Dynatrace Extensions

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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
Extensions support policy

Dynatrace support staff are committed to aiding within the defined scope of support. However, specific topics fall outside our support capabilities, including:

  • Custom Extensions: Technical support can only aid customers with extensions that are available on Dynatrace Hub and marked as Supported by Dynatrace, unless the problem is related to the extensions framework itself.
  • Custom Extension Files: Technical support cannot support with the analysis of custom configuration or code, and requests to create such files are not within the support scope.

Customers needing help with unsupported extensions or extension files can request paid assistance from our services department.

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.

TechnologyTypeCustom metrics
CoreDNSOneAgent Extension
CouchbaseOneAgent Extension48
CouchDBOneAgent Extension22
Docker technology monitoringOneAgent Extension
ElasticsearchOneAgent Extension129
HAProxyOneAgent Extension20
MemcachedOneAgent Extension12
MongoDBOneAgent Extension22
MS SQLOneAgent Extension18
MySQLOneAgent Extension31
NTPOneAgent Extension1
PHP-FPMOneAgent Extension6
PostgreSQLOneAgent Extension12
RabbitMQOneAgent Extension45
RedisOneAgent Extension37
ActiveMQ JMXJMX Monitoring15
Apache Hadoop HDFSJMX Monitoring43
Apache Hadoop YARNJMX Monitoring48
Apache SparkJMX Monitoring17
Cassandra JMXJMX Monitoring28
HornetQ JMXJMX Monitoring5
JBoss Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring14
Jetty JMXJMX Monitoring7
Kafka JMXJMX Monitoring42
Solr JMX 1JMX Monitoring24
Tomcat Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring
WebLogic Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring12
WebSphere Liberty Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring5
WSO2 API ManagerJMX Monitoring27
1

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

DDU consumption for on-demand extensions

Metrics sent via OneAgent extensions consume host quota first. Once this quota is exhausted, DDU consumption begins.

TechnologyTypeMonitoring consumption
Citrix Virtual Apps and DesktopsOneAgent ExtensionHost quota first
Tibco EMSOneAgent ExtensionHost quota first