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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 REST API: Allow aligning datapoints with 24 hour granularity to timezones other than GMT

Using Instana application analyze REST API, if I request datapoints with a 24 hour granularity and a window size equal to a whole number of days, I will only get the expected response if my timeFrame is aligned with GMT date boundaries. If I want ...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Future consideration

Allow blocking of entries to Agent Log File

Instana Agent Logs specifically for both Solaris and Windows OS that monitors our JBOSS platforms is showing the same error against all active PIDS. This is not seen in the Instana SaaS Dashboard for the AP or in the JBOSS logs, it is only within ...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Java / Sensor / Tracing 1 Future consideration

able to have an option to change EUM reportingURL in snippet in the UI.

Currently in Instana K8s operator the AcceptorUrls seem to be solely based on the baseDomain. This is then used also in the UI in EUM Website Configuration in reportingUrl and script src, e.g.: <script> (function(s,t,a,n){s[t]||(s[t]=a,n=s[a...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring / Self Hosted 0 Future consideration

Ability to custom process name

All our process are named "java", notifications and event regarding the process (like "abnormal termination") are all refereeing to "java process"; I would like to have the possibility to custom it like we do for services.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Future consideration

Configure ACE Sensor to authenticate through LDAP

ACE RestAdminApi is configured to be accessed with LDAP authentication. While Instana is asking for local user. We need to be able to configure instana agent to access ACE using LDAP
about 1 year ago in Instana / ACE/IIB / Sensor 0 Future consideration

make @instana/aws-fargate working with Elastic search 6.X

Hi currently @instana/aws-fargate is not handling Elastic search 6.X Could you manage this ?
about 1 year ago in Instana / Node / Sensor 0 Future consideration

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 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Not under consideration

Implementation of log suppression function with "CRI-O"

We would like to deal with this problem as soon as possible. Since I want to suppress the output of Instana Log, I was previously taught how to support it. However, the adapted method is log suppression for "containerd" and cannot be applied to lo...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Common 2 Not under consideration

Meta Data in traces and end-user beacons used for smart alarm metrics

We tried to create smart alarm with using our website's metadata in traces and end-user beacons. With the current version, we can use these for filtering the available smart alarm metrics but we can't create alarms based on them. Some errors can b...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Differentiate between Agent and JVM offline events.

It is not possible to differentiate between a JVM going offline and if there is a communication drop with the Instana agent. This has been discussed with IBM support TS013050872. Request for service improvement to be able to tell the difference so...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration