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Sync user deletion from Active Directory to Instana

When integrating Instana with Active Directory, both Instana and AD user accounts must be manually deleted when a user leaves the organization. If Instana could automatically remove users when they are deleted from Active Directory, it would reduc...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Server/Agent-Level Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Instana

Hi Team,Currently in Instana, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) can be applied at the Websites, Mobile Apps, Business Process and Applications etc... levels. However, there is no provision to assign access permissions at the server or agent level. ...
3 months ago in Instana / Access Control / Agent 1 Not under consideration

AD/LDAP Integration with Client's certificate for bind

LDAP integration (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.300?topic=configuration-configuring-ldap) accepts client's certificate for binding, additional to Bind DN and Password. It should be another configurable option.
4 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Monitor the SAML attempts and notify on specific failures

Case: TS020088958 In reference to identity provider (IdP), in reference to single-sign-on SAML failures, such as sign-in-request failed, took too long, received an error message, each of these events should be in an audit log. Software Self Hav...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Case Summary post indicates the current values of these fields, not the values as they were submitted

From: IBM Support (do not reply) <ibmsupportnoreply@us.ibm.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2025 11:47 AM To: Read, Sam <sam.read@landg.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Case closed - TS019792655 - Apptio - 0355650 Case closed - TS019792655 21 July ...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

Enhancement Request – Bulk User Management in Admin Console

Enhancement Request – Bulk User Management in Apptio Admin Console We are also requesting enhancements to improve the multi-user management capabilities within the Admin section: Bulk Search / Last Login Visibility: We also need an easier way to: ...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

LDAP integration - automatic retrieve list of users and groups

It would be a useful feature that Instana, after the integration with LDAP, would automatically retrieve all users and groups from the LDAP according to the filter given in the LDAP configuration. This way administration of new users would be m...
over 3 years ago in Instana / Access Control 5 Functionality already exists

Deployment of CA-signed certificate

As a customer, our internal compliance policies require a CA-signed certificate to establish a connection with vendor products for the purpose of role assignment automation. Only a self-signed certificate is currently available for Apptio products...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

User re-invitation feature is required in Instana SaaS

Currently, there's no re-invitation of User in Instana SaaS. The only way to re-invite specific user is to delete and create again. It's very very inconvenient for our Instana users when re-invitation is needed.
3 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Add this new idea creation link as one of the tile in IBM support main portal

I would think adding the new idea link to the IBM Support portal main page as one of the tiles would be super beneficial for all. I sometimes in the need to be able to submit such and would be great to be able to find this link on the page ,well o...
4 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

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