Process groups API - GET all process groups

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 list of all process groups in your Dynatrace environment, along with their parameters and relationships.

The full list can be lengthy, so you can narrow it down by specifying filter parameters, like tags. See the Parameters section for more details.

You can additionally limit the output by using the pagination:

Specify the number of results per page in the pageSize query parameter.
Then use the cursor from the Next-Page-Key response header in the nextPageKey query parameter to obtain subsequent pages.

The request produces an application/json payload.

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

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

The timeframe is restricted to a maximum period of 3 days.

Parameter

Type

Description

Required

startTimestamp

integer

The start timestamp of the requested timeframe, in milliseconds (UTC).

If not set, then 72 hours behind from now is used.

query

optional

endTimestamp

integer

The end timestamp of the requested timeframe, in milliseconds (UTC).

If not set, then the current timestamp is used.

The timeframe must not exceed 3 days.

query

optional

relativeTime

string

The relative timeframe, back from now.

min
5mins
10mins
15mins
30mins
hour
2hours
6hours
day
3days

query

optional

tag

string[]

Filters the resulting set of process groups by the specified tag. You can specify several tags in the following format: tag=tag1&tag=tag2. The process group has to match all the specified tags.

In case of key-value tags, such as imported AWS or CloudFoundry tags, use the following format: tag=[context]key:value. For custom key-value tags, omit the context: tag=key:value.

query

optional

entity

string[]

Filters result to the specified process groups only.

To specify several process groups use the following format: entity=ID1&entity=ID2.

query

optional

host

string[]

Filters process groups by the host they're running at.

Specify Dynatrace IDs of the host you're interested in.

To specify several hosts use the following format: host=hostID1&host=hostID2.

The OR logic applies.

query

optional

managementZone

integer

Only return process groups that are part of the specified management zone.

query

optional

includeDetails

boolean

Includes (true) or excludes (false) details which are queried from related entities.

Excluding details may make queries faster.

If not set, then true is used.

query

optional

pageSize

integer

The number of process groups per result page.

If not set, pagination is not used and the result contains all process groups fitting the specified filtering criteria.

query

optional

nextPageKey

string

The cursor for the next page of results. You can find it in the Next-Page-Key header of the previous response.

If you're using pagination, the first page is always returned without this cursor.

You must keep all other query parameters as they were in the first request to obtain subsequent pages.

query

optional

Response headers

Header

Type

Description

Total-Count

integer

The estimated number of results.

Next-Page-Key

string

The cursor for the next page of results. Without it you'll get the first page again.

Page-Size

string

The maximum number of results per page.

Response

Response codes

Code

Type

Description

200

ProcessGroup[]

Success

400

ErrorEnvelope

Failed. The input is invalid.

4XX

ErrorEnvelope

Client side error.

5XX

ErrorEnvelope

Server side error.

Response body objects

The `ResponseBody` object

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[]

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element

Type

Description

description

string

A short description of the Dynatrace entity.

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

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 lists all the process groups of the environment detected within the last 5 minutes.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

The result is truncated to two entries.

Curl

curl -X GET \
  'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups?relativeTime=5mins' \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups?relativeTime=5mins

Response body

[
  {
    "entityId": "PROCESS_GROUP-B34081EFF9E5F516",
    "displayName": "Apache Web Server apache2",
    "discoveredName": "Apache Web Server apache2",
    "firstSeenTimestamp": 1405316247660,
    "lastSeenTimestamp": 1545149212556,
    "tags": [],
    "fromRelationships": {},
    "toRelationships": {
      "runsOn": [
        "SERVICE-B8C88BAA442098CF"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "commandLineArgs": [
        "/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start"
      ],
      "executables": [
        "apache2"
      ],
      "executablePaths": [
        "/usr/sbin/apache2"
      ],
      "apacheConfigPaths": [
        "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"
      ]
    },
    "softwareTechnologies": [
      {
        "type": "PHP",
        "edition": "Apache",
        "version": "5.5.9"
      },
      {
        "type": "APACHE_HTTPD",
        "edition": null,
        "version": "2.4.7"
      },
      {
        "type": "SQLITE",
        "edition": null,
        "version": null
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "entityId": "PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B",
    "displayName": "PHP-FPM",
    "discoveredName": "PHP-FPM",
    "firstSeenTimestamp": 1503909407206,
    "lastSeenTimestamp": 1545149349700,
    "tags": [],
    "fromRelationships": {
      "runsOn": [
        "HOST-74CDC8809AD43931",
        "HOST-9A81EACCA0270218"
      ]
    },
    "toRelationships": {
      "isInstanceOf": [
        "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 all process groups

Authentication

Parameters

Response headers

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The ResponseBody object

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 `ResponseBody` object

The `ProcessGroup` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The `TechnologyInfo` object

The `TagInfo` object