ActiveGates API - POST an auto-update job

Creates a new auto-update job on the specified ActiveGate.

The job updates the ActiveGate to the specified version. You can fetch the list of available versions with the GET available versions of ActiveGate call.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

POST	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/activeGates/{agId}/updateJobs SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/{agId}/updateJobs

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write ActiveGates using API V2 (activeGates.write) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
targetVersion	string	The target version of the update. Specify the version in the `<major>.<minor>.<revision>.<timestamp>` format. To update to the latest available version, use the `latest` value.	required

Response format

Response parameters JSON model

The UpdateJob object

Configuration of the ActiveGate update job.

Element	Type	Description
jobId	string	The ID of the update job.
jobState	string	The status of the update job. The jobState element can hold these values.
updateMethod	string	The method of updating the ActiveGate or its component. The updateMethod element can hold these values.
updateType	string	The component to be updated. The updateType element can hold these values.
cancelable	boolean	The job can (`true`) or can't (`false`) be cancelled at the moment.
startVersion	string	The initial version of the ActiveGate.
targetVersion	string	The target version of the update. Specify the version in the `<major>.<minor>.<revision>.<timestamp>` format. To update to the latest available version, use the `latest` value.
timestamp	integer	The timestamp of the update job completion. The `null` value means the job is still running.
agType	string	The type of the ActiveGate. The agType element can hold these values.
environments	string[]	A list of environments (specified by IDs) the ActiveGate can connect to.
error	string	The information about update error.
duration	integer	The duration of the update, in milliseconds.

{}

Possible values

Possible values for the agType element in the UpdateJob object:

CLUSTER
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT_MULTI

Possible values for the updateType element in the UpdateJob object:

ACTIVE_GATE
REMOTE_PLUGIN_AGENT
SYNTHETIC
Z_REMOTE

Possible values for the updateMethod element in the UpdateJob object:

AUTOMATIC
MANUAL_INSTALLATION
ON_DEMAND

Possible values for the jobState element in the UpdateJob object:

FAILED
IN_PROGRESS
PENDING
ROLLBACK
SKIPPED
SUCCEED

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.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

POST	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/activeGates/{agId}/updateJobs/validator SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/{agId}/updateJobs/validator

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write ActiveGates using API V2 (activeGates.write) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Response codes

Code	Description
204	Validated. The submitted update-job is valid. Response doesn't have a body.
400	Failed. The input is invalid.

Example

In this example, the request creates an update job to update the ActiveGate with the ID of 1812885988 to the 1.198.0.20200630-163221 version.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -L -X POST 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/1812885988/updateJobs' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token abcdefjhij1234567890' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "targetVersion": "1.198.0.20200630-163221"
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/activeGates/1812885988/updateJobs

Request body

{
  "targetVersion": "1.198.0.20200630-163221"
}

Response body

{
  "jobId": "-7240069678607892845",
  "jobState": "PENDING",
  "updateMethod": null,
  "updateType": null,
  "cancelable": true,
  "startVersion": "1.195.5.20200522-174041",
  "targetVersion": "1.198.0.20200630-163221",
  "timestamp": null,
  "agType": "ENVIRONMENT",
  "environments": [
    "mySampleEnv"
  ],
  "error": null,
  "duration": null
}

Response code

201