ActiveGate default installation settings for Windows

If you do not specify any parameters during ActiveGate installation to customize settings, the following default settings will be used. To modify defaults settings during installation, see Customize ActiveGate installation on Windows

Directories

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 directory	Default 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

Services

Component name	Service name	User account
ActiveGate	`Dynatrace Gateway`	`Local Service`
ActiveGate auto-updater	`Dynatrace Autoupdater`	`Local System`
Extensions 1.0 (Remote Plugin Module)	`Dynatrace Remote Plugin Module`	`Local Service`
Extensions 2.0	`Dynatrace Extension Controller`	`Local Service`
zRemote	`Dynatrace zRemote`	`Local Service`
Synthetic	`Dynatrace Synthetic`	`Local Service`

Port usage

By default, ActiveGate:

receives connections from OneAgents or other ActiveGates on port 9999
receives Dynatrace API on port 9999
connects to Dynatrace SaaS or Managed cluster on port 443

For more information about possible ActiveGate connectivity schemes, see Supported connectivity schemes for ActiveGates.