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Labs Overview

In the Instana labs of the AIOps Jam-in-a-Box series you will be going through several key exercises in order to learn more about Instana.

There are four Instana labs:

  • Server & Agent Installation
    • Install a single server self-hosted Docker based Instana.
    • Install the Instana Agent into a variety of environments.
  • Applications & IBM Middleware
    • Install and monitor the Demo Application Robot Shop
    • Setup monitoring sensors for IBM MQ and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE).
  • Explore Instana
    • Create Application Perspectives for demo applications.
    • Learn about the different monitoring views, such as; Applications, Infrastructure, Websites & Mobile Apps and how to use them.
  • Administer Instana
    • Learn about the different alerting options in Instana; set up Alert Channels, Smart Alerts and events.
  • Synthetic Monitoring
    • Install an Instana Synthetic Point of Presence.
    • Configure Instana backend for querying its REST API interface.
    • Setup the REST API Synthetic tests and create Smart Alerts.
  • OpenTelemetry
    • Install an Instana agent in the OpenShift cluster.
    • Working with an OpenTelemetry demo application configured to support Instana monitoring.
    • Exploring OpenTelemetry metrics and traces in Instana.

More labs will be added in the future to explore more advanced scenarios and features of Instana.