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Instana

Request for Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8.0.11 tracing support

Hello, We are doing an Instana POC, and we need your support on the .NET Npgsql tracer. The application to be monitored is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. Also, it connects to AWS Aurora (Postgres) DB using the Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8...
6 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

Condensed Application Perspectives overview for big environments

Hi, While implementing Instana at a major banking IT provider we face the challenge that we need to know the state of 60+ groups of banks in a quick overview. Using APs this is currently not possible. The health state is enough for us to flag grou...
1 day ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Submitted

Add Instana instrumentation support for GeneXus HTTP client libraries (including Ron’s Http-Client)

Problem A customer application built with GeneXus is being monitored using Instana. The application performs outbound HTTP calls to backend services (Bantotal services) using the HTTP client implementation provided by the GeneXus runtime. During a...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Enabling and Monitoring IBM ACE Tracing for ISO 8583 TCP/IP Integration Servers

While IBM ACE delivers strong core integration and messaging capabilities, ISO 8583 TCP/IP transaction flows currently rely primarily on native logging and flow‑level diagnostics, which offer limited centralized observability and real‑time operati...
16 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

Global and Policy‑Based Endpoint Mapping for Application Perspectives

Problem Statement Instana’s default HTTP endpoint mapping behavior (“use the first URL path segment”) is insufficient for modern, large‑scale microservice and API‑driven environments, particularly where: APIs are versioned using path prefixes (f...
about 5 hours ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Submitted

Provide the ability to have replicated datastores within Standard Edition

Provide the ability to have replicated datastores within Standard Edition. Today, when you deploy Instana, there is 1 copy of each datastore. This means that there is a single point of failure. If Elasticsearch gets corrupted, the entire environme...
about 7 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Provide the ability to add additional nodes to a Standard Edition deployment to add more capacity and have more flexibility of where datastores are located

For some customers, a 3 node or 5 node standard edition deployment doesn't quite meet their needs from a scale/performance standpoint. If Standard Edition were a little bit more flexible, customers could address their performance bottlenecks. For ...
about 7 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Need a manifest to mirror all standard edition packages and helm charts

We need the ability to generate a manifest for all packages that might be used for standard edition environments. Today, customers can run "stanctl versions list-images" which generates a manifost for the core containers. But, there are items that...
about 7 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Need the ability to generate an air-gapped package from a desktop/laptop system

Many of our customers do not have a Linux server with internet access that can be used to generate the air-gapped package that is necessary for a Standard Edition installation. They have Linux servers, but there are firewalls that prevent access. ...
about 8 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Platform feature flags should be turned on by default (VMware, Power HMC, etc.)

The feature flags to enable capabilities like VMware, Power HMC, zHMC, SAP, etc. should be enabled by default. By not enabling these, we drive up our support costs and drive down customer satisfaction. Now, we do need to think about the best way t...
about 11 hours ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Submitted