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Request for Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8.0.11 tracing support

Hello, We are doing an Instana POC, and we need your support on the .NET Npgsql tracer. The application to be monitored is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. Also, it connects to AWS Aurora (Postgres) DB using the Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing Delivered

Add Native Alert Ownership and Metadata

Problem: Instana lacks first-class ownership metadata for alerts. Relying on custom payloads in the alert. Proposed Capability: Owner/team field on alerts Tag-based filtering Alert inventory and export APIs
about 2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Delivered

Request for Java Code Auto Profiling

Dear colleagues the same functionality was presented for PHP in the demo environment, our customer got understood it is applicable for every technology and was counting on it. Additionally, this feature has been specifically requested for Java Cod...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Delivered

Add Terraform Provider Support for Instana Mobile Application Alerts

Instana currently allows configuration of Mobile Application alerts through the UI and API. However, this capability is not available in the Instana Terraform provider, preventing organizations that rely on Infrastructure-as-Code from automating a...
2 months ago in Instana / Alert Delivered

z/OS USS Started Task Procedure for Host Agent

Provide a method to allow for automation of Instana host agent under z/OS USS that allows for starting the agent outside of an SSH session.
2 months ago in Instana / Agent Delivered

Please make instana mysql supports sha2 authN

From mysql 8.0 onwards, it uses sha2. To enable sha1 will require restart and make it insecure as sha1 has vulnerability.So Please make instana mysql agent supports sha2 authN
3 months ago in Instana / Sensor Delivered

Have slack configuration natively within the Instana UI

With current slack integration, users must have permissions to create slack channels and generate the webhook URL. At the customer, there are users without these permissions. And, it would trigger security auditing and require security approvals. ...
3 months ago in Instana / Alert Delivered

Instana IBMi Host Discovery of IBM HTTP Apache Host Service

Currently, our customer is discovering all Springboot and WebSphere Services but we are not discovering their Apache Tomcat Services and stitching them in our Services Dependency Mapping. This is critical for our Worldpac to have End to End Visibi...
4 months ago in Instana / IBM i Delivered

Monitor MySQL v8.4 DB

To monitor MySQL v8.4 Database and collect detailed metrics, we need to configure the Instana Agent with defined credentials as referenced in this is part of configuration document. With that in mind, we see the message: "Client does not support a...
4 months ago in Instana / Sensor Delivered

We have 7500 VMs monitored by monitoring at vCenters. We want to retrict the vSphere monitoring to ESXi level and want to disable VMs monitoring.

We have 7500 VMs monitored by monitoring at vCenters. We want to restrict the vSphere monitoring to ESXi level and want to disable VMs monitoring. Kindly prioritize it as monitoring high number of VMs without the requirement add performance overhe...
5 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure Delivered