Azure credentials API - POST new credentials

Creates a new Azure credentials configuration.

The body must not provide an ID. The Dynatrace server automatically assigns an ID.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POST	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/azure/credentials SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/azure/credentials Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/azure/credentials

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write configuration (WriteConfig) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
body	AzureCredentialsCreation	The JSON body of the request. Contains parameters of the new Azure credentials configuration.	body	optional

Body format

Request parametersJSON model

The AzureCredentialsCreation object

Configuration of Azure app-level credentials.

Element	Type	Description	Required
label	string	The unique name of the Azure credentials configuration. Allowed characters are letters, numbers, and spaces. Also the special characters `.+-_` are allowed.	required
appId	string	The application ID (also referred to as client ID). The field is required when creating a new credentials configuration. The field is ignored during an update, the old value remains unaffected.	required
directoryId	string	The directory ID (also referred to as tenant ID). The field is required when creating a new credentials configuration. The field is ignored during an update, the old value remains unaffected.	required
key	string	The secret key associated with the application ID. For security reasons, GET requests return this field as `null`. Submit your key on creation or update of the configuration. The field is required when creating a new credentials configuration. If the field is omitted during an update, the old value remains unaffected.	required
active	boolean	The monitoring is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). If not set on creation, the `true` value is used. If the field is omitted during an update, the old value remains unaffected.	optional
autoTagging	boolean	The automatic capture of Azure tags is on (`true`) or off (`false`).	required
monitorOnlyTaggedEntities	boolean	Monitor only resources that have specified Azure tags (`true`) or all resources (`false`).	required
monitorOnlyTagPairs	CloudTag[]	A list of Azure tags to be monitored. You can specify up to 10 tags. A resource tagged with any of the specified tags is monitored. Only applicable when the monitorOnlyTaggedEntities parameter is set to `true`.	required
supportingServices	AzureSupportingService[]	A list of Azure supporting services to be monitored. For each service there's a sublist of its metrics and the metrics' dimensions that should be monitored. All of these elements (services, metrics, dimensions) must have corresponding static definitions on the server.	optional

The AzureSupportingService object

A supporting service to be monitored.

Element	Type	Description	Required
name	string	The name of the supporting service.	optional
monitoredMetrics	AzureMonitoredMetric[]	A list of metrics to be monitored for this service. It must include all the recommended metrics.	optional

The AzureMonitoredMetric object

A metric of supporting service to be monitored.

Element	Type	Description	Required
name	string	The name of the metric of the supporting service.	optional
dimensions	string[]	A list of metric's dimensions names. It must include all the recommended dimensions.	optional

The CloudTag object

A cloud tag.

Element Type Description Required

name

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
name	string	The name of the tag.	optional
value	string	The value of the tag. If set to `null`, then resources with any value of the tag are monitored.	optional

The name of the tag.

optional

value

string

The value of the tag.

If set to null, then resources with any value of the tag are monitored.

optional

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request. See the Example expandable section for working sample request.

      {
  "metadata": {
    "configurationVersions": [
      4,
      2
    ],
    "currentConfigurationVersions": [
      "1.0.4",
      "1.23"
    ],
    "clusterVersion": "1.192.1"
  },
  "id": "string",
  "label": "string",
  "appId": "string",
  "directoryId": "string",
  "key": "string",
  "active": true,
  "autoTagging": true,
  "monitorOnlyTaggedEntities": true,
  "monitorOnlyTagPairs": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "value": "string"
    }
  ],
  "supportingServices": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "monitoredMetrics": [
        {
          "name": "string",
          "dimensions": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Description
201	Success. The new Azure credentials configuration has been created. The response body contains the ID of the configuration.
400	Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body

Response parametersJSON model

The EntityShortRepresentation object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the Dynatrace entity.
name	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity.
description	string	A short description of the Dynatrace entity.

    {
  "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
  "name": "Dynatrace entity",
  "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example\n"
}

Validate payload

We recommend that you validate the payload before submitting it with an actual request. A response code of 204 indicates a valid payload.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST

Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/azure/credentials/validator
SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/azure/credentials/validator
Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/azure/credentials/validator

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write configuration (WriteConfig) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Response

Response codes

Code	Description
204	Validated. The submitted configuration is valid. The response doesn't have a body.
400	Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body

A successful request doesn't return any content.

Example

In this example, the request creates a new configuration of Azure app-level credentials.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Because the request body is lengthy, it is truncated in this example Curl section. See the full body in the Request body section.

Curl

curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/azure/credentials \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{<truncated - see the Request body section >}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/azure/credentials

Request body

{
  "label": "Booking application",
  "appId": "c4431dec-34fe-4d4c-ad93-aea38b4f944e",
  "directoryId": "f836b63d-8c92-4ad8-a314-bb1eeka46aa1",
  "key": "fzksjdfsjdfghsrtgbh",
  "active": true,
  "autoTagging": true,
  "monitorOnlyTaggedEntities": true,
  "monitorOnlyTagPairs": [
    {
      "name": "bookingApp",
      "value": "mobile"
    },
    {
      "name": "bookingApp",
      "value": "browser"
    }
  ]
}

Response body

{
    "id": "AZURE_CREDENTIALS-357FDA338DAAF338",
    "name": "Booking application"
}

Response code

201