ActiveGate default installation settings for Linux
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.
Directories
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 |
| 300 MB |
| ||
ActiveGate SSL folder |
| |
ActiveGate temporary files |
| 4 GB (including 3 GB for cached OneAgent installers and container images) |
ActiveGate logs |
| 500 MB |
Dump files uploaded to ActiveGate by OneAgent |
| Functionality off by default. When activated, can take configurable maximum size: default 100 GB. |
ActiveGate packages directory for auto-update installer downloads |
| 500 MB. |
ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 executable files, libraries, and related files |
| 350 MB |
ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 configuration, logs, cache, run-time work area |
| 2 GB (for logs and crash dumps) |
ActiveGate extensions upload directory |
| Depending on uploaded extensions |
zRemote executable files, libraries, and related files |
| 50 MB |
zRemote user-modifiable persistent configuration, |
| 50 MB |
zRemote logs |
| 200 MB |
Private Synthetic executable files, libraries, and related files |
| 270 MB |
Private synthetic logs |
| 1 GB |
Private Synthetic temporary files |
| 20 GB, including 1 GB for the You can use |
Autoupdater |
| Included in estimate for ActiveGate executable files |
Autoupdater logs |
| 200 MB |
Access ActiveGate 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.1sudo su - dtuserag -
Go to the
config
directory.1cd /path/to/activegate/config
Services
Component name | Service name | User account | Description |
ActiveGate |
| default: | 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) |
| same as for ActiveGate | 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 |
| same as for ActiveGate | 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 |
| same as for ActiveGate | Service for the zRemote functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of routing z/OS traffic to Dynatrace. |
Synthetic |
| same as for ActiveGate | Service for the Synthetic functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of running Synthetic monitors from a private location. |
User running ActiveGate service
By default, the ActiveGate installer uses the user dtuserag
to run the ActiveGate service. This user does not require root privileges.
If the userdtuserag
does not already exist in the system, the installer will create it.
Port usage
By default, ActiveGate:
receives connections from OneAgents or other ActiveGates on port 9999
receives Dynatrace API on port 9999
connects to Dynatrace SaaS or Managed cluster on port 443
For more information about possible ActiveGate connectivity schemes, see Supported connectivity schemes for ActiveGates.