Synthetic locations API v2 - POST a location

Creates a new private Synthetic location. For more details about Synthetic location creation, see Create a private Synthetic location.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POST	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/synthetic/locations`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/synthetic/locations`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with syntheticLocations.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameter

To find all model variations that depend on the type of the model, see JSON models.

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
body	SyntheticLocation	The JSON body of the request. Contains parameters of the new private synthetic location.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `SyntheticLocation` object

Configuration of a synthetic location.

countryCode, regionCode, city parameters are optional as they can be retrieved based on latitude and longitude of location.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of the location. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see Synthetic locations API v2 - JSON models.

Element	Type	Description	Required
autoUpdateChromium	boolean	Auto upgrade of Chromium is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	optional
availabilityLocationOutage	boolean	Alerting for location outage is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). Supported only for private Synthetic locations.	optional
availabilityNodeOutage	boolean	Alerting for node outage is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). \n\n If enabled, the outage of any node in the location triggers an alert. Supported only for private Synthetic locations.	optional
availabilityNotificationsEnabled	boolean	Notifications for location and node outage are enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). Supported only for private Synthetic locations.	optional
deploymentType	string	The deployment type of the location: `STANDARD`: The location is deployed on Windows or Linux. `KUBERNETES`: The location is deployed on Kubernetes. The element can hold these values `KUBERNETES` `OPENSHIFT` `STANDARD` `UNKNOWN`	optional
locationNodeOutageDelayInMinutes	integer	Alert if location or node outage lasts longer than X minutes. \n\n Only applicable when `availabilityLocationOutage` or `availabilityNodeOutage` is set to `true`. Supported only for private Synthetic locations.	optional
nodes	string[]	A list of synthetic nodes belonging to the location. You can retrieve the list of available nodes with the GET all nodes call.	optional
useNewKubernetesVersion	boolean	Boolean value describes which kubernetes version will be used: `false`: Version 1.23+ that is older than 1.26 `true`: Version 1.26+.	optional

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

json
{
  "autoUpdateChromium": true,
  "availabilityLocationOutage": true,
  "availabilityNodeOutage": true,
  "availabilityNotificationsEnabled": true,
  "deploymentType": "KUBERNETES",
  "locationNodeOutageDelayInMinutes": 1,
  "nodes": [
    "string"
  ],
  "useNewKubernetesVersion": true
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	SyntheticLocationIdsDto	Success. The private location has been created. The response contains the ID of the new location.

Response body objects

The `SyntheticLocationIdsDto` object

A DTO for synthetic Location IDs.

Element	Type	Description
entityId	string	Entity ID to be transferred
geoLocationId	string	GeoLocation ID to be transferred

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "entityId": "string",
  "geoLocationId": "string"
}

Example

In this example, the request creates a new private Synthetic location. This location lies in Linz, Austria. It uses the synthetic node with the ID of 290433380.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own. Be sure to replace the list of nodes with nodes available in your environment. You can fetch the list of available nodes with the GET all nodes request.

Curl

bash
curl -L -X POST 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
  "type": "PRIVATE",
  "name": "REST example - Linz",
  "countryCode": "AT",
  "city": "Linz",
  "status": "ENABLED",
  "latitude": 48.306351,
  "longitude": 14.287399,
  "nodes": [
    "290433380"
  ],
  "availabilityLocationOutage": false,
  "availabilityNodeOutage": false,
  "locationNodeOutageDelayInMillis": 5000
}
'

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations

Request body

json
{
  "type": "PRIVATE",
  "name": "REST example - Linz",
  "countryCode": "AT",
  "city": "Linz",
  "status": "ENABLED",
  "latitude": 48.306351,
  "longitude": 14.287399,
  "nodes": ["290433380"],
  "availabilityLocationOutage": false,
  "availabilityNodeOutage": false,
  "locationNodeOutageDelayInMillis": 5000
}

Response body

json
{
  "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-493122BFA29674DC",
  "geoLocationId": "GEOLOCATION-96B57899C9B5A3C7"
}

Response code

200