INSTANA

🔹 Instana (Observability / Monitoring Tool)

1️⃣ Overview of the Tool

Instana is an Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and observability tool that provides real-time, automated monitoring for cloud-native applications, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes environments.

2️⃣ Key Features

⚡ Real-time application performance monitoring

🤖 Automatic discovery of services, containers, and dependencies

📊 Distributed tracing and root-cause analysis

☁ Strong Kubernetes & microservices support

🚨 Intelligent alerts with AI-driven insights

🔐 Security observability (DevSecOps integration)

3️⃣ How It Fits into DevOps / DevSecOps

Monitors applications continuously in CI/CD pipelines

Helps teams detect issues early in production

Supports SRE, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices

Improves system reliability, performance, and security visibility

4️⃣ Programming Languages Supported

Instana supports applications written in:

Java

Python

Node.js

Go

.NET

PHP

Ruby
(via lightweight agents and sensors)

5️⃣ Parent Company

🏢 IBM
(Instana was acquired by IBM in 2020)

6️⃣ Open Source or Paid?

❌ Not open source

✅ Commercial (Paid) tool

Available as SaaS and self-hosted versions