ActiveGate release notes version 1.215

With this release, the oldest supported ActiveGate versions are:

How long are versions supported following rollout?

Update of Dynatrace communication endpoints

The domain used for internal communication by OneAgents and ActiveGates that send data to Dynatrace SaaS will be switched from *.live.ruxit.com to *.live.dynatrace.com beginning June 30, 2021.

This change will only affect Dynatrace SaaS customers, and only if you:

• Use domain allowlisting on your outbound proxy, or
• Use AWS PrivateLink to connect your OneAgents to Dynatrace

Current Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 July 2021

• Linux: CentOS 6.x
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
  • Last compatible version: 1.215
• Linux: openSUSE 13.x
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
  • Last compatible version: 1.215
• Windows: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
  • Last compatible version: 1.215
• Windows: Windows 7, 8
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
  • Last compatible version: 1.215

Future Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 November 2023

• Linux: SUSE Enterprise Linux 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
  • Vendor announcement

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 December 2023

• Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, 8.7, 9.1
  • Vendor announcement
• Linux: Oracle Linux 8.4, 8.7, 9.1
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
• Linux: Rocky Linux 9.1
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 January 2024

• Linux: Amazon Linux AMI 2018.3
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 May 2024

• Windows: Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement

The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 June 2024

• Linux: Oracle Linux 8.8, 9.2
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement
• Linux: Rocky Linux 9.2
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement

Past Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

The following operating systems are no longer supported since 01 September 2023

• Windows: Windows 8.1
  • x86-64
  • Vendor announcement

Prometheus service annotations

Starting with ActiveGate version 1.215, you can annotate Kubernetes services, and there are three new optional annotations with a special format for client authentication. See Prometheus metrics for details.

Chromium support for private synthetic monitors

Chromium 89 is now the latest supported version for synthetic-enabled ActiveGates installed on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, Red Hat, and CentOS 7 and 8, and bundled with the Windows ActiveGate installer. For more information, see Requirements for private synthetic locations.

Known issues

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2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Unrecognized option: -java.xmx.relative_part=80
2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
2021-05-19 17:21:25.011 UTC [273cc8f5] severe  java: [child stderr]: Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

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-vmargs
-Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
-Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
-Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>
-memorylimit.percentage=80

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-arguments_section.jvm
-Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
-Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
-Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>
-java.xmx.relative_part=80

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-memorylimit.percentage=80
-vmargs
-Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
-Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
-Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>

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-java.xmx.relative_part=80
-arguments_section.jvm
-Dhttps.proxyHost=<host>
-Dhttps.proxyPort=<port>
-Dhttps.proxyUser=<user>
-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<password>

Resolved issues

• General Availability (Build 1.215)

General Availability (Build 1.215)

The 1.215 GA release contains 3 resolved issues.

ActiveGate

• Improved handling of socket connection issues for Oracle database insights module. (APM-291772)
• Fixed issue that executing REST requests (PUT and POST) on environment ActiveGates failed with a 3xx HTTP response. (APM-294829)

Synthetic

• Since version 211 of Synthetic module, change of proxy parameters requires manual restart of VUC service. With this fix VUC restart will happen automatically after detecting change in proxy-related properties. (APM-298239)