ActiveGate remote configuration management API - POST a configuration job

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/remoteConfigurationManagement
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/activeGates/remoteConfigurationManagement

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with activeGates.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

You identify your ActiveGates by their IDs. Use the GET all ActiveGate request to learn the IDs of ActiveGates that you'd like to configure.

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
bodyRemoteConfigurationManagementOperationActiveGateRequest

JSON body of the request, containing remote configuration management job definition.

bodyrequired

Request body objects

The RemoteConfigurationManagementOperationActiveGateRequest object

Remote configuration management operation creation request.

ElementTypeDescriptionRequired
entitiesstring[]

A list of entities IDs for which remote configuration management is to be executed.

required
operationsRemoteConfigurationManagementOperation[]

A list of remote configuration management operations to be executed.

required

The RemoteConfigurationManagementOperation object

Definition of a single remote configuration management operation.

ElementTypeDescriptionRequired
attributestring

The attribute which is affected by the operation.

  • group
  • hostGroup
  • hostProperty
  • hostTag
  • networkZone
required
operationstring

The operation performed on given attribute.

  • clear
  • set
required
valuestring

The value which should be assigned to given attribute.

optional

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

{
  "entities": [
    "0x2b7c0b02",
    "0x4928065d"
  ],
  "operations": [
    {
      "attribute": "networkZone",
      "operation": "set",
      "value": "exampleNetworkZoneName"
    }
  ]
}

Response

The response is not sent to the client until all ActiveGates defined in the payload are processed. An ActiveGate is considered to be processed when the reconfiguration message is sent to it; the actual reconfiguration is handled independently by the ActiveGate.

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
201RemoteConfigurationManagementJob

Created

400RemoteConfigurationManagementValidationResult

Failed. The input is invalid.

409-

Other remote configuration management job is currently being executed

4XXErrorEnvelope

Client side error.

5XXErrorEnvelope

Server side error.

Response body objects

The RemoteConfigurationManagementJob object

Remote configuration management job.

ElementTypeDescription
endTimestring

Date (in ISO 8601 format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z') when the remote configuration management job was finished. This field is present only for finished jobs.

entityTypestring

Type of entities modified by remote configuration management.

  • ACTIVE_GATE
  • ONE_AGENT
idstring

The ID of the remote configuration management job.

operationsRemoteConfigurationManagementOperation[]

A list of executed remote configuration management jobs.

processedEntitiesCountinteger

Number of entities that were already processed at the time the response was created.

startTimestring

Date (in ISO 8601 format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z') when the remote configuration management job was started.

timeoutTimestring

Date (in ISO 8601 format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z') when the running remote configuration management job will time-out. This field is present only for running jobs.

totalEntitiesCountinteger

Total number of entities to process.

The RemoteConfigurationManagementOperation object

Definition of a single remote configuration management operation.

ElementTypeDescription
attributestring

The attribute which is affected by the operation.

  • group
  • hostGroup
  • hostProperty
  • hostTag
  • networkZone
operationstring

The operation performed on given attribute.

  • clear
  • set
valuestring

The value which should be assigned to given attribute.

Response body JSON model

{
  "endTime": "2020-11-05T08:15:30.144Z",
  "entityType": "ACTIVE_GATE or ONE_AGENT",
  "id": "7974003406714390819",
  "operations": [
    {
      "attribute": "networkZone",
      "operation": "set",
      "value": "exampleNetworkZoneName"
    }
  ],
  "processedEntitiesCount": 1,
  "startTime": "2020-11-05T08:15:30.144Z",
  "timeoutTime": "2020-11-05T08:15:30.144Z",
  "totalEntitiesCount": 1
}

Validate payload

We recommend that you validate the payload before submitting it with an actual request. A response code of 204 indicates a valid payload.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/remoteConfigurationManagement/validator
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/activeGates/remoteConfigurationManagement/validator

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with activeGates.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
204-

Success. Response doesn't have a body.

400RemoteConfigurationManagementValidationResult

Failed. The input is invalid.

4XXErrorEnvelope

Client side error.

5XXErrorEnvelope

Server side error.