Settings API - Custom log sources schema table
Custom log sources (builtin:logmonitoring.custom-log-source-settings)
Add custom log sources before creating log ingest rule in case of:
process is not important (this mean that log source is not automatically discovered by OneAgent)
logs from Windows event logs (other than Windows system log, Windows security log, or Windows Application log)
AIX logs
allowing binary content
unsupported rotation pattern
OneAgent automatically discovers new log files for important processes on supported platforms. Auto-detected logs are listed on the Process Group Instance or Host screen.
| Schema ID | Schema groups | Scope |
|---|---|---|
builtin:logmonitoring.custom-log-source-settings |
| HOST - HostHOST_GROUP - Host Groupenvironment |
| GET | Managed | https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:logmonitoring.custom-log-source-settings |
| SaaS | https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:logmonitoring.custom-log-source-settings | |
| Environment ActiveGate | https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/settings/schemas/builtin:logmonitoring.custom-log-source-settings |
Authentication
To execute this request, you need an access token with Read settings (settings.read) scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.
Parameters
| Property | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
Activeenabled | boolean | - | required |
Nameconfig-item-title | text | - | required |
custom-log-source | CustomLogSource | - | required |
Log Source contextcontext | Set<Context> | Define Custom Log Source only within context if provided | required |
The CustomLogSource object
| Property | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
Log Source typetype | enum |
| required |
Accept binary contentaccept-binary | boolean | - | optional |
Log sourcevalues | set | It might be either an absolute path to log(s) with optional wildcards or Windows Event Log name. | required |
The Context object
| Property | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
Attributeattribute | enum |
| required |
values | set | - | required |