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Allow Instana agent sending metrics to both Instana backend and our streaming layer, e.g. Kafka

We propose that the Instana agent should be capable of transmitting metrics not only to the Instana backend but also to our streaming layer, specifically Kafka. This dual transmission capability will enhance our data processing and analytics capab...
2 months ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

Compliance - Data retention policy for ITM

To comply with the data retention policy, we need to implement a mechanism within ITM that automatically removes older data and logs from both the tool and the underlying system.
4 months ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

Need to trace incoming calls for applications exposed via 3Scale

Dear Colleagues, we have a customer who is using 3Scale to expose their application APIs to the Internet. At the moment they successfully trace backend calls with Instana and see errors when they happen. However they can't exactly match incoming c...
5 months ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

To include extra custom slots in logfile agent as in existing version (v6.3 Fixpack7)as it has only 10 custom slots

To include extra custom slots in logfile agent as in existing version (v6.3 Fixpack7)as it has only 10 custom slots
7 months ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

Audit logging capabilities for TEP Admin activities

The current Audit trail we see is EIB Change log which gives information on insert/delete/update /add but doesnt give a detailed picture about what exactly was changed and by whom on edits/deletes of situation ,workspace, policy, MSL, user adminis...
8 months ago in ITM/IBM APM 0 Not under consideration

Automation solution to download the Fixpack for the ITX & ITCAM

We are planning to build the automation solution to download the Fixpack for the ITX & ITCAM , the current automation download binary does not support these products , can you add the capability for the same . https://www.ibm.com/support/pages...
11 months ago in ITM/IBM APM 1 Not under consideration

Let integration with elasticsearch include filters of entire application perspective

Dear colleagues, at the moment button appears only on host, port, container dashboard: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=logging-elk#accessing-elk-from-the-instana-ui and leads to the correspondent item only. Please c...
12 months ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

PromQL capable Grafana Datasource plugin

Overhaul and/or extend the Grafana Plugin, or create a completely new Datasource to provide Instana metrics which can be consumed via PromQL.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

GlassBox integration to see the Instana backend tracing correlated to the end user sessions recorded by GlassBox.

The customer want to understand better the beckend behavious starting from the GlassBox recorded sessions.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Integrations 2 Not under consideration

Third party integration with Icinga

Hi Instana team, I have a couple customers, principally FOD Financien Belgium, that use another German monitoring product called Icinga as their network/infrastructure monitoring tool, it would be highly useful to have the same integration capabil...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Integrations 2 Not under consideration