Steadybit extension-dynatrace

A Steadybit extension for Dynatrace.

Learn about the capabilities of this extension in our Reliability Hub.

Configuration

Environment Variable	Helm value	Meaning	Required	Default
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_BASE_URL		The Dynatrace API Base Url, like https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api	yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_TOKEN		The Dynatrace API Token, see the required scopes below	yes

The extension supports all environment variables provided by steadybit/extension-kit.

When installed as linux package this configuration is in/etc/steadybit/extension-dynatrace.

Dynatrace Permissions

The extension requires the following scopes:

• entities.read
• events.ingest
• settings.write (if you want to use the "Create Maintenance Window" action)
• problems.read (if you want to use the "Check Problem" action)

Installation

We recommend that you install the extension with our official Helm chart.

Helm

helm repo add steadybit-extension-dynatrace https://steadybit.github.io/extension-dynatrace
helm repo update

helm upgrade steadybit-extension-dynatrace \
  --install \
  --wait \
  --timeout 5m0s \
  --create-namespace \
  --namespace steadybit-agent \
  steadybit-extension-dynatrace/steadybit-extension-dynatrace`

Docker

You may alternatively start the Docker container manually.

docker run \
  --env STEADYBIT_LOG_LEVEL=info \
  --expose 8090 \
  ghcr.io/steadybit/extension-dynatrace:latest

Register the extension

Make sure to register the extension at the steadybit platform. Please refer to the documentation for more information.

Linux Package

Please use our agent-linux.sh script to install the extension on your Linux machine. The script will download the latest version of the extension and install it using the package manager.

After installing configure the extension by editing /etc/steadybit/extension-dynatrace and then restart the service.

Proxy

To communicate to Dynatrace via a proxy, we need the environment variable https_proxy to be set. This can be set via helm using the extraEnv variable

--set "extraEnv[0].name=HTTPS_PROXY" \
--set "extraEnv[0].value=https:\\user:pwd@CompanyProxy.com:8888"