Settings API - OS services monitoring schema table

OS services monitoring (`builtin:os-services-monitoring)`

Set up alerts for OS services in undesirable states both for Windows and Linux systemd. Note: If monitoring is turned on for full availability metric, custom metric consumption takes place. Refer to documentation for more details.

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In order to set up the alert for a certain group of OS services, you must first define a new policy. Specify which service's states you would like to be alerted about and then add detection rules in order to tell Dynatrace which exact OS services you are interested in. You may specify multiple detection rules.

Note that policies are specified for each of supported operating systems individually and that some of the parameters and properties vary between them.

Schema ID	Schema groups	Scope
`builtin:os-services-monitoring`	`group:monitoring`	`HOST` - Host `HOST_GROUP` - Host Group `environment`

GET	Managed	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:os-services-monitoring`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:os-services-monitoring`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:os-services-monitoring`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with Read settings (settings.read) scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Property	Type	Description	Required
Enabled `enabled`	boolean	-	required
System `system`	enum	`WINDOWS` `LINUX`	required
Rule name `name`	text	-	required
Monitor `monitoring`	boolean	Toggle the switch in order to enable or disable availability metric monitoring for this policy. Availability metrics produce custom metrics. Refer to documentation for consumption examples. Each monitored service consumes one custom metric.	required
Alert `alerting`	boolean	Toggle the switch in order to enable or disable alerting for this policy	required
Alert if service is not installed `notInstalledAlerting`	boolean	By default, Dynatrace does not alert if the service is not installed. Toggle the switch to enable or disable this feature	required
Service status condition for alerting `statusConditionWindows`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$eq(paused)` – Matches services that are in paused state. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(paused))` – Matches services that are in state different from paused. `$or($eq(paused),$eq(running))` – Matches services that are either in paused or running state. Use one of the following values as a parameter for this condition: `running` `stopped` `start_pending` `stop_pending` `continue_pending` `pause_pending` `paused`	required
Service status condition for alerting `statusConditionLinux`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$eq(failed)` – Matches services that are in failed state. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(active))` – Matches services with state different from active. `$or($eq(inactive),$eq(failed))` – Matches services that are either in inactive or failed state. Use one of the following values as a parameter for this condition: `reloading` `activating` `deactivating` `failed` `inactive` `active`	required
Alerting delay `alertActivationDuration`	integer	The number of 10-second measurement cycles before alerting is triggered Set this value to control the speed of alerting. One is the lowest setting equal to one 10-second sample. If you set this value to 30, alerting is triggered after 5 minutes.	required
Detection rules `detectionConditionsWindows`	windowsDetectionCondition[]	-	required
Detection rules `detectionConditionsLinux`	linuxDetectionCondition[]	-	required
Properties `metadata`	Set<MetadataItem>	Set of additional key-value properties to be attached to the triggered event. You can retrieve the available property keys using the Events API v2.	required

The `windowsDetectionCondition` object

Property	Type	Description	Required
Rule scope `ruleType`	enum	`RuleTypeOsService` `RuleTypeHost`	optional
Service property `property`	enum	`DisplayName` `ServiceName` `Path` `StartupType` `Manufacturer`	required
Condition `condition`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$match(ip?tables)` – Matches string with wildcards: `` any number (including zero) of characters and `?` exactly one character. `$contains(ssh)` – Matches if `ssh` appears anywhere in the service's property value. `$eq(sshd)` – Matches if `sshd` matches the service's property value exactly. `$prefix(ss)` – Matches if `ss` matches the prefix of the service's property value. `$suffix(hd)` – Matches if `hd` matches the suffix of the service's property value. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(sshd))` – Matches if the service's property value is different from `sshd`. `$and($prefix(ss),$suffix(hd))` – Matches if service's property value starts with `ss` and ends with `hd`. `$or($prefix(ss),$suffix(hd))` – Matches if service's property value starts with `ss` or ends with `hd`. Brackets ( and ) that are part of the matched property must be escaped with a tilde (~)	required
Condition `startupCondition`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$eq(manual)` – Matches services that are started manually. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(auto))` – Matches services with startup type different from Automatic. `$or($eq(auto),$eq(manual))` – Matches if service's startup type is either Automatic or Manual. Use one of the following values as a parameter for this condition: `manual` for Manual `manual_trigger` for Manual (Trigger Start) `auto` for Automatic `auto_delay` for Automatic (Delayed Start) `auto_trigger` for Automatic (Trigger Start) `auto_delay_trigger` for Automatic (Delayed Start, Trigger Start) `disabled` for Disabled	required
Custom metadata `hostMetadataCondition`	HostMetadataCondition	-	required

The `linuxDetectionCondition` object

Property	Type	Description	Required
Rule scope `ruleType`	enum	`RuleTypeOsService` `RuleTypeHost`	optional
Service property `property`	enum	`ServiceName` `StartupType`	required
Condition `condition`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$match(ip?tables)` – Matches string with wildcards: `` any number (including zero) of characters and `?` exactly one character. `$contains(ssh)` – Matches if `ssh` appears anywhere in the service's property value. `$eq(sshd)` – Matches if `sshd` matches the service's property value exactly. `$prefix(ss)` – Matches if `ss` matches the prefix of the service's property value. `$suffix(hd)` – Matches if `hd` matches the suffix of the service's property value. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(sshd))` – Matches if the service's property value is different from `sshd`. `$and($prefix(ss),$suffix(hd))` – Matches if service's property value starts with `ss` and ends with `hd`. `$or($prefix(ss),$suffix(hd))` – Matches if service's property value starts with `ss` or ends with `hd`. Brackets ( and ) that are part of the matched property must be escaped with a tilde (~)	required
Condition `startupCondition`	text	This string has to match a required format. See OS services monitoring. `$eq(enabled)` – Matches services with startup type equal to enabled. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(enabled))` – Matches services with startup type different from enabled. `$or($eq(enabled),$eq(disabled))` - Matches services that are either enabled or disabled. Use one of the following values as a parameter for this condition: `enabled` `enabled-runtime` `static` `disabled`	required
Custom metadata `hostMetadataCondition`	HostMetadataCondition	Host custom metadata refers to user-defined key-value pairs that you can assign to hosts monitored by Dynatrace. By defining custom metadata, you can enrich the monitoring data with context specific to your organization's needs, such as environment names, team ownership, application versions, or any other relevant details. See Define tags and metadata for hosts.	required

The `MetadataItem` object

Property	Type	Description	Required
Key `metadataKey`	text	Type 'dt.' for key hints.	required
Value `metadataValue`	text	Type '{' for placeholder hints.	required

The `HostMetadataCondition` object

Property Type Description Required

Property	Type	Description	Required
Key must exist `keyMustExist`	boolean	When enabled, the condition requires a metadata key to exist and match the constraints; when disabled, the key is optional but must still match the constrains if it is present.	required
Key `metadataKey`	text	-	required
Condition `metadataCondition`	text	This string has to match a required format. `$match(ver_1.2.?)` – Matches string with wildcards: `` any number (including zero) of characters and `?` exactly one character. `$contains(production)` – Matches if `production` appears anywhere in the host metadata value. `$eq(production)` – Matches if `production` matches the host metadata value exactly. `$prefix(production)` – Matches if `production` matches the prefix of the host metadata value. `$suffix(production)` – Matches if `production` matches the suffix of the host metadata value. Available logic operations: `$not($eq(production))` – Matches if the host metadata value is different from `production`. `$and($prefix(production),$suffix(main))` – Matches if host metadata value starts with `production` and ends with `main`. `$or($prefix(production),$suffix(main))` – Matches if host metadata value starts with `production` or ends with `main`. Brackets ( and ) that are part of the matched property must be escaped with a tilde (~)	required

Key must exist
keyMustExist

boolean

When enabled, the condition requires a metadata key to exist and match the constraints; when disabled, the key is optional but must still match the constrains if it is present.

required

Key
metadataKey text - required

Condition
metadataCondition

text

This string has to match a required format.

$match(ver*_1.2.?) – Matches string with wildcards: * any number (including zero) of characters and ? exactly one character.
$contains(production) – Matches if production appears anywhere in the host metadata value.
$eq(production) – Matches if production matches the host metadata value exactly.
$prefix(production) – Matches if production matches the prefix of the host metadata value.
$suffix(production) – Matches if production matches the suffix of the host metadata value.

Available logic operations:

$not($eq(production)) – Matches if the host metadata value is different from production.
$and($prefix(production),$suffix(main)) – Matches if host metadata value starts with production and ends with main.
$or($prefix(production),$suffix(main)) – Matches if host metadata value starts with production or ends with main.

Brackets ( and ) that are part of the matched property must be escaped with a tilde (~)

required

Settings API - OS services monitoring schema table

OS services monitoring (builtin:os-services-monitoring)

Authentication

Parameters

The windowsDetectionCondition object

The linuxDetectionCondition object

The MetadataItem object

The HostMetadataCondition object

OS services monitoring (`builtin:os-services-monitoring)`

The `windowsDetectionCondition` object

The `linuxDetectionCondition` object

The `MetadataItem` object

The `HostMetadataCondition` object