To start, stop or restart an ActiveGate you need to start, stop or restart the respective services for Linux or services for Windows that the ActiveGate is using—depending on the operating system on which the ActiveGate is installed. The actual services present also depend on the purpose for which the ActiveGate has been installed and on the functional modules that have been enabled.
You'll need root privileges to execute the commands to start, stop or restart ActiveGate services:
Start an ActiveGate service
systemctl start <service name>
For example:
systemctl start dynatracegateway
Stop an ActiveGate service
systemctl stop <service name>
For example:
systemctl stop dynatracegateway
Restart an ActiveGate service
systemctl restart <service name>
For example:
systemctl restart dynatracegateway
Query the current status of an ActiveGate service
systemctl status <service name>
For example:
systemctl status dynatracegateway
Component name
Service name
Description
ActiveGate
dynatracegateway
ActiveGate auto-updater
dynatraceautoupdater
Extensions 1.0 (Remote Plugin Module)
remotepluginmodule
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
extensionsmodule
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
zremote
Service for the zRemote functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of routing z/OS traffic to Dynatrace.
Synthetic
vuc
Service for the Synthetic functional module. Present on ActiveGates installed for the purpose of running Synthetic monitors from a private location.