Process groups API - GET a process group

This API is deprecated. Use the Monitored entities API instead. You can find more information about switching to the new API in the migration guide.

Gets the parameters of the specified process group.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/{meIdentifier}`
GET	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 required process group.	path	required

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	ProcessGroup	Success
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Response body objects

The `ProcessGroup` object

Parameters of a process group.

Element	Type	Description
azureHostName	string	-
azureSiteName	string	-
customizedName	string	The customized name of the entity
discoveredName	string	The discovered name of the entity
displayName	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity as displayed in the UI.
entityId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the required entity.
firstSeenTimestamp	integer	The timestamp of when the entity was first detected, in UTC milliseconds
fromRelationships	object	-
lastSeenTimestamp	integer	The timestamp of when the entity was last detected, in UTC milliseconds
listenPorts	integer[]	-
managementZones	EntityShortRepresentation[]	The management zones that the entity is part of.
metadata	object	-
softwareTechnologies	TechnologyInfo[]	-
tags	TagInfo[]	The list of entity tags.
toRelationships	object	-

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.

The `TechnologyInfo` object

Element	Type	Description
edition	string	-
type	string	-
version	string	-

The `TagInfo` object

Tag of a Dynatrace entity.

Element Type Description

context

string

Element	Type	Description
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`
key	string	The key of the tag. Custom tags have the tag value here.
value	string	The value of the tag. Not applicable to custom tags.

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

key

string

The key of the tag.

Custom tags have the tag value here.

value

string

The value of the tag.

Not applicable to custom tags.

Response body JSON model

{
  "azureHostName": "string",
  "azureSiteName": "string",
  "customizedName": "string",
  "discoveredName": "string",
  "displayName": "string",
  "entityId": "string",
  "firstSeenTimestamp": 1,
  "fromRelationships": {
    "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
      "string"
    ],
    "runsOn": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "lastSeenTimestamp": 1,
  "listenPorts": [
    1
  ],
  "managementZones": [
    {
      "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example",
      "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
      "name": "Dynatrace entity"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "adobe.em.env_type": [
      "string"
    ],
    "adobe.em.program": [
      "string"
    ],
    "adobe.em.service": [
      "string"
    ],
    "adobe.em.tier": [
      "string"
    ],
    "agentValueMetadata": {},
    "apacheConfigPaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "apacheSparkMasterIpAddresses": [
      "string"
    ],
    "aspDotNetCoreApplicationPaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcrImageAccountIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcrImageRegions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsCluster": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsContainerARN": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsContainerName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsDockerID": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsDockerName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsFamily": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsRevision": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsEcsTaskARN": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsLambdaFunctionNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "awsRegions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.containerapp.hostname": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.containerapp.replica.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.application.id": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.application.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.codepackage.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.hostedservice.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.instance.id": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.replica.id": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.servicefabric.servicepackage.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.spring.application.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.spring.cloudconfiguri": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.website.instance.id": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.website.owner.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "azure.website.site.name": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cassandraClusterNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "catalinaBaseValues": [
      "string"
    ],
    "catalinaHomeValues": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudFoundryAppIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudFoundryAppNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudFoundryInstanceIndexes": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudFoundrySpaceIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudFoundrySpaceNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "cloudfoundryMetadata": {},
    "coldfusionJvmConfigFiles": [
      "string"
    ],
    "commandLineArgs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "datasourceMonitoringConfigId": [
      "string"
    ],
    "declarativeId": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dockerContainerIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dockerContainerImageNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dockerContainerImageVersions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dockerContainerNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dotNetCommands": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dotnetCommandPath": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dynatraceClusterIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dynatraceNodeIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "elasticSearchClusterNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "elasticSearchNodeNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "envVariables": {},
    "equinoxConfigPath": [
      "string"
    ],
    "executablePaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "executables": [
      "string"
    ],
    "glassfishDomainNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "glassfishInstanceNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "google.appengine.version": [
      "string"
    ],
    "google.cloudrun.execution": [
      "string"
    ],
    "google.cloudrun.job": [
      "string"
    ],
    "google.cloudrun.revision": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleAppEngineInstances": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleAppEngineServices": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleCloudInstanceId": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleCloudInstanceRegion": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleCloudProjects": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleCloudRunService": [
      "string"
    ],
    "googleComputeEngineMetadata": {},
    "heroku.appdefaultdomainname": [
      "string"
    ],
    "heroku.dyno": [
      "string"
    ],
    "heroku.releaseversion": [
      "string"
    ],
    "hostGroups": [
      "string"
    ],
    "hybrisBinDirectories": [
      "string"
    ],
    "hybrisConfigDirectories": [
      "string"
    ],
    "hybrisDataDirectories": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmApplid": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmCicsRegion": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmCtgName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmImsConnectRegions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmImsControlRegions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmImsMessageProcessingRegions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmImsSoapGwName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmIntegrationNodeName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmIntegrationServerName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ibmJobName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "iisAppPools": [
      "string"
    ],
    "iisRoleNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "javaJarFiles": [
      "string"
    ],
    "javaJarPaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "javaMainClasses": [
      "string"
    ],
    "javaMainModules": [
      "string"
    ],
    "jbossHomes": [
      "string"
    ],
    "jbossModes": [
      "string"
    ],
    "jbossServerNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesAnnotations": {},
    "kubernetesBasePodNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesClusterId": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesContainerNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesFullPodNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesNamespaces": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesPodUids": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kubernetesRuleResult": [
      "string"
    ],
    "linkage": [
      "string"
    ],
    "mssqlInstanceName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "nodejsAppBaseDirectories": [
      "string"
    ],
    "nodejsAppNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "nodejsScriptNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "oracleSid": [
      "string"
    ],
    "phpScripts": [
      "string"
    ],
    "phpWorkingDirectories": [
      "string"
    ],
    "pluginMetadata": {},
    "rke2Type": [
      "string"
    ],
    "rubyAppRootPaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "rubyScriptPaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "ruleResult": [
      "string"
    ],
    "serviceNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "softwareAgInstallRoot": [
      "string"
    ],
    "softwareAgProductPropertyName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "springBootAppName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "springBootProfileName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "springBootStartupClass": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBWEnginePropertyFilePaths": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksAppNodeName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksAppSpaceName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksCeAppName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksCeVersion": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksDomainName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksEnginePropertyFiles": [
      "string"
    ],
    "tibcoBusinessWorksHome": [
      "string"
    ],
    "varnishInstanceNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "weblogicClusterNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "weblogicDomainNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "weblogicHomeValues": [
      "string"
    ],
    "weblogicNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "websphereCellNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "websphereClusterNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "websphereLibertyServerName": [
      "string"
    ],
    "websphereNodeNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "websphereServerNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "zCodeModuleVersion": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "softwareTechnologies": [
    {
      "edition": "string",
      "type": "string",
      "version": "string"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "context": "AWS",
      "key": "string",
      "value": "string"
    }
  ],
  "toRelationships": {
    "isInstanceOf": [
      "string"
    ],
    "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
      "string"
    ],
    "runsOn": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}

Example

In this example, the request gets the details of 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 GET \
  'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups/PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B' \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \

Request URL

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

Response body

{
  "entityId": "PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B",
  "displayName": "PHP-FPM",
  "discoveredName": "PHP-FPM",
  "firstSeenTimestamp": 1503909407206,
  "lastSeenTimestamp": 1545150389821,
  "tags": [],
  "fromRelationships": {
    "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
      "PROCESS_GROUP-49C926A7091830E3"
    ],
    "runsOn": [
      "HOST-249385B2CEBFE51F",
      "HOST-890A0495CB619DDF",
      "HOST-3FBF48320E4079EF"
    ]
  },
  "toRelationships": {
    "isInstanceOf": [
      "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE-BBFBABB27B2686F2",
      "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE-7E988C3503AE8803"
    ],
    "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
      "PROCESS_GROUP-49C926A7091830E3"
    ],
    "runsOn": [
      "SERVICE-72503CBDD2AEF066"
    ]
  },
  "metadata": {
    "hostGroups": [
      "authoring"
    ],
    "commandLineArgs": [
      "/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.0 --nodaemonize --fpm-config /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php-fpm.conf"
    ],
    "executables": [
      "php-fpm7.0"
    ],
    "executablePaths": [
      "/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.0"
    ]
  },
  "softwareTechnologies": [
    {
      "type": "SQLITE",
      "edition": null,
      "version": null
    },
    {
      "type": "PHP",
      "edition": "FPM",
      "version": "7.0.32"
    },
    {
      "type": "PHP_FPM",
      "edition": null,
      "version": null
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200

Process groups API - GET a process group

Authentication

Parameters

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The ProcessGroup object

The EntityShortRepresentation object

The TechnologyInfo object

The TagInfo object

Response body JSON model

Example

Curl

Request URL

Response body

Response code

Related topics

The `ProcessGroup` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The `TechnologyInfo` object

The `TagInfo` object