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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...
12 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Add the ability to rotate the Agent api key

Currently there is no way to rotate your agent's API key when using the SASS product, it'd be nice if it were possible to e be able to rotate it for security purposes
2 minutes ago in Instana / Agent Submitted

Capability to not limit the charts grouping output to max 50 items

Following up on https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/case/500gJ00000AoBsAQAV/charts-grouping-limiting-the-output-to-max-50-items?language=en_US Currently, when trying to view the nodes from one cluster only (so for sure there will be less than 10k of t...
1 day ago in Instana / User Interface Submitted

Enabling and Monitoring IBM ACE Tracing for ISO 8583 TCP/IP Integration Servers

While IBM ACE delivers strong core integration and messaging capabilities, ISO 8583 TCP/IP transaction flows currently rely primarily on native logging and flow‑level diagnostics, which offer limited centralized observability and real‑time operati...
22 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Need to be able to install and manage Standard Edition via sudo

Today, in order to install and manage Instana Standard Edition, you must login as root. Running commands via sudo does not work properly. Many customers do not allow users to log onto servers as root. All elevated permissions must be accessed via ...
4 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Nutanix monitoring - Possibility to restrict monitoring of VMs

For Nutanix technology, customer is asking to have the possibility to enable monitoring for selected VMs only (like the implementation for Idea INSTANA-I-4349 regarding vSphere technology).
23 days ago in Instana / Sensor Submitted

Customer Request: Instana SaaS Usage Metering and Cost Forecasting Dashboard

There is a need to provide an Instana SaaS usage metering dashboard and a cost forecasting dashboard,with enhancements requested to reach a comparable level of functionality to what Dynatrace currently provides. Background for the Feature Enhancem...
about 1 month ago in Instana / User Interface Submitted

Condensed Application Perspectives overview for big environments

Hi, While implementing Instana at a major banking IT provider we face the challenge that we need to know the state of 60+ groups of banks in a quick overview. Using APs this is currently not possible. The health state is enough for us to flag grou...
8 days ago in Instana / Application perspectives Submitted

Need RPM install for IDOT OpenTelemetry collector

The customer has standard processes for installation. This includes the ability to bring in packages such as RPM packages into their repositories and scan the installation packages for security vulnerabilities. The IDOT self-extracting tar package...
4 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

BeeInstana‑Status im Instana‑Operator‑Log anzeigen

uring the deployment of the Instana backend, the operator log records the status of all databases – except BeeInstana. This creates confusion and hampers monitoring. Consolidate all database information in a single placeProvide full transparency d...
4 days ago in Instana / Logging Submitted

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