Process groups API - POST tags

Assigns custom tags to the specified process group. You need only provide a tag value. The CONTEXTLESS context will be assigned automatically.

The usage of this API is limited to value-only tags. To assign key:value tags, use the Custom tags API.

The request produces an application/json

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/{meIdentifier}`
POST	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/{meIdentifier}`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
meIdentifier	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the process group to be updated.	path	required
body	UpdateEntity	The JSON body of the request. Contains tags to be added to the process group.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `UpdateEntity` object

A list of tags to be assigned to a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description	Required
tags	string[]	A list of tags to be assigned to a Dynatrace entity.	required

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.

{
  "tags": [
    "office-linz",
    "office-klagenfurt"
  ]
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204	-	Success. The parameters of the process group have been updated.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Example

In this example, the request assigns the PHP tag to the PHP-FPM process group, which has the ID of PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "tags": [
    "PHP"
  ]
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B

Request body

{
  "tags": [
    "PHP"
  ]
}

Response code

204