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Optimization recommendations for additional AWS Services (e.g.: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Glue, Analytics Services, ECS)

Optimization recommendations for additional AWS Services (e.g.: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Glue, Analytics Services, ECS)
3 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Pick up recommendation from AWS Compute Optimizer in latest change NAT Gateways

It would be very useful to see Cloud vendor recommendations alongside your own. Especially for areas that you do not currently cover like unused NAT gateways https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/11/aws-compute-optimizer-unused-nat-gatew...
about 6 hours ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

To have the other services has passthrough recommendation

Customer doesn't have access to the console of specific master payer, even if Apptio doesn't develop the algorythm for other services, if it could pass through the recs for the other services that are not present yet that would be quite helpful
1 day ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Single place to manage agent configuration

Now to configure the agent you must modify the configuration.yaml on the server. The idea is to have a place inside instana front to configure the configuration.yaml of each agent.
28 days ago in Instana / Agent 2 Future consideration

Non-root installation of Instana agent

By installing the agent as a non-root user, the Instana administrator has the ability to stop, start, or reconfigure the agent without having to manage or request access as the root user. This process can sometimes take up to 24 hours to grant acc...
6 months ago in Instana / Agent 2 Not under consideration

Add COIN reporting as a native capability

Cloudability has all of the data to enable COIN reporting natively in the dashboarding and reporting, yet the only way to achieve this today is to take the cost and rightsizing data out of Cloudability to an external tool to join and present it. C...

Improve Rightsizing Preferences

** I'm using EBS as an example, but this would apply for all the services. ** Introduce the capability to customize Amazon EBS volume recommendations in Cloudability’s rightsizing preferences, allowing users to exclude specific EBS volume types (e...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Micrometer Metric Collection - Fine granular metric polling config

Currently, it is possible to configure the JVM Sensor's polling interval with the following in the configuration.yaml: com.instana.plugin.java: poll_rate: 60 It is also possible to separately configure the Prometheus Metric Collection's polling in...
11 days ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Submitted

support Scala 3.x and ZIO

this feature request based on debug case number TS018964881. right now instana agent does not support Scala 3.x and ZIO. can you support in next release.
6 months ago in Instana / Agent 5 Future consideration

Rightsizing for Redshift Serverless

Hi, Currently, it seems Redshift rightsizing recommendation doesn't applicable on Redshift Serverless instances, as I don't see any listed within in our env. Is there any plan to enhance/expand the rightsizing recommendation to Redshift Serverless?
15 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted