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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

Instana

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instana to support monitoring of Axway and Solace

We are positioning Instana for their MQ, ACE, and Datapower, and in progress to work with them on POC, they requested Instana support for Solace and Axway.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

MFT: Current Transfers should show source and destination file

We would like to have both the source file AND destination file on the 'IBM MQ MFT Coordination Queue Manager' dashboard in the 'Current Transfers' section. Currently the 'Current Transfers' table in the 'IBM MQ MFT Coordination Queue Manager' das...
11 months ago in Instana / MQ / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

To be able to monitor PHP for Windows

We would like to monitor Nginx and PHP on windows. But according to our checking, both Nginx and PHP for Windows is currently not supported. So, it would be great if you support Nginx and PHP soon to be able to monitor by Instana. Best Regards, Kh...
about 2 years ago in Instana / PHP 4 Planned for future release

Acknowledging alert

Currently, when an alert is triggered in Instana, our operations team receives a notification. While this is a crucial step in our monitoring workflow, we find that the process of acknowledging these alerts is not as streamlined as we would like i...
12 months ago in Instana / Alert 0 Planned for future release

Capture custom HTTP response headers

Background and context A feature we use heavily with Instana is the ability to capture custom HTTP request headers. This gives us a great ability to analyse the data, slice and dice based on filters and groups on headers. A couple of simple exampl...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java / Python / Tracing 4 Planned for future release

HAProxy Tracing

Tracing capabilities for HAProxy, similar to what is already available for nginx
almost 2 years ago in Instana / C / Team Proxies 0 Planned for future release

Need to be able to threshold using COUNT even if the object is NOT an entity

Currently, Instana allows you to use a COUNT evaluation within the system rules. This allows customers to COUNT entities that meet a certain criteria. For example, count the number of processes that are running. But, there are number of customer u...
5 months ago in Instana / Alert 2 Planned for future release

MSSQL - Implement correlation between service and infra entity

Instana agent is able to monitor MSSQL but its missing the correlation between the service and the underneath infrastructure.If we click on Application Icon -> Services -> Database name -> Infrastructure tab. We can see the amount of call...
10 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

Enable beta Apdex method on self-hosted/on-prem installation.

Enable beta Apdex method on self-hosted/on-prem installation. This scenario is potentially very usefull for customer (it has on-prem installation).
over 1 year ago in Instana / SLO/SLI (STAN) 0 Planned for future release

Add Instana built-in metric for table spaces status (normal or abnormal)

I would like Instana has a built-in metric for table spaces status, the return value represents normal or abnormal. After this built-in metric available, then I can trigger an alert based on this built-in metric. Here is db2 reference about table ...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 2 Planned for future release