Dynatrace Extensions

Learn how Dynatrace monitors other application software technologies. These technologies are monitored by importing the technology-specific metrics into Davis, the Dynatrace AI causation engine.

Dynatrace Extension Framework 1.0 end of life

OneAgent and ActiveGate version 1.299 are the last versions supporting OneAgent and ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 framework. You can continue using Extensions 1.0 if you stay at OneAgent or ActiveGate version 1.299. Note that this means you'll be using an unsupported Python version 3.8. We strongly recommend migrating your extensions to the latest Extensions 2.0 framework.

It's time to move to the Extensions Framework 2.0.

  • Python custom extensions: migration has been publicly available since March 2024. These will be disabled in October 2024. For details on converting your extensions, see Python 1.0 Conversion.

  • JMX extensions are deprecated. The migration has been available since Oct 2023. If you plan to use JMX EF1.0 extensions further, please contact Dynatrace. For details on the conversion tool, see JMX 1.0 Conversion.

  • PMI extensions are deprecated. Support for PMI will be migrated to Extension Framework 2.0. If you plan to use PMI EF1.0 extensions further, please contact Dynatrace.

  • OneAgent and ActiveGate extensions:

    • Dynatrace: most technologies have a migration path to Extension Framework 2.0. Check Hub for availability.
  • Some technologies will be available on-demand or deprecated (details below).

    • Deprecated: Hikari, Netflix OSS, Apache HTTP Server Workers, PowerDNS, AWS Managed Prometheus, Apache Cassandra (remote), Apache Storm, Generic Linux Commands, IBM Event Streams, Synthetic checks (LDAP, DNS, ping, port, SSH, SFTP), ActiveDirectory replication, Siebel, SolarWinds, Windows Server File System Quotas, Zabbix

Supported out of the box (built-in extensions)

Apart from the most common application software technologies, which Dynatrace supports out of the box through OneAgent code modules, Dynatrace also supports numerous other technologies through OneAgent extensions. These technologies can be monitored by Dynatrace out of the box.

Dynatrace extension required

The technologies listed below can be monitored by Dynatrace, but they require the installation of monitoring extensions that are available from Dynatrace Hub download page. When monitoring these technologies with Dynatrace, you might incur additional charges for custom-metric ingestion and analysis. Contact a Dynatrace product expert via live chat if you're interested in monitoring any of these technologies.

Monitoring consumption

DDU consumption for built-in extensions

The Dynatrace monitoring extensions listed below initially consume each monitored host's quota of included metrics. Once the included metrics quota is exhausted, DDU consumption begins. The figures in the table below represent the expected consumption per process for each technology type that an extension monitors. The Custom metrics count reflects the default set of metrics that are generated by each extension.

Dynatrace version 1.267+

Starting with Dynatrace version 1.267, the Docker technology monitoring extension is no longer available.

Technology
Type
Custom metrics
CoreDNS
OneAgent Extension
Couchbase
OneAgent Extension
48
CouchDB
OneAgent Extension
22
Docker technology monitoring
OneAgent Extension
Elasticsearch
OneAgent Extension
129
Elasticsearch Cloud
ActiveGate Extension
17
HAProxy
OneAgent Extension
20
Memcached
OneAgent Extension
12
MongoDB
OneAgent Extension
22
MS SQL
OneAgent Extension
18
MySQL
OneAgent Extension
31
NTP
OneAgent Extension
1
PHP-FPM
OneAgent Extension
6
PostgreSQL
OneAgent Extension
12
RabbitMQ
OneAgent Extension
45
Redis
OneAgent Extension
37
ActiveMQ JMX
JMX Monitoring
15
Apache Hadoop HDFS
JMX Monitoring
43
Apache Hadoop YARN
JMX Monitoring
48
Apache Spark
JMX Monitoring
17
Cassandra JMX
JMX Monitoring
28
HornetQ JMX
JMX Monitoring
5
JBoss Connection Pools
JMX Monitoring
14
Jetty JMX
JMX Monitoring
7
Kafka JMX
JMX Monitoring
42
Solr JMX 1
JMX Monitoring
24
Tomcat Connection Pools
JMX Monitoring
WebLogic Connection Pools
JMX Monitoring
12
WebSphere Liberty Connection Pools
JMX Monitoring
5
WSO2 API Manager
JMX Monitoring
27
1

For Solr version 7+, each Solr Core will consume additional 24 custom metrics.

DDU consumption for on-demand extensions

Metrics sent via ActiveGate extensions always consume DDUs. Metrics sent via OneAgent extensions consumes host quota first

Technology
Type
Monitoring consumption
Apigee Edge
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
Citrix Netscaler
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
OneAgent Extension
Host quota first
F5 BIG-IP LTM
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
IBM Datapower
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
IBM DB2
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
IBM i
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
IBM Message Queue
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
Juniper Network
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
Microsoft SQL
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
MySQL
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
SAP ABAP and GUI
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
SAP HANA DB
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs
Tibco EMS
OneAgent Extension
Host quota first
Windows Server 2003
ActiveGate Extension
DDUs