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Status Delivered
Workspace Instana
Categories IBM Power
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 23, 2026

IBM HTTP tracing module on Linux/ppc64le

We need to instrument HCL Commerce 9.1.19+ IBM HTTP Server v9.0.5.25, but as of today, this functionality is not enabled.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.315?topic=httpd-tracing-modules#ariaid-title7

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Jun 25, 2026

    Love it! This enhancement is exactly what the client requested. The turnaround time from request to delivery was excellent.

    Bob

  • Admin
    Aysha Kanakkovil
    Apr 17, 2026

    Hi Bob,

    Thank you for raising this request. The Instana team is currently reviewing it. To help us better understand your needs, could you please provide a bit more detail?

    Specifically, are there any requirements or constraints regarding the Linux OS distribution? For instance, are there certain distributions that need to be supported?

    Thank you.

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Support Apache Httpd for servers with PowerPC 64 bits little endian (ppc64le) architecture

Merged
Hi, Financiera Efectiva has some servers running on Power PC 64 little endian architecture. Currently, Instana doesn't support this architecture. Please your support for enabling the tracing module and tracing library to trace all the request. Reg...
about 3 years ago in Instana / C / Team Proxies / Other Tracers Delivered