Instana REST API
You can use Instana REST API to retrieve traces, metrics, and configuration data, such as service extraction and user management. For more information, see Instana REST API docs.
Usage of API token
To use the web REST API, you need to create an API token and assign permissions. The following ways describe the steps to create or configure an API token of each type, which requires a different permission.
Configuring unit-specific API tokens
To configure unit-specific API tokens with various permissions, click Settings > Security & Access > API Tokens in the Instana UI.
An Instana group provides the API token configuration permission that you need to create, view, or modify unit-specific API tokens. After an API token is created, you can view all the items on the tenant unit.
Creating personal API tokens
To create personal API tokens that require only a name to be set, click Settings > User Settings > Personal API Tokens in the Instana UI.
Personal API tokens come with the same permissions as the user who created them. If you, with user management permission, create a personal API token, then that token inherits the same access rights. To use this feature, you need the personal API token permission.
Personal API tokens are useful when you want to maintain individual accountability and traceability, or when you want to hide your own API tokens from other users.