Service Detection v1 (SDv1) is a service detection mechanism for OneAgent-instrumented services in Dynatrace.
It provides detection capabilities based on technology-specific service types, each with their own detection rules and configuration options.
These capabilities include
Service type recognition: Identify different service types.
Custom detection rules: Fine-tunes how services are detected and grouped.
Request naming: Tracks key business transactions.
Failure detection: Identifies errors and problematic requests.
For OpenTelemetry support, see Service Detection v2, which supports service detection via OTel resource attributes.
Service types
SDv1 can detect
Web request services: Applications deployed via web servers or web containers.
Web services: As defined by WSDL.
Database services: Applications that make database requests.
Messaging services: Queue and topic listeners in applications.
Remoting services: RMI and RPC communications.
Background activity services: Threads running in the background.
Custom services: User-defined instrumentation for non-standard technologies.
Configuration options
With SDv1, you can configure
Service detection rules
Merge applications into a single service.
Separate services based on URL patterns.
Create rules for unmonitored hosts.
Fix web server naming issues.
Service naming
Built-in rules define out-of-the-box naming.
Custom service naming rules let you create your own naming standards.
Service name formats with placeholders for consistent naming conventions.
Request naming
Define how requests appear in your environment.
Create intuitive names for business transactions.
Track operations at a granular level.
Failure detection
Configure error detection settings globally or for individual services.
Define custom error rules.
Handle HTTP errors and exceptions based on your needs.