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Allow Unsecured HTTP for Ansible Blocks in Ansible Integration

At this time, it seems the Integration for Ansible (Specifically Ansible Tower Block) ensures that the URI going through uses secure HTTPS. The authenticate.js and request.js use a const uri that prefixes HTTPS to the URI. Ansible AWS can however ...
about 12 hours ago in Concert Workflows 0 Submitted

Global variables for workflows

Introduce global-level variables that can be defined once and used across all workflows. These variables would store values such as notification email addresses, API keys, or shared configuration data, eliminating repetitive setup and reducing mai...
about 14 hours ago in Concert Workflows 0 Submitted

Add Connect:Direct API

Canada's 2nd largest food distributor, Sobeys, is interested in pursing a PoC around Sterling SFG certificates and Connect:Direct certificates. API documentation can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/connect-direct/6.4.0?topic=connectdire...
5 days ago in Concert Workflows 0 Under review

Request to Remove the 400-Topic Limit for Kafka Metrics Collection in Instana Agent

Currently, Instana Agent imposes a limit of 400 topics for Kafka metrics collection. We would like to kindly request that this restriction be relaxed or removed. In the system we are currently building, the number of topics is expected to reach ap...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Future consideration

Request for Kafka Partition-Level Metrics Collection in Instana

Currently, Instana does not provide the ability to collect Kafka metrics at the partition level. For example, it is not possible to monitor the backlog of messages for each partition. If such information cannot be obtained directly in Instana, it ...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Under review

Enable Export of Logs Collected via OTEL Collector from Instana UI in File Formats

Currently, logs collected via the OTEL Collector cannot be exported from the Instana UI in formats such as CSV or XLSX. At present, it is possible to copy individual log messages using log links or by copying them to the clipboard. However, there ...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Future consideration

Integration with Chef

Potential customer is currently going through a PoV for Concert Workflows. They rely heavily on Chef for managing their On-Prem infrastructure. Asking if we can introduce a new integration with Chef for this evaluation. The Vendor in consideration...
3 months ago in Concert Workflows 1 Functionality already exists

Increase days for retention for traces and calls

Currently Instana allows to keep the history of calls and traces for 7 days, however, due to business requirements and policies that the entity must comply with before other areas and governmental entities, Instana is requesting to extend this ret...
8 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Future consideration

Add some sample workflows and documentation for Expect SSH Integration into the Automation Library

At this time, there is no good documentation or samples for the ExpectSSH integration. While it could be argued that it's not needed, it's very difficult for a user to know how to design a workflow that uses the ExpectSSH array format. Know that t...
about 2 months ago in Concert Workflows 0

Increasing the largest selectable timeframe in dashboard more than 1 month

Hi, Is there any way to expand the timespan for more than one month? If not, this is a clear needs for all of our customers. BR
about 3 years ago in Instana / Metric Store / User Interface 1 Future consideration