Create a monitoring configuration

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• Published Oct 13, 2026

Create a monitoring configuration for an Extension 2.0 in Dynatrace with the Extensions API, using the extension name and configuration scope and value.

Overview

You provide the extension name in the path and send scope and value in the request body. Dynatrace returns 201 Created when it creates the monitoring configuration.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with extensions:configurations:write scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

{
  "scope": "HOST-D3A3C5A146830A79",
  "value": {}
}

Response

{
  "code": 1,
  "objectId": "331e416f-9ab7-4694-8408-816026820645"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": 1,
    "details": {
      "constraintViolations": [
        {
          "location": "string",
          "message": "string",
          "parameterLocation": "HEADER",
          "path": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "message": "string"
  }
}