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Dynatrace Extensions

Learn how Dynatrace monitors other application software technologies. These technologies are monitored by importing the technology-specific metrics into Davis, the Dynatrace AI causation engine.

Dynatrace extension framework upgrade notice

Starting with Dynatrace OneAgent and ActiveGate version 1.231, we are upgrading the Extension Framework (also referred to as the plugins framework) from Python 3.6 to Python 3.8.

  • Consequences: Some Dynatrace extensions running in your environment may stop working and require redeployment of a new version prepared for Python 3.8.
  • Symptoms:
    • No data is provided for affected metrics on dashboards, alerts, and custom device pages populated by the affected extension metrics.
    • Extension logs display errors. Most often this will manifest itself as Python ModuleNotFoundError in the PluginAgent log.
    • Sometimes the Python virtual machine crashes.
  • Impact: This issue affects only those extensions that use native libraries called from Python code distributed with the extension.
Extension-specific advisory
ExtensionWhat to do
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
  • IBM DataPower
  • IBM DB2 LUW
  • IBM i
  • IBM MQ
  • Juniper Networks
  • Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL - remote monitoring)
  • SAP HANA Database
  1. In the Dynatrace menu, go to Hub.
  2. Find and select one of the extensions listed to the left.
  3. On the extension details page, select Download to download the extension ZIP file to your machine. If there are operating system options, be sure to select the correct download for your deployment.
  4. Deploy the extension per the instructions on the corresponding documentation page. (In the list to the left, select the name of the extension.)

For assistance, please contact a Dynatrace ONE product specialist by selecting the chat button in the upper-right corner of the Dynatrace menu bar.

All out-of-the-box built-in extensions

No action required. Extensions distributed with OneAgent will be updated automatically to work with Python 3.8 together with the Python upgrade.

Custom extensions

To learn about upgrading custom Dynatrace extensions from Python 3.6 to Python 3.8, see Upgrade custom Dynatrace extensions from Python 3.6 to Python 3.8.

Supported out of the box (built-in extensions)

Apart from the most common application software technologies, which Dynatrace supports out of the box through OneAgent code modules, Dynatrace also supports numerous other technologies through OneAgent extensions. These technologies can be monitored by Dynatrace out of the box.

  • ActiveMQ monitoring
  • Cassandra monitoring
  • CoreDNS monitoring
  • Couchbase monitoring
  • CouchDB monitoring
  • Elasticsearch monitoring
  • Hadoop monitoring
  • HAProxy monitoring
  • Kafka monitoring
  • Memcached monitoring
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Network Time Protocol monitoring
  • PHP-FPM monitoring
  • PostgreSQL monitoring
  • RabbitMQ monitoring
  • Redis monitoring
  • Spark monitoring
  • Varnish Cache monitoring
  • WSO2 API Manager monitoring

Dynatrace extension required

The technologies listed below can be monitored by Dynatrace, but they require the installation of monitoring extensions that are available from Dynatrace Hub download page. When monitoring these technologies with Dynatrace, you may incur additional charges for custom metric ingestion and analysis. Please reach out to your Dynatrace sales rep or contact Dynatrace ONE if you're interested in monitoring any of these technologies.

  • Apigee Edge monitoring
  • Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
  • Citrix NetScaler monitoring
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops monitoring
  • IBM DataPower monitoring
  • IBM DB2 monitoring
  • IBM i monitoring
  • IBM MQ monitoring
  • Juniper Networks monitoring
  • Microsoft SQL Server monitoring
  • MySQL monitoring
  • SAP ABAP platform monitoring
  • SAP HANA database monitoring
  • Tibco EMS monitoring
  • WMI (Windows Server 2003) monitoring

Monitoring consumption

DDU consumption for built-in extensions

The Dynatrace monitoring extensions listed below initially consume each monitored host's quota of included metrics. Once the included metrics quota is exhausted, DDU consumption begins. The figures in the table below represent the expected consumption per process for each technology type that an extension monitors. The Custom metrics count reflects the default set of metrics that are generated by each extension.

TechnologyTypeCustom metrics
CoreDNSOneAgent Extension
CouchbaseOneAgent Extension48
CouchDBOneAgent Extension22
Docker technology monitoringOneAgent Extension
ElasticsearchOneAgent Extension129
Elasticsearch CloudActiveGate Extension17
HAProxyOneAgent Extension20
MemcachedOneAgent Extension12
MongoDBOneAgent Extension22
MS SQLOneAgent Extension18
MySQLOneAgent Extension31
NTPOneAgent Extension1
PHP-FPMOneAgent Extension6
PostgreSQLOneAgent Extension12
RabbitMQOneAgent Extension45
RedisOneAgent Extension37
ActiveMQ JMXJMX Monitoring15
Apache Hadoop HDFSJMX Monitoring43
Apache Hadoop YARNJMX Monitoring48
Apache SparkJMX Monitoring17
Cassandra JMXJMX Monitoring28
HornetQ JMXJMX Monitoring5
JBoss Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring14
Jetty JMXJMX Monitoring7
Kafka JMXJMX Monitoring42
Solr JMX 1JMX Monitoring24
Tomcat Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring
WebLogic Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring12
WebSphere Liberty Connection PoolsJMX Monitoring5
WSO2 API ManagerJMX Monitoring27
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For Solr version 7+, each Solr Core will consume additional 24 custom metrics.

DDU consumption for on-demand extensions

Metrics sent via ActiveGate extensions always consume DDUs. Metrics sent via OneAgent extensions consumes host quota first

TechnologyTypeMonitoring consumption
Apigee EdgeActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
Citrix NetscalerActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
Citrix Virtual Apps and DesktopsOneAgent ExtensionHost quota first
F5 BIG-IP LTMActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
IBM DatapowerActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
IBM DB2ActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
IBM iActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
IBM Message QueueActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
Juniper NetworkActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
Microsoft SQLActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
MySQLActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
SAP ABAP and GUIActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
SAP HANA DBActiveGate ExtensionDDUs
Tibco EMSOneAgent ExtensionHost quota first
Windows Server 2003ActiveGate ExtensionDDUs