Process groups API - GET all process groups

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Gets the list of all process groups in your Dynatrace environment, along with their parameters and relationships.

The full list can be lengthy, so you can narrow it down by specifying filter parameters, like tags. See the Parameters section for more details.

You can additionally limit the output by using the pagination:

Specify the number of results per page in the pageSize query parameter.
Then use the cursor from the Next-Page-Key response header in the nextPageKey query parameter to obtain subsequent pages.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

The timeframe is restricted to a maximum period of 3 days.

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
startTimestamp	integer	The start timestamp of the requested timeframe, in milliseconds (UTC). If not set, then 72 hours behind from now is used.	query	optional
endTimestamp	integer	The end timestamp of the requested timeframe, in milliseconds (UTC). If not set, then the current timestamp is used. The timeframe must not exceed 3 days.	query	optional
relativeTime	string	The relative timeframe, back from now. The element can hold these values `min` `5mins` `10mins` `15mins` `30mins` `hour` `2hours` `6hours` `day` `3days`	query	optional
tag	string[]	Filters the resulting set of process groups by the specified tag. You can specify several tags in the following format: `tag=tag1&tag=tag2`. The process group has to match all the specified tags. In case of key-value tags, such as imported AWS or CloudFoundry tags, use the following format: `tag=[context]key:value`. For custom key-value tags, omit the context: `tag=key:value`.	query	optional
entity	string[]	Filters result to the specified process groups only. To specify several process groups use the following format: `entity=ID1&entity=ID2`.	query	optional
host	string[]	Filters process groups by the host they're running at. Specify Dynatrace IDs of the host you're interested in. To specify several hosts use the following format: `host=hostID1&host=hostID2`. The OR logic applies.	query	optional
managementZone	integer	Only return process groups that are part of the specified management zone.	query	optional
includeDetails	boolean	Includes (`true`) or excludes (`false`) details which are queried from related entities. Excluding details may make queries faster. If not set, then `true` is used.	query	optional
pageSize	integer	The number of process groups per result page. If not set, pagination is not used and the result contains all process groups fitting the specified filtering criteria.	query	optional
nextPageKey	string	The cursor for the next page of results. You can find it in the Next-Page-Key header of the previous response. If you're using pagination, the first page is always returned without this cursor. You must keep all other query parameters as they were in the first request to obtain subsequent pages.	query	optional

Response headers

Header	Type	Description
Total-Count	integer	The estimated number of results.
Next-Page-Key	string	The cursor for the next page of results. Without it you'll get the first page again.
Page-Size	string	The maximum number of results per page.

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	ProcessGroup[]	Success
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body objects

The `ResponseBody` object

The object doesn't provide any parameters.

The `ProcessGroup` object

Parameters of a process group.

Element	Type	Description
entityId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the required entity.
displayName	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity as displayed in the UI.
customizedName	string	The customized name of the entity
discoveredName	string	The discovered name of the entity
firstSeenTimestamp	integer	The timestamp of when the entity was first detected, in UTC milliseconds
lastSeenTimestamp	integer	The timestamp of when the entity was last detected, in UTC milliseconds
tags	TagInfo[]	The list of entity tags.
fromRelationships	object	-
toRelationships	object	-
metadata	object	-
azureSiteName	string	-
managementZones	EntityShortRepresentation[]	The management zones that the entity is part of.
azureHostName	string	-
listenPorts	integer[]	-
softwareTechnologies	TechnologyInfo[]	-

The `TagInfo` object

Tag of a Dynatrace entity.

Element Type Description

context

string

Element	Type	Description
context	string	The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry. Custom tags use the `CONTEXTLESS` value. The element can hold these values `AWS` `AWS_GENERIC` `AZURE` `CLOUD_FOUNDRY` `CONTEXTLESS` `ENVIRONMENT` `GOOGLE_CLOUD` `KUBERNETES`
key	string	The key of the tag. Custom tags have the tag value here.
value	string	The value of the tag. Not applicable to custom tags.

The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry.

Custom tags use the CONTEXTLESS value.

The element can hold these values

AWS
AWS_GENERIC
AZURE
CLOUD_FOUNDRY
CONTEXTLESS
ENVIRONMENT
GOOGLE_CLOUD
KUBERNETES

key

string

The key of the tag.

Custom tags have the tag value here.

value

string

The value of the tag.

Not applicable to custom tags.

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.

The `TechnologyInfo` object

Element	Type	Description
type	string	-
edition	string	-
version	string	-

Response body JSON model

json
[
  {
    "entityId": "string",
    "displayName": "string",
    "customizedName": "string",
    "discoveredName": "string",
    "firstSeenTimestamp": 1,
    "lastSeenTimestamp": 1,
    "tags": [
      {
        "context": "AWS",
        "key": "string",
        "value": "string"
      }
    ],
    "fromRelationships": {
      "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
        "string"
      ],
      "runsOn": [
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "toRelationships": {
      "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
        "string"
      ],
      "isInstanceOf": [
        "string"
      ],
      "runsOn": [
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "hostGroups": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudFoundryAppIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dynatraceNodeIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "executables": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleComputeEngineMetadata": {},
      "phpScripts": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcsCluster": [
        "string"
      ],
      "declarativeId": [
        "string"
      ],
      "glassfishInstanceNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksEnginePropertyFiles": [
        "string"
      ],
      "jbossServerNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "catalinaBaseValues": [
        "string"
      ],
      "mssqlInstanceName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmIntegrationServerName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "varnishInstanceNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "phpWorkingDirectories": [
        "string"
      ],
      "websphereLibertyServerName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleCloudProjects": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dockerContainerImageVersions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "hybrisConfigDirectories": [
        "string"
      ],
      "executablePaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcrImageRegions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksAppSpaceName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "springBootStartupClass": [
        "string"
      ],
      "weblogicDomainNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "elasticSearchNodeNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBWEnginePropertyFilePaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesContainerNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "rubyAppRootPaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmImsMessageProcessingRegions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleCloudInstanceId": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleCloudInstanceRegion": [
        "string"
      ],
      "linkage": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudfoundryMetadata": {},
      "oracleSid": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcsFamily": [
        "string"
      ],
      "commandLineArgs": [
        "string"
      ],
      "aspDotNetCoreApplicationPaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcrImageAccountIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "springBootAppName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "websphereClusterNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "springBootProfileName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesAnnotations": {},
      "websphereServerNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "catalinaHomeValues": [
        "string"
      ],
      "glassfishDomainNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesBasePodNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "weblogicClusterNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "javaMainModules": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmJobName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesPodUids": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcsContainerName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "coldfusionJvmConfigFiles": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dotnetCommandPath": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksDomainName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "elasticSearchClusterNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "nodejsScriptNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "iisRoleNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "apacheSparkMasterIpAddresses": [
        "string"
      ],
      "weblogicNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "rubyScriptPaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmImsSoapGwName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "nodejsAppBaseDirectories": [
        "string"
      ],
      "softwareAgProductPropertyName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsEcsRevision": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmImsControlRegions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "javaMainClasses": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cassandraClusterNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "softwareAgInstallRoot": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudFoundryAppNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudFoundrySpaceNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "pluginMetadata": {},
      "ibmIntegrationNodeName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dockerContainerNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmCtgName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleCloudRunService": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksCeAppName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesFullPodNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "apacheConfigPaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksAppNodeName": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksCeVersion": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dotNetCommands": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleAppEngineServices": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesNamespaces": [
        "string"
      ],
      "hybrisDataDirectories": [
        "string"
      ],
      "envVariables": {},
      "javaJarFiles": [
        "string"
      ],
      "javaJarPaths": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dockerContainerIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudFoundrySpaceIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ruleResult": [
        "string"
      ],
      "kubernetesRuleResult": [
        "string"
      ],
      "jbossModes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsLambdaFunctionNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cloudFoundryInstanceIndexes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "hybrisBinDirectories": [
        "string"
      ],
      "weblogicHomeValues": [
        "string"
      ],
      "jbossHomes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmApplid": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dynatraceClusterIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "googleAppEngineInstances": [
        "string"
      ],
      "websphereNodeNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "agentValueMetadata": {},
      "iisAppPools": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmImsConnectRegions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "dockerContainerImageNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "tibcoBusinessWorksHome": [
        "string"
      ],
      "ibmCicsRegion": [
        "string"
      ],
      "serviceNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "websphereCellNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "nodejsAppNames": [
        "string"
      ],
      "equinoxConfigPath": [
        "string"
      ],
      "awsRegions": [
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "azureSiteName": "string",
    "managementZones": [
      {
        "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
        "name": "Dynatrace entity",
        "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example"
      }
    ],
    "azureHostName": "string",
    "listenPorts": [
      1
    ],
    "softwareTechnologies": [
      {
        "type": "string",
        "edition": "string",
        "version": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Example

In this example, the request lists all the process groups of the environment detected within the last 5 minutes.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

The result is truncated to two entries.

Curl

bash
curl -X GET \
  'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups?relativeTime=5mins' \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/process-groups?relativeTime=5mins

Response body

json
[
  {
    "entityId": "PROCESS_GROUP-B34081EFF9E5F516",
    "displayName": "Apache Web Server apache2",
    "discoveredName": "Apache Web Server apache2",
    "firstSeenTimestamp": 1405316247660,
    "lastSeenTimestamp": 1545149212556,
    "tags": [],
    "fromRelationships": {},
    "toRelationships": {
      "runsOn": [
        "SERVICE-B8C88BAA442098CF"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "commandLineArgs": [
        "/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start"
      ],
      "executables": [
        "apache2"
      ],
      "executablePaths": [
        "/usr/sbin/apache2"
      ],
      "apacheConfigPaths": [
        "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"
      ]
    },
    "softwareTechnologies": [
      {
        "type": "PHP",
        "edition": "Apache",
        "version": "5.5.9"
      },
      {
        "type": "APACHE_HTTPD",
        "edition": null,
        "version": "2.4.7"
      },
      {
        "type": "SQLITE",
        "edition": null,
        "version": null
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "entityId": "PROCESS_GROUP-E5C3CC7EC1F80B5B",
    "displayName": "PHP-FPM",
    "discoveredName": "PHP-FPM",
    "firstSeenTimestamp": 1503909407206,
    "lastSeenTimestamp": 1545149349700,
    "tags": [],
    "fromRelationships": {
      "runsOn": [
        "HOST-74CDC8809AD43931",
        "HOST-9A81EACCA0270218"
      ]
    },
    "toRelationships": {
      "isInstanceOf": [
        "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE-7E988C3503AE8803"
      ],
      "isNetworkClientOfProcessGroup": [
        "PROCESS_GROUP-49C926A7091830E3"
      ],
      "runsOn": [
        "SERVICE-72503CBDD2AEF066"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "hostGroups": [
        "authoring"
      ],
      "commandLineArgs": [
        "/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.0 --nodaemonize --fpm-config /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php-fpm.conf"
      ],
      "executables": [
        "php-fpm7.0"
      ],
      "executablePaths": [
        "/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.0"
      ]
    },
    "softwareTechnologies": [
      {
        "type": "SQLITE",
        "edition": null,
        "version": null
      },
      {
        "type": "PHP",
        "edition": "FPM",
        "version": "7.0.32"
      },
      {
        "type": "PHP_FPM",
        "edition": null,
        "version": null
      }
    ]
  }
]

Response code

200

Process groups API - GET all process groups

Authentication

Parameters

Response headers

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The ResponseBody object

The ProcessGroup object

The TagInfo object

The EntityShortRepresentation object

The TechnologyInfo object

Response body JSON model

Example

Curl

Request URL

Response body

Response code

The `ResponseBody` object

The `ProcessGroup` object

The `TagInfo` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The `TechnologyInfo` object