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ActiveGate directories

Purpose of directoryDefault path
Path relative to installation parameter
Disk space requirements
(if size is not given, assume less than 1 MB)

ActiveGate executable files, libraries, and related files

/opt/dynatrace/gateway
<INSTALL>/gateway

300 MB

ActiveGate configuration

/var/lib/dynatrace/gateway/config
<CONFIG>/gateway/config

ActiveGate SSL folder

/var/lib/dynatrace/gateway/ssl
<CONFIG>/gateway/ssl

ActiveGate temporary files

/var/tmp/dynatrace/gateway
<TEMP>/gateway

4 GB (including 3 GB for cached OneAgent installers and container images)

ActiveGate logs

/var/log/dynatrace/gateway
<LOG>/gateway

500 MB

Dump files uploaded to ActiveGate by OneAgent

/var/lib/dynatrace/gateway/dump

Functionality off by default. When activated, can take configurable maximum size: default 100 GB.

ActiveGate packages directory for auto-update installer downloads

/var/lib/dynatrace/packages
<PACKAGES_DIR>

500 MB.

ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 executable files, libraries, and related files

/opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule
<INSTALL>/remotepluginmodule

350 MB

ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 configuration, logs, cache, run-time work area

/var/lib/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule
<CONFIG>/remotepluginmodule

2 GB (for logs and crash dumps)

ActiveGate extensions upload directory

/opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/plugin_deployment/

Depending on uploaded extensions

zRemote executable files, libraries, and related files

/opt/dynatrace/zremote
Using non-default directories is not supported.

50 MB

zRemote user-modifiable persistent configuration,
zRemote runtime work area, crash reports

/var/lib/dynatrace/zremote/agent Using non-default directories is not supported.

50 MB

zRemote logs

/var/lib/dynatrace/zremote/log
Installing ActiveGate with zRemote in non-default directories is not supported.

200 MB

Private Synthetic executable files, libraries, and related files

/opt/dynatrace/synthetic
<INSTALL>/synthetic

270 MB

Private synthetic logs

/var/log/dynatrace/synthetic
<LOG>/synthetic/log

1 GB

Private synthetic temporary files

/var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic

20 GB, including 1 GB for the /var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic/cache and 1 GB for /var/tmp/dynatrace/synthetic/screenshots

Note that for Synthetic-enabled ActiveGate installed on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS, write access to the /tmp directory is required for the installation of Chromium snap packages.

Autoupdater

/opt/dynatrace/autoupdater
<INSTALL>/autoupdater

Included in estimate for ActiveGate executable files

Autoupdater logs

/var/log/dynatrace/autoupdater
<LOG>/autoupdater

200 MB

Note: On Windows, the %PROGRAMDATA% directory is usually hidden for non-privileged users. Therefore you cannot select it by browsing through folders. Instead, to access the folder, paste the folder path directly into a Windows Explorer address box.

Purpose of directoryDefault path
Path relative to installation parameter
Disk space requirements
(if size not given, assume less than 1 MB)

ActiveGate executable files, libraries,and related files

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\gateway
Relative to installation parameter: <INSTALL>\gateway

300 MB

ActiveGate configuration

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\gateway\config

ActiveGate SSL folder

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\gateway\ssl

ActiveGate temporary files

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\gateway\tmp

4 GB (including 3 GB for cached OneAgent installers and container images)

ActiveGate logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\gateway\log

500 MB

Dump files uploaded to ActiveGate by OneAgent

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\gateway\dump

Functionality off by default. When activated, can take configurable maximum size: default 100 GB.

ActiveGate packages directory for auto-update installer downloads

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\packages

500 MB.

ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 executable files, libraries, and related files

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule

350 MB

ActiveGate Extensions 1.0 and Extensions 2.0 configuration, logs, cache, run-time work area

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule

2 GB (for logs and crash dumps)

ActiveGate extensions upload directory

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule\plugin_deployment

Depending on uploaded extensions

zRemote executable files, libraries, and related files

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\zremote

50 MB

zRemote user-modifiable persistent configuration,
zRemote runtime work area, crash reports

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\zremote\agent

50 MB

zRemote logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\zremote\log

200 MB

Private Synthetic executable files, libraries, and related files

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\synthetic

270 MB

Private synthetic logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\synthetic\log

1 GB

Private synthetic temporary files

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\synthetic

20 GB, including 1 GB for the %PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\synthetic\cache and 1 GB for %PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\synthetic\screenshots

Autoupdater

%PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\gateway
Relative to installation parameter: <INSTALL>\gateway

Included in estimate for ActiveGate executable files

Autoupdater logs

%PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\autoupdater\log

200 MB