OpenTelemetry metrics ingest API

Ingests OpenTelemetry metrics into Dynatrace. Use this endpoint as a target for OpenTelemetry exporters. For more information, see Export with OTLP.

The request consumes an application/x-protobuf payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/otlp/v1/metrics
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/otlp/v1/metrics

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter
Type
Description
In
Required
body
byte[]
An ExportMetricsServiceRequest message in binary protobuf format.
body
required

Response

Response codes

Code
Type
Description
200
-

The request has been received and will be processed.

400
-

The request could not be processed. This may happen if the message is malformed.

413
-

The OTLP message exceeded the payload size limit.

500
-

The request could not be processed due to an internal server error.

503
-

The service is currently unavailable. This may happen if the module is paused.

4XX

Client side error.

5XX

Server side error.