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Instana Infrastructure Topology API

The Infrastructure Topology API from Instana — 2 operation(s) for infrastructure topology.

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Business capability

Observability Management BC-4220.20

Operations 2

GET /api/infrastructure-monitoring/graph/related-hosts/{snapshotId} Related hosts #

GET /api/infrastructure-monitoring/topology Gets the infrastructure topology #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@instana.com
    name: © Instana
    url: http://instana.com
  termsOfService: https://www.instana.com/terms-of-use/
  title: Instana REST API documentation Infrastructure Topology API
  version: 1.307.1417
  x-ibm-ahub-try: true
  x-logo:
    altText: instana logo
    backgroundColor: '#FAFBFC'
    url: header-logo.svg
  description: Searching for answers and best pratices?
servers:
- description: Instana Backend
  url: https://{unit}-{tenant}.instana.io
  variables:
    tenant:
      default: tenant
      description: Customer tenant unit
    unit:
      default: unit
      description: Customer tenant name
- description: Instana Self-Hosted Backend
  url: https://{domain}
  variables:
    domain:
      default: example.com
      description: Customer Self-Hosted domain
tags:
- name: Infrastructure Topology
paths:
  /api/infrastructure-monitoring/graph/related-hosts/{snapshotId}:
    get:
      description: Gets the Related Hosts
      operationId: getRelatedHosts
      parameters:
      - description: Snapshot ID running on the host
        in: path
        name: snapshotId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Size of time window in milliseconds
        in: query
        name: windowSize
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - description: Timestamp since Unix Epoch in milliseconds of the end of the time window
        in: query
        name: to
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
              - ZoKkksp277FMLSXIghPKdjZcvfE
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
          description: Returns the snapshot ID of the hosts
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth:
        - Default
      summary: Related hosts
      tags:
      - Infrastructure Topology
      x-ibm-ahub-byok: true
  /api/infrastructure-monitoring/topology:
    get:
      operationId: getTopology
      parameters:
      - description: Include snapshot data in nodes
        in: query
        name: includeData
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                nodes:
                - id: nYlAch5BEuXdyzQ1Q1V3QvW9jpY
                  plugin: kubernetesPod
                  label: openshift-console/downloads-6b8f4d6dfc-zv2tx (pod)
                  entityId:
                    host: ''
                    pluginId: com.instana.forge.infrastructure.paas.kubernetes.derivedentity.pod.KubernetesPod
                    steadyId: b3e550f4-5754-4388-bd44-025ecd9f057e
                edges:
                - source: i5wh2JGMSHMiSt_TH2sHo1rNLaQ
                  destination: k67B5nn-7mpx6i0oCEiIWvP46ko
                  relation: in
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Topology'
          description: OK
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth:
        - Default
      summary: Gets the infrastructure topology
      tags:
      - Infrastructure Topology
      x-ibm-ahub-byok: true
components:
  schemas:
    Topology:
      type: object
      properties:
        edges:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GraphEdge'
        nodes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GraphNode'
    EntityId:
      type: object
      properties:
        host:
          type: string
        pluginId:
          type: string
          description: Plugin name
        steadyId:
          type: string
          description: Steady identifier for the entity.
      required:
      - host
      - pluginId
      - steadyId
    GraphNode:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
        entityId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityId'
        id:
          type: string
          description: GraphNode ID.
        label:
          type: string
          description: Label of the entity
        plugin:
          type: string
          description: Name of the plugin
    GraphEdge:
      type: object
      properties:
        destination:
          type: string
          description: ID of the outgoing GraphEdge.
        relation:
          type: string
          description: Type of dependency between the source and the destination.
          enum:
          - in
          - is
          - to
          - of
          - connected
          - describes
          - of20
          - to20
          - dummy
          - parent
        source:
          type: string
          description: ID of the incoming GraphEdge.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: authorization
      type: apiKey
      description: "## Example\n\n```bash\ncurl --request GET \\\n  --url https://test-instana.instana.io/api/application-monitoring/catalog/metrics \\\n  --header 'authorization: apiToken xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'\n```\n"
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- name: Open Beta Features
  tags:
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