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PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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Able to query IBM MQ Tags from the API

I'm able to query IBM MQ calls using the V2 API for traces: https://instana.github.io/openapi/#operation/getTraceDownload And I get details about the message but not from the IBM MQ Tags. The only way I can get those tags is using the UI and click...
20 days ago in Instana / API-C 1 Under review

Host sensor needs to be able to monitor NIC status

Customers need to understand the status of their NICs to ensure that their networking is functioning properly. Currently, the Instana Host Agent only collects the performance metrics of the NICs and not the satus.
about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Under review

we want to see the application pools as individuals applications

we dont want to see application pools, because we cannot make dashboards of the ones that are inside the application pool.
3 months ago in Instana / .NET / Azure 0 Under review

DB2 - HADR_FLAGS metric to be Monitored and Alerted

Hi Team!According to Instana documentation, sounds "HADR_FLAGS" metric is not collected, correct ?So when a tablespaces is invalid or error state on the Standby database, the HADR_FLAGS field will displaythe value STANDBY_TABLESPACE_ERROR. Monitor...
3 months ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 0 Under review

Ability to pass details on service name in title when an alert is triggered for custom events/built-in events

Need ability to pass details on service name when an alert is triggered for custom events/built-in events. Required format - subject line+ service name. Please Note: We are aware that the name of affected service is passed in payload but the ask i...
27 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Under review

Monitoring rootless Podman process

Hello, We would like to monitor our rootless podman process Best Regards
3 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Under review

Need secure communications from the Instana Agent/Sensor to the IBM i server

Currently, all communications from the Instana Agent/sensor to the IBM i system are insecure. The customer needs to have SSL communications to ensure that traffic is secure.
about 1 month ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Under review

Add support for pulling Kafka consumer lag time in Amazon MSK sensor

Currenlty we pull subset of metrics from what cloudwatch exposes for MSK, Customer requested that we pull Consumer lag time as well as this is key metrics they use for kafka performance trending.
2 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Under review

Need to be able to execute custom SQL queries via the DB2 sensor

While the DB2 sensor is good and has many metrics available, it never has exactly the metrics the customer is looking for. A customer has asked that the DB2 sensor be enhanced to allow them to execute a custom SQL statement and capture the results...
2 months ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 0 Under review

Add capability to raise events for current resource usage by pod

Our customer monitors applications running in Kubernetes environment. The application may consume more resources than requests. When it reaches the limit OCP is restarting the pod, that causes service delay. They want to monitor when the resource ...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Under review