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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

Instana

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Keep Instana data in an isolated volume

I attempted to set up the Instana Docker backend by integrating an EFS storage solution, which I mounted to the /mnt directory. However, the installation process did not complete and became stuck at the "migrate-data" phase. Following this, I enco...
20 days ago in Instana / IBM Storage 0 Under review

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 ...
27 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Under review

Encryption of credentials in configuration

It would be desirable if the credentials configured in Alert Channels were not displayed in plain text. This makes it possible for anyone with access to Instana to go into the configuration and see the credentials (username and password) in plain ...
28 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Under review

Instana Pod Monitoring on Windows Nodes

The current requirement is to enable Instana pod monitoring on a Windows worker node in the absence of a Linux worker node within the cluster. This necessitates the implementation of Windows pod monitoring capability within the existing framework.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Under review

Extending Instana JAVA-Sensor to collect additional metrics from IBM ELM JVM's

IBM Engineering lifecycle management platform (ELM or also known as Jazz platform) is a widely used Requirements management or Application lifecycle management platform in the industry. It is based on IBM Websphere application Server and the liber...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

Correlation Between AWS RDS and AWS Lambda Native Tracing

We propose an enhancement in Instana to improve the correlation between AWS RDS databases and services detected by AWS Lambda Native Tracing. Currently, we experience a lack of visibility and correlation between these components, which impacts our...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Add authentication capabilities to eum-acceptor download GeoLite2 DB from sources with authentication.

Dear colleagues, Our customer was trying to associate EUM transaction with geographical location while using self-hosted Instana. We can specify the location of GeoLite2 DB by setting the location in Instana core manifest, but there is no way to s...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Under review

Need provide appropriate solution for EUM to collect data using gateway

Dear colleagues, following the Standard Instana deployment instructions in the dashboard to set EUM monitoring doesn't allow to determine IP Address because Instana gateway configuration doesn't have proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; config...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Under review

HANA DB Sensor - Display built in Events for DBA Jobs

Display built in Events for DBA Jobs
about 1 month ago in Instana / Common 0 Under review

SAP ABAP Sensor - Display SM13 Update Info in a dedicated table

Display SM13 Update Info in a dedicated table
about 1 month ago in Instana / Common 0 Under review