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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.
4 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

Request for Trace Log Functionality

With the current product capabilities, it is not possible to capture logs of user actions. Since operation logs for various configuration changes are not available, it is impossible to identify, for example, who created a business mapping or when ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Other 1 Future consideration

Windows operating system support (ARM architecture)

Support the installation of agent in Windows (ARM) for collection of the operating system metrics and identification of the technologies running on the host.
8 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Under review

API enhancement | json support

the API is helpful for situations where using the console isn't possible or ideal (automation, programmatic access, etc.). ibm support said that json as an output is not supported. json as a format is foundational to programmatic operations and AP...
8 days ago in Cloudability / Other 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

Request for HTTP Communication Support in Instana SaaS

Some customers only allow HTTP communication to monitor all outbound traffic from their environment. Currently, on-premises deployments support both HTTP and HTTPS configurations, but SaaS deployments only allow communication over HTTPS. We kindly...
7 months ago in Instana / Agent 3 Under review

Enabling assignee changes directly from the comment screen for Rightsizing ROI

There may be cases where users wish to change the assignee while adding a comment. Therefore, we would appreciate it if you could consider enabling assignee changes directly from the comment screen in future updates. Additionally, in the current J...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Utilise K8s secrets for InstanaAgent configuration

We are currently using the Instana Agent operator in Red Hat Openshift, and need to configure the Instana Agents. There are several places where use of secrets are in plaintext - this is problematic as we use gitops to manage the configuration of ...
6 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Ability to limit API Access/Generate API Keys

While Cloudability API access keys can be generated by any user, the role assigned to the user with the key dictates what the users can and can't do with API calls. For example, a base CLDY User role can't do anything with business mappings, as th...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Other 2 Not under consideration