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Instana

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Log integrations with Grafana Loki logs system

We would like have option to integrate Grafana Loki logs managment with Instana. We are using IBM Openshift environment that ships application and inftrastructure logs to Loki.
3 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

Identify Source of the Calls in Instana

If applications are running on a server on which Instana agent is deployed and those applications make calls to destination application which is properly instrumented by Instana, we should be able to see source details in Instana like source IP/ho...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 4 Not under consideration

Show alerts using Mobile App

Options to view Instana Alerts using a Mobile App
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Instana to monitor IBM DataPower Gateway Physical appliance to do end-to-end observability solution for IBM API solution.

My Clients in Thailand have applications expose service to consumers by API and using IBM solution that inclide [1] IBM DataPower Gateway  Physical appliance [2] APIConnect on CP4I . They plan to use Instana to do end-to-end observability but now...
over 1 year ago in Instana / DataPower 1 Not under consideration

Attaching Custom Payloads on Monitoring Issues

Attaching Custom Payloads on Monitoring Issues Based on the case TS019228912, IBM stated that the custom payloads can be only attached for "Issues and Incidents" type of events but not possible for "Monitoring Issues". Therefore, IsBank would be a...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Not under consideration

Ability to pass a dynamic instana custom dashboard link in the alert

Customer want to pass a dynamic instana customer dashboard link in the custom payload of the alert that has dynamic filters based on the entity in alert.for example customer has a custom dashboard that show queue usage statistics over time. when a...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Need options other than helm to install the synthetic PoP servers

I'm working with a customer that has access to the kubernetes cluster, but doesn't have access to helm. So, he can't install the synthetic playback (PoP server). We need to provide other options for installing the PoP server. Ideally, provide both...
8 months ago in Instana / Synthetic 1 Not under consideration

Have a method to script for a custom metric

Summary: Provide a custom metric method for the IBM Instana agent which a script (perl/java/sh/etc) could be hosted within the IBM Instana agent and would run at set intervals. The output would then be published to the backend on the node/server. ...
10 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 4 Not under consideration

Ability to Filter Traces with Custom Parameters

Under Analytics section, If we will have the ability to filter calls and traces with custom parameters that are part of the payload then it will enhance the monitoring and help teams in troubleshooting the production issues. This feature could be ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 4 Not under consideration

Would like Dashboards and Application perspective to be able to use dark mode

We have TV displays that show Infrastructure (which will show dark mode of browser) but the Dashboard and Application does not and is bright white. See additional details
4 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 2 Not under consideration