic monitoring scripts. This would allow the script to download a Java artifact from a...
3 months ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Synthetic PoP support for ARM architecture

Please consider to add official ARM64 compatible images for all Instana self hosted Synthetic PoP components. ARM architecture proves to be ever more popular and this feature would enable teams to fully migrate to this new ecosystem. PS: Please co...
8 months ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Instana Synthetic scripts to support SOAP/WSDL format

Instana Synthetic scripts should natively support SOAP/WSDL communication. There's a lot of legacy applications, which are still using SOAP/WSDL method and which should be monitored by Instana scripts.
11 months ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Build Synthetic Images with arm compability

Have it possible to run backend on arm instances
11 months ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Group synthetic tests for better overview and navigation

It would be nice to create groups and assign tests to one or multiple groups to make it easier to find tests for team members or stakeholders of a certain test topic.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Need options other than helm to install the synthetic PoP servers

I'm working with a customer that has access to the kubernetes cluster, but doesn't have access to helm. So, he can't install the synthetic playback (PoP server). We need to provide other options for installing the PoP server. Ideally, provide both...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Instana needs to send notifications/alerts when active directory certificates expire in OpenShift on Z

Without this notification, it's a manual effort to keep checking for expired certificates
over 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Z / Synthetic Not under consideration

Deploying POP without the need for a Kubernetes cluster

We want to deploy a Synthetic Monitoring POP in a remote location in order to perform synthetic tests. The location does not provide a Kubernetes cluster of any flavour which blocks our use case. We would like to deploy a POP on an Android device ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

The customer wants an alarm when the same test goes wrong on 2 different POP

The customer wants an alarm when the same test goes wrong on 2 different POP.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration

Synthetics tests versioning

It would be great to automatically version Synthetic tests, so that users can scroll, see changes, and if necessary revert to older versions of tests and their configuration
over 2 years ago in Instana / Synthetic Not under consideration