Disk events anomaly detection API - PUT an event

Updates the specified disk event rule.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

PUT	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/{id}`
PUT	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/{id}`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The ID of the disk event rule to be updated.	path	required
body	DiskEventAnomalyDetectionConfig	JSON body of the request. Contains updated disk event rule parameters.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `DiskEventAnomalyDetectionConfig` object

Element	Type	Description	Required
diskNameFilter	DiskNameFilter	Narrows the rule usage down to disks, matching the specified criteria.	optional
enabled	boolean	Disk event rule enabled/disabled.	required
hostGroupId	string	Narrows the rule usage down to disks that run on hosts that themselves run on the specified host group.	optional
id	string	The ID of the disk event rule.	optional
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata	Metadata useful for debugging	optional
metric	string	The metric to monitor. `LOW_DISK_SPACE` `LOW_INODES` `READ_TIME_EXCEEDING` `WRITE_TIME_EXCEEDING`	required
name	string	The name of the disk event rule.	required
samples	integer	The number of samples to evaluate.	required
tagFilters	TagFilter[]	Narrows the rule usage down to the hosts matching the specified tags.	optional
threshold	number	The threshold to trigger disk event. A percentage for `LowDiskSpace` or `LowInodes` metrics. In milliseconds for `ReadTimeExceeding` or `WriteTimeExceeding` metrics.	required
violatingSamples	integer	The number of samples that must violate the threshold to trigger an event. Must not exceed the number of evaluated samples.	required

The `DiskNameFilter` object

Narrows the rule usage down to disks, matching the specified criteria.

Element	Type	Description	Required
operator	string	Comparison operator. `CONTAINS` `DOES_NOT_CONTAIN` `DOES_NOT_EQUAL` `DOES_NOT_START_WITH` `EQUALS` `STARTS_WITH`	required
value	string	Value to compare to.	required

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

Metadata useful for debugging

Element	Type	Description	Required
clusterVersion	string	Dynatrace version.	optional
configurationVersions	integer[]	A sorted list of the version numbers of the configuration.	optional
currentConfigurationVersions	string[]	A sorted list of version numbers of the configuration.	optional

The `TagFilter` object

A tag-based filter of monitored entities.

Element Type Description Required

context

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
context	string	The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry. Custom tags use the `CONTEXTLESS` value. `AWS` `AWS_GENERIC` `AZURE` `CLOUD_FOUNDRY` `CONTEXTLESS` `ENVIRONMENT` `GOOGLE_CLOUD` `KUBERNETES`	required
key	string	The key of the tag. Custom tags have the tag value here.	required
value	string	The value of the tag. Not applicable to custom tags.	optional

The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry.

Custom tags use the CONTEXTLESS value.

AWS
AWS_GENERIC
AZURE
CLOUD_FOUNDRY
CONTEXTLESS
ENVIRONMENT
GOOGLE_CLOUD
KUBERNETES

required

key

string

The key of the tag.

Custom tags have the tag value here.

required

value

string

The value of the tag.

Not applicable to custom tags.

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.

{
  "diskNameFilter": {
    "operator": "CONTAINS",
    "value": "string"
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "hostGroupId": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "metadata": {
    "clusterVersion": "1.192.1",
    "configurationVersions": [
      4,
      2
    ],
    "currentConfigurationVersions": [
      "1.0.4",
      "1.23"
    ]
  },
  "metric": "LOW_DISK_SPACE",
  "name": "string",
  "samples": 10,
  "tagFilters": [
    {
      "context": "AWS",
      "key": "string",
      "value": "string"
    }
  ],
  "threshold": 1,
  "violatingSamples": 8
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	EntityShortRepresentation	Success. The new disk event rule has been created. The ID of the new disk event rule is returned.
204	-	Success. The disk event rule has been updated. Response doesn't have a body.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid
403	-	Failed. The specified ID is reserved for internal use.

Response body objects

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description
description	string	A short description of the Dynatrace entity.
id	string	The ID of the Dynatrace entity.
name	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity.

Response body JSON model

{
  "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example",
  "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
  "name": "Dynatrace entity"
}

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.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/{id}/validator`
POST	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/{id}/validator`

Authentication

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

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

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204	-	Validated. The submitted disk event rule is valid. Response doesn't have a body.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid
403	-	Failed. The specified ID is reserved for internal use.

Example

In this example, the request updates the very slow disk rule we created in the POST request example. It changes the threshold to 180 milliseconds in 9 out of 10 samples.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own.

Curl

curl -X PUT \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/fdd83212-9c08-44ba-a0cf-dbb471cd819a \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "very slow disk",
  "enabled": true,
  "metric": "READ_TIME_EXCEEDING",
  "threshold": 180,
  "samples": 10,
  "violatingSamples": 9,
  "diskNameFilter": {
    "operator": "STARTS_WITH",
    "value": "C"
  },
  "tagFilters": []
}
'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/diskEvents/fdd83212-9c08-44ba-a0cf-dbb471cd819a

Request body

{
  "name": "very slow disk",
  "enabled": true,
  "metric": "READ_TIME_EXCEEDING",
  "threshold": 180,
  "samples": 10,
  "violatingSamples": 9,
  "diskNameFilter": {
    "operator": "STARTS_WITH",
    "value": "C"
  },
  "tagFilters": []
}

Response code

204

Result

The updated configuration has the following parameters:

Custom disk events rule - updated

Disk events anomaly detection API - PUT an event

Authentication

Parameters

Request body objects

The DiskEventAnomalyDetectionConfig object

The DiskNameFilter object

The ConfigurationMetadata object

The TagFilter object

Request body JSON model

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The EntityShortRepresentation object

Response body JSON model

Validate payload

Authentication

Response

Response codes

Example

Curl

Request URL

Request body

Response code

Result

Related topics

The `DiskEventAnomalyDetectionConfig` object

The `DiskNameFilter` object

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

The `TagFilter` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object