ActiveGate release notes version 1.215

With this release, the oldest supported ActiveGate versions are:

Standard Support
Enterprise Success and Support
1.197
1.191

How long are versions supported following rollout?

Update of Dynatrace communication endpoints

The domain used for internal communication by OneAgents and ActiveGates that send data to Dynatrace SaaS will be switched from *.live.ruxit.com to *.live.dynatrace.com beginning June 30, 2021.

This change will only affect Dynatrace SaaS customers, and only if you:

  • Use domain allowlisting on your outbound proxy, or
  • Use AWS PrivateLink to connect your OneAgents to Dynatrace

    Future Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

    The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 December 2024
    The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 January 2025
    The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 June 2025
    The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 July 2025

    Past Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

    The following operating systems are no longer supported since 01 May 2024
    The following operating systems are no longer supported since 01 June 2024
    The following operating systems are no longer supported since 01 July 2024

    Prometheus service annotations

    Starting with ActiveGate version 1.215, you can annotate Kubernetes services, and there are three new optional annotations with a special format for client authentication. See Prometheus metrics for details.

    Chromium support for private synthetic monitors

    Chromium 89 is now the latest supported version for synthetic-enabled ActiveGates installed on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, Red Hat, and CentOS 7 and 8, and bundled with the Windows ActiveGate installer. For more information, see Requirements for private synthetic locations.

    Known issues

    This affects ActiveGates for which continuous update began before version 1.165.

    If your launcheruserconfig.conf file contains the following parameters:

    • -memorylimit.percentage=80 for ActiveGates versions earlier than 1.205
    • -java.xmx.relative_part=80 for ActiveGate version 1.205+

    your ActiveGate will not automatically start after the update to version 1.213 and your DynatracegatewayLauncher_<timestamp>.log file will contain the following log events:

    2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
    2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Unrecognized option: -java.xmx.relative_part=80
    2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
    2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

    This typically occurs if you have customized the launcheruserconfig.conf file and the automatically added parameter is appended to the end of the parameter block.

    ActiveGate versions earlier than 1.205

    ActiveGate version 1.205+

    -vmargs
    -Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
    -Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
    -Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
    -Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>
    -memorylimit.percentage=80
    -arguments_section.jvm
    -Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
    -Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
    -Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
    -Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>
    -java.xmx.relative_part=80

    Use the workaround to clear the problem.

    Workaround

    1. Edit the launcheruserconfig.conf file.
    2. Find the following automatically added parameter:
      • -memorylimit.percentage=80 for ActiveGate versions earlier than 1.205
      • -java.xmx.relative_part=80 for ActiveGate version 1.205+
    3. Delete the parameter or move it to the first line of the launcheruserconfig.conf file.

    For example:

    ActiveGate versions earlier than 1.205

    ActiveGate version 1.205+

    -memorylimit.percentage=80
    -vmargs
    -Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
    -Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
    -Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
    -Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>
    -java.xmx.relative_part=80
    -arguments_section.jvm
    -Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
    -Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
    -Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
    -Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>

    Resolved issues

    General Availability (Build .215)

    The .215 GA release contains 3 resolved issues.

    Component
    Resolved issues
    2
    1

    ActiveGate

    • Improved handling of socket connection issues for Oracle database insights module. (APM-291772)
    • Fixed issue that executing REST requests (PUT and POST) on environment ActiveGates failed with a 3xx HTTP response. (APM-294829)

    Synthetic

    • Since version 211 of Synthetic module, change of proxy parameters requires manual restart of VUC service. With this fix VUC restart will happen automatically after detecting change in proxy-related properties. (APM-298239)