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Dynatrace Log Monitoring API

Owned by Ben Bramley
Last updated: Feb 27, 2024
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Adding a Dynatrace Log Monitoring API output

  • Login to the PowerConnect Cloud web UI

  • Click the Outputs link in the menu bar

  • Click the + button to add a new output

  • Choose log-monitoring-api under the Dynatrace heading in the dropdown menu that appears

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  • Populate the form with the details of your Dynatrace Log Monitoring API endpoint

Configuration

Description

Required

Default Value

Comments

Configuration

Description

Required

Default Value

Comments

Dynatrace Log Monitoring API URL

Log Monitoring API url

Yes

 

e.g. https://xxx.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/logs/ingest

Dynatrace Log Monitoring API Token

Log Monitoring API token

Yes

 

 

Dynatrace service name

Dynatrace Service field value

No

sap:cloud

 

Dynatrace log lource

Dynatrace source field value

No

powerconnect

This value is overridden by the System ID value of the Inputs

Batch events together before sending to Dynatrace

Batch events

No

Yes

 

Batch size

Max size of the batches

No

100

 

Retry send if error occurs

Retry sending data if the Dynatrace endpoint is down

No

No

 

Number of times to retry

If retries are enabled defines how many times the Agent will retry before giving up

No

3

 

Backoff interval in seconds (fixed)

Time in seconds the Agent will wait between retries

No

10

 

  • Click the Save button

  • The output has now been created