Validate a forwarding connection

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• Published Oct 13, 2026

Validate a Data Forwarding connection configuration in Dynatrace before pipeline activation, confirming the connection and deleting the test file.

Overview

You provide the cloudVendorType in the request body to validate a Data Forwarding connection configuration before pipeline activation. Dynatrace returns a 200 response when the connection is properly established and the file is deleted.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with openpipeline:data-forwarding:validate scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

{
  "cloudVendorType": "aws",
  "awsConnection": {
    "connectionId": "12345678901234567890",
    "bucketName": "my-example-bucket"
  }
}

Response

{
  "code": "200",
  "message": "File created and deleted."
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Invalid connection id or bucket/container name.",
    "code": 400
  }
}