Apache HTTPd Tracer releases

Instana monitors your Apache HTTPd environment by using the Apache HTTPd sensor and tracer. The Apache HTTPd sensor provides infrastructure metrics, while the Apache HTTPd Tracer provides automated code instrumentation and tracing data across your environment. For more information, see Monitoring Apache HTTPd.

Apache HTTPd sensor releases

1.2.20

Apache HTTPd sensor 1.2.20 is released on 22 November 2024.

Features

You can now pin HTTPd tracer 1.1.0 with the HTTPd sensor.

The HTTPd sensor 1.2.20 comes with HTTPd Tracer 1.0.20 as the default version, as HTTPd Tracer 1.1.0 is not yet available on Windows.

1.2.19

Apache HTTPd sensor 1.2.19 is released on 01 August 2024.

Features

The HTTPd sensor now loads the HTTPd tracer 1.0.20 by default.

1.2.18

Apache HTTPd sensor 1.2.18 is released on 09 July 2024.

Fixes

Previously, Apache HTTPd sensors would instantiate PHP sensors on AIX and Windows. This issue is now fixed.

Apache HTTPd Tracer releases

1.1.0

Apache HTTPd Tracer 1.1.0 is released on 22 November 2024.

It is not available on Windows. The Windows support will be fixed in the next release.

To get the following improvements, update the Apache HTTPd sensor to 1.2.20 or later and set pinModuleVersion: 1.1.0 in the Instana agent configuration com.instana.plugin.httpd - tracing.

Improvements

  • Reduce CPU load through proper Instana agent discovery delays
  • Handle exceptions when the tracer configuration file (dem.conf) is not found
  • Prefix all log messages with "[INSTANA] "
  • Log an error if the agent library (tracelib) cannot be found or loaded

1.0.20

Apache HTTPd Tracer 1.0.20 is released on 01 August 2024.

To get the following features, update the Apache HTTPd sensor to 1.2.19 or later.

Features

HTTPd Tracing now enables autoPageDetection support with titleAsPageName by default in website automatic instrumentation.

1.0.19

Apache HTTPd Tracer 1.0.19 is released on 25 April 2024.

To get the following fixes, update the Apache HTTPd sensor to 1.2.17 or later.

Fixes

Previously, the instrumented HTML was truncated because the HTTP response header Content-Length was set to a fixed value, which was smaller than the actual size of the instrumented HTML. This issue is now fixed.

1.0.18

Apache HTTPd Tracer 1.0.18 is released on 08 March 2024.

To get the following features, update the Apache HTTPd sensor to 1.2.15 or later.

Features

HTTPd Tracing now supports IBM HTTP Server on zLinux.