ActiveGate hardware and system requirements
This topic explains the hardware and operating system requirements for installing ActiveGate.
Synthetic-enabled ActiveGates support a subset of operating systems. See System and hardware requirements for synthetic-enabled ActiveGates.
Hardware requirements
You need a machine dedicated to ActiveGate that has:
- 2 GB free disk space
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 1 dual core processor
For large environments, you may need to use a machine with additional CPU and memory.
For optimal performance, we strongly recommend that you install and run the ActiveGate on a dedicated system.
The 2 GB free disk space includes minimum space for specific log directories:
Linux Default Path | Windows Default Path | Description | ActiveGate | Minimum disk space |
---|---|---|---|---|
/var/log/ dynatrace/ gateway/ |
%ProgramFiles%\ dynatrace\gateway\ |
ActiveGate core logs: |
Environment ActiveGate & Cluster ActiveGate |
300 MB |
/var/log/ dynatrace/ synthetic/log/ |
%PROGRAMDATA%\ dynatrace\ synthetic\log\ |
HTTP checks/Synthetic logs: |
Environment ActiveGate & Cluster ActiveGate |
1 GB |
/var/lib/ dynatrace/ remotepluginmodule/ log/ |
%PROGRAMDATA%\ dynatrace\ remotepluginmodule\ log\ |
Remote Plugin Module logs | Environment ActiveGate only | 500 MB |
/var/log/dynatrace/zremote/log |
%PROGRAMDATA%\ dynatrace\ zremote\ log\ |
ZRemote logs | Environment ActiveGate & Cluster ActiveGate |
200 MB |
Synthetic-enabled ActiveGates and ActiveGates running zRemote module are more demanding in terms of hardware requirements. See:
System requirements
- Ensure that you have proper network port configuration.
- ActiveGate supports only operating systems running on the x86-64 architecture (64-bit Intel/AMD).
Future Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes
The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 July 2021
-
Linux: CentOS
6.x
- x86 (64bit-only)
- Vendor announcement
- Last compatible Dynatrace ActiveGate version: 1.215
-
Linux: openSUSE
13.x
- x86 (64bit-only)
- Vendor announcement
- Last compatible Dynatrace ActiveGate version: 1.215
-
Windows: Windows Server
2008,
2008 R2
- x86 (64bit-only)
- Vendor announcement
- Last compatible Dynatrace ActiveGate version: 1.215
-
Windows: Windows
7,
8
- x86 (64bit-only)
- Vendor announcement
- Last compatible Dynatrace ActiveGate version: 1.215
Linux requirements
-
Your operating system must handle at least 500,000 open files for the
dtuserag
user.
To view the system limit, execute the following command:[user@host]# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
Also, it may be that you've checked out too many open files in Linux.
-
Your operating system must have at least 20,000 processes available to the
dtuserag
user.
To view the system limit, execute the following command:[user@host]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
-
The ActiveGate Linux installer doesn't support ACL (Access Control List). ACL rules may prohibit access to installer-created directories and files, making the ActiveGate fail to start. If you use the ACL, rules related to the installation directories defined in the following parameters should be disabled:
INSTALL= CONFIG= LOG= TEMP= PACKAGES_DIR=
Supported Linux distributions
Linux distribution | Versions | CPU architecture |
---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2014.03, 2017.09 | x86-64 |
Amazon Linux 2 | All versions supported | x86-64 |
CentOS | 6.x, 7.x, 8.x | x86-64 |
openSUSE | 13.x | x86-64 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6.x, 7.x, 8.x | x86-64 |
SUSE Enterprise Linux | 15.1, 15.2 | x86-64 |
Ubuntu | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 | x86-64 |
Windows requirements
ActiveGate installation isn't supported on Windows with a disabled NT AUTHORITY\LocalService
account.
Supported Windows operating systems
Windows OS | Versions | CPU architecture |
---|---|---|
Windows | 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | x86-64 |
Windows Server | 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 | x86-64 |
Sizing guide
The following table represents the machine instance size requirement based on number of OneAgents communicating with the ActiveGate. On each host, OneAgent is performing seven monitoring tasks:
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Log monitoring
- Full-stack monitoring of 3 Apache Tomcat instances
- Full-stack monitoring of 2 Apache HTTP Server instances
Machine size | Number of hosts | Number of agents on one host |
---|---|---|
c4.large | 450 | 7 |
c4.xlarge | 900 | 7 |
c4.2xlarge | 1200 | 7 |
The C4 machine instances included in the estimates:
Instance | vCPU | Mem (GiB) | Storage | Dedicated EBS bandwidth (Mbps) | Network performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
c4.large | 2 | 3.75 | EBS-Only | 500 | Moderate |
c4.xlarge | 4 | 7.5 | EBS-Only | 750 | High |
c4.2xlarge | 8 | 15 | EBS-Only | 1,000 | High |