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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?
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Smart Alert should not be closed after 03 hours if still true.

Scenario:We are monitoring an endpont that should raise an alert if no calls received during 10 minutes.The problem is that the Smart Alert is being closed after 3 hours as we learned from Instana support as hard coded "give up" time even though t...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert 4 Not under consideration

Autoprofile support when using the instana lambda extension

We instrument our node based AWS lambdas by using the instana lambda extension. If technically feasible, it would be nice to have support for AutoProfile when using this sensor.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Not under consideration

Set the remote monitoring interval for Oracle database

In TS015830047, IBM Support Services responded that the expected behavior for remote monitoring of Oracle DB is that if the connection fails, it will only be retried after a 10 minute interval. It's a long time to be unable to monitor for 10 minut...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Future consideration

Configuration of Access and Error Logs Retention and Size Policies for Nginx in Instana

Currently, the access and error logs generated by Nginx in Instana are stored under /var/log/instana/nginx and can occupy significant disk space. However, there is no way to configure retention and size policies for these logs, which can lead to s...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Self Hosted 5 Future consideration

Dashboard threshold - marked out/backlighted

In Big Number widget add a field, that will include threshold. When threshold will be reached widget should be marked out/backlighted.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Future consideration

Authentication options

Since GitHub has been integrated and used in Instana, we can have GitHub as one of the authentication method in Instana. This process can avoid multiple AD/SSO configurations in tools/applications.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Functionality already exists

Synthetic monitoring enhanced permission

Viewer permission will be able to view the Synthetic monitoring configuration details that may contain a username/password to login to the application. Request to create enhanced permission or set up additional HBAC permission for this?
about 1 year ago in Instana / Synthetic 3 Functionality already exists

Add the request body while tracing in instana

In the tracing view, Instana does not collect any Request Body data/payload on a POST request. Header and Parameters are collected, but not the Body. it would be nice to add the request body so traces become more efficient
over 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

API - Kubernetes Pod Memory/CPU Usage

The catalog API call for kubernetes pod metrics (/api/infrastructure-monitoring/catalog/metrics/kubernetesPod) got me the following output: "metricId":"cpuRequests" "metricId":"memoryLimits" "metricId":"container_count" "metricId":"memoryRe...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 1 Future consideration

Display deployment markers in Event views

Smart Alerts with adaptive thresholds is a nice feature to detect anomalies. Very often these anomalies are triggered by a change in the system (for example a deployment). Many graphs in Instana display the deployment markers for this reason, but ...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert 1 Future consideration

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