oiricaud / config-server

This is a repository that version controls a configuration server.

How to notify Instana on a new release

Integrate Instana with your Github Repository

You will need to create a secret variable on your repository.

1. To get the INSTANA_BASE, INSTANA_TOKEN
2. Enable the following fields
3. On github go to your repository and click on Settings
4. Go to Secrets and Variables and click on actions
5. Click on New Repository Secret
6. Fill in the values for GH_TOKEN, INSTANA_BASE, INSTANA_TOKEN
7. Your result should look like
8. The INSTANA_BASE is your instana url. i.e https://mysandboxenv.instana.io
9. Your GH_TOKEN can be generated by accessing https://github.com/settings/profile -> clicking on developer settings -> personal access tokens -> tokens (classic)
10. Enable Read and Write permissions for workflow
11. Identify which application perspective you want to target. This step is important because you must update the .github/workflows/create-release.yml file and update the following code snippet

          {
            "applications": [
              {
                "name": "All Services",
                "services": [
                  { "name": "zabbix-06-PHP" }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }

11) Go to actions -> release new version 12) Run workflow specify version of release 13) Wait for job to finish 14) You should get a green checkmark that the job is done. 15) Verify you are able to view release on instana 16) Done