Purpose of directory
Default path
Path relative to installation parameter
Disk space requirements
(if size is not given, assume less than 1 MB)
ActiveGate executable files, libraries, and related files
/opt/dynatrace/gateway
<INSTALL>/gateway
300 MB
ActiveGate SSL folder
/var/lib/dynatrace/gateway/ssl
<CONFIG>/gateway/ssl
ActiveGate temporary files
/var/tmp/dynatrace/gateway
<TEMP>/gateway
4 GB (including 3 GB for cached OneAgent installers and container images)
ActiveGate logs
/var/log/dynatrace/gateway
<LOG>/gateway
500 MB
Dump files uploaded to ActiveGate by OneAgent
/var/lib/dynatrace/gateway/dump
<CONFIG>/gateway/dump
Functionality off by default. When activated, can take configurable maximum size: default 100 GB.
ActiveGate packages directory for auto-update installer downloads
/var/lib/dynatrace/packages
<PACKAGES_DIR>
500 MB.
ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 executable files, libraries, and related files
/opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule
<INSTALL>/remotepluginmodule
350 MB
ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 configuration, logs, cache, run-time work area
/var/lib/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule
<CONFIG>/remotepluginmodule
2 GB (for logs and crash dumps)
ActiveGate extensions upload directory
/opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/plugin_deployment/
<INSTALL>/remotepluginmodule/plugin_deployment/
Depending on uploaded extensions
zRemote executable files, libraries, and related files
/opt/dynatrace/zremote
<INSTALL>/zremote
50 MB
zRemote user-modifiable persistent configuration,
zRemote runtime work area, crash reports
/var/lib/dynatrace/zremote/agent
<CONFIG>/zremote/agent
50 MB
zRemote logs
/var/log/dynatrace/zremote
<LOG>/zremote
200 MB
Private Synthetic executable files, libraries, and related files
/opt/dynatrace/synthetic
<INSTALL>/synthetic
270 MB
Private synthetic logs
/var/log/dynatrace/synthetic
<LOG>/synthetic/log
1 GB
Private Synthetic temporary files
/var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic
<TEMP>/synthetic
20 GB, including 1 GB for the /var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic/cache and 1 GB for /var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic/screenshots
You can use TEMP to customize this location; however, for Synthetic-enabled ActiveGate installed on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS, the path must begin with /var/tmp, for example, TEMP=/var/tmp/syn. Dynatrace requires write access to /var/tmp for the installation of Chromium snap packages.
Autoupdater
/opt/dynatrace/autoupdater
<INSTALL>/autoupdater
Included in estimate for ActiveGate executable files
Autoupdater logs
/var/log/dynatrace/autoupdater
<LOG>/autoupdater
200 MB
config directory The config directory has specific permissions set for the dtuserag user. To access this directory, follow the steps below.
Open the Terminal and switch to the dtuserag user.
sudo su - dtuserag
Go to the config directory.
cd /path/to/activegate/config