Hosts API - POST tags

Assigns custom tags to the specified host. You only need to 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 consumes an application/json payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/{meIdentifier}
Environment ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/{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 host to be updated.

path
required
body

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

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 host have been updated.

400

Failed. The input is invalid.

4XX

Client side error.

5XX

Server side error.

Example

In this example, the request assigns the Linux and Rack 123 tags to the tag009 host, which has the ID of HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5 \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "tags": [
    "Linux",
    "Rack 123"
  ]
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5

Request body

{
  "tags": [
    "iOS app",
    "Adnroid app"
  ]
}

Response code

204

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