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Auto Upgrade JVM with Instana

Please update Java(Azul or Eclips) when updating instana via the agent update. As vulnerabilities appear instana should update the Java it uses and allow for the update to be seamless
over 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Signing Instana agent images

Instana agent images should be digitally signed to verify content integrity.
over 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Calc Explorer Enhancement

Calc Explorer Enhancement - During a recent presentation from Apptio I was shown this new feature, and it is great but I queried if we can have previous periods viewable at the same time, maybe a trend in the UI labels? Increase/decrease numbers? ...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

About hiding the Managemet menu

For pods in production and disaster environments, there is a function that allows you to restart and reboot from the Management menu displayed on the pod screen of Instana. Since it is an environment that anyone can touch, the target was accident...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 4 Not under consideration

All pipeline steps should be able to have comments

Every pipeline step should have the ability to record comments so that other people can see why certain design decisions were made especially when they are not obvious. Why was this field renamed? Why have I grouped in this particular way? What is...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Under review

Scope - Host availability detection

under System rule "Host availability detection", we would like have option for Scope setting, for instance Selected entitites by Zone or by Host Name.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration

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 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Changing labels is considered customisation.

Allow for a filed name and field display name to allow changes of field display names. Introduce "Language settings" which enable labels to be configured without customing and OOTB report.
about 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 1 Not under consideration

Filter Kubernetes namespaces

In some cases, customers want to install IBM Instana host agent on K8s workers nodes from K8s cluster managed by third party and used by several clients (shared resources). If worker nodes are dedicated for a customer, it could be great to be able...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Kubernetes 1 Future consideration

Add support for MongoDB with Kerberos Authentication

Instana agent does not support monitoring MongoDB configured with Kerberos Authentication
about 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Future consideration