If you do not specify any parameters during ActiveGate installation to customize settings, the following default settings will be applied. To modify defaults settings during installation, see Customize ActiveGate installation on Linux.
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
Component name | Service name | Description |
ActiveGate |
| The main ActiveGate service. Present for all ActiveGate purposes and functional modules. |
ActiveGate auto-updater |
| An auto-updater service. Present for all ActiveGate purposes and functional modules. |
Extensions 1.0 (Remote Plugin Module) |
| Service for the Extensions 1.0 functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the routing-monitoring purpose. This service will be active or inactive, depending on configuration—for default setting, refer to the module description. |
Extensions 2.0 |
| Service for the Extensions 2.0 functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the routing-monitoring purpose. This service will be active or inactive, depending on configuration—for default setting, refer to the module description. |
zRemote |
| Service for the zRemote functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of routing z/OS traffic to Dynatrace. |
Synthetic |
| Service for the Synthetic functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of running Synthetic monitors from a private location. |
All ActiveGate services are by default running as dedicated unprivileged user dtuserag. The only exception is dynatraceautoupdater which requires root privileges.
If the user dtuserag does not already exist in the system, the installer will create it.
By default, ActiveGate:
For more information about possible ActiveGate connectivity schemes, see Supported connectivity schemes for ActiveGates.