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Instrument api calls with identity

We have an api that is exposed to third parties, that api is accessed using a token. We cannot trace the calls b/c there is no way to instrument or start a trace on the server with the identity of the user associated with the token. We would like ...
9 months ago in Instana / Tracing 6 Not under consideration

Using "self time" in Smart Alerts

Is it possible to use the metric "Self Time" in a Smart Alert ? Specifically, it is about the monitoring of an API gateway. Since the response time depends on the caller and the called system, but it would be important to know if the self time of ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert / Sensor 2 Future consideration

Option to add multiple Humio repositories for log monitoring

There are many use cases where there is no single repository for an entire cluster in Humio. Each application/team have their own repository in Humio but the application is running on the same kubernetes cluster (e.g., Production). Instana, right ...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Logging 9 Under review

Can we group all our custom dashboards in to folders

It would be great if we have option to group all our custom dashboards in to different folders
over 1 year ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Future consideration

Need to add custom delay for agents to wait image from mirrored repository

Our customer has air-gapped environment and mirrored maven repository. However due to some reasons the Internet connection speed is not high enough. It means the default time the agent is waiting for a new sensor is too short for the connection. T...
9 months ago in Instana / Sensor 4 Not under consideration

Supporting Apache Thrift (Tracing)

We need support for org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.19.0. In order to get full tracing.
9 months ago in Instana / Java 1 Not under consideration

AIX power swap and database tablespace name request

TradeVan is moving from ITM to Instana and facing lack of capabilties in Instana as compared to what they already have in ITM. Adding IBM CSM email as customer email is not available. From Tzung-Wen Liau: "Did you know how to get AIX swap informat...
9 months ago in Instana / DB2 1 Future consideration

Need to configure MetaSpace for applications hsoted at EKS.

Dear Team, We are unable to get the metaspace configuration at instana agent for our java based application running at EKS.
9 months ago in Instana / Java / Sensor 2 Not under consideration

Custom-dashboard filter

Hi, Currently a filter needs to be set on each widget of a custom-dashboard. It would be easier and more efficient if a filter can be set on dashboard level. Thanks for considering this feature.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 4

IBM JVM Profiler Support

Currently IBM JVM Profiler is not supported https://www.instana.com/supported-technologies/java-profiling/ and it makes application servers hosted on AIX websphere impossible to profile and this is needed feature to optimize java applications
over 1 year ago in Instana / Java 5