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Status Future consideration
Workspace Instana
Categories Sensor
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 9, 2025

Enable custom arguments (e.g. -C) for ud32 and allow running Tuxedo sensor scripts as application user

The current Tuxedo sensor implementation does not support passing custom arguments to ud32 (such as -C <client>), nor does it allow executing shell scripts (e.g. tuxedoShell.sh) as a specific OS-level application user. This causes problems in environments where:

  • Application users require explicit identification (-C) to communicate with Tuxedo

  • Required environment variables (e.g. APP_PW, TUXDIR, TUXCONFIG) are defined only in the application user’s shell environment

These limitations make the sensor unusable in secured or legacy setups where ud32 cannot run without -C, and the environment cannot be replicated without full login context (sudo -i -u <user>).

Suggested improvements:

  • Support for passing custom parameters to ud32, including -C

  • Option to run sensor scripts as a specific user (with full login environment)

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Rodoljub Radivojevic
    Oct 7, 2025

    Hello @Guest

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