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Add poll_rate option for Apache HTTPd

Hi, Currently there is no poll_rate option in instana agent configuration for Apache HTTPd plugin (com.instana.plugin.httpd) and therefor instana agent requests server status page every 1 second. Can you please add poll_rate option so that we can ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 0 Planned for future release

Instana trying to log into databases as "root@localhost" when the configuration.yaml hasn't been set for the database. We would rather there be an error stating the configuration has not been setup instead of trying to login as root.

We have MySQL hosts and instrumented with Instana. However, when I click on the database in the available database, it is showing error: Access denied. Instana trying to log into databases as "root@localhost" when the configuration.yaml hasn't bee...
10 months ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

instana saas hosted agent to support aws emr serverless plarform

need to add aws emr serveress platform. it is not supprted based on following link https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=agents-installing-configuring-serverless
11 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Planned for future release

Add information for K8s/OCPs to the release notes in the Instana documentation

We are very pleased to see the release notes for Instana Agent/Sensor/Tracer being added.However, users of Instana with K8s/OCPs should also gather the following information. These can currently only be obtained from the individual githubs. YAML h...
11 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Planned for future release

Openshift Service Mesh support

Instana agent on Openshift currently does not support Service Mesh bypass and monitoring .
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 2 Planned for future release

Monitoring python applications running on Windows hosts in Instana

Hi Instana Team, As a user who relies on Python applications running in a Windows environment, I wanted to highlight the current limitations with the instana.collector.helpers.runtime module due to its dependency on the Unix-specific resource libr...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Python 1 Planned for future release

Monitorng issue:jvm_attach_generic with Istio AuthorizationPolicy

Now,When we use istio Authorization Policy which allow instana-agent request,Errors(Monitorng issue:jvm_attach_generic) occur. Because of "With Istio AuthorizationPolicy enabled, the problem with socket is not ready to listen to command we send fr...
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 4 Planned for future release

Capture custom HTTP request headers for outgoing calls

Background/Context We have a strong need to track http request headers on outgoing calls as part of detailed monitoring of a 3rd party integration. Feature request Support HTTP request headers for exit spans. In our case we need this for the follo...
over 3 years ago in Instana / Java / Python / Tracing 0 Planned for future release

Need instana support for tracing of SAP MES (base on NetWeaver)

Background: CATL(www.catl.com) has ranked first in global power battery usage for 7 consecutive years, with Y23 Rev of over CNY 400 billion and net profit of over CNY 40 billion. It is an absolute industry leader and has an influential power on th...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Planned for future release

Supporting aio-pika 6.7.1 library for Python application

Hi, We our Python application makes calls to RabbitMQ by using aio-pika library and in Instana we dont see these calls.Could you please look at it and add supporting this library?Thank you.
over 3 years ago in Instana / Python 0 Planned for future release