ActiveGate release notes version 1.257

Rollout starts: Jan 24, 2023

With this release, the oldest supported ActiveGate versions are:

How long are versions supported following rollout?

Java Runtime Environment update

To take advantage of performance improvements, the latest security-vulnerability enhancements, and bug fixes, we've upgraded JRE to JRE version 11.0.17.

ActiveGate base image

ActiveGate Universal Base Ima ge Micro (UBI Micro) is now set to version ubi8-micro:8.7-1@sha256:eb4245271537034f69ee336a4a2b31d3fbae4048ec1db53ff89de749c35cf537.

Kubernetes workload monitoring

Dynatrace now detects and sends events for the following changes in the Kubernetes workload:

• livenessProbe
• readinessProbe
• startupProbe

Chromium support for private Synthetic locations

Chromium 108 is the latest supported version for Synthetic-enabled ActiveGate installed on:

• Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8
• CentOS 7
• Amazon Linux 2

Chromium 108 is bundled with the Windows ActiveGate installer.

For more information on supported and provided Chromium versions, see Requirements for private Synthetic locations and Create a private Synthetic location.

Operating system support

Current Dynatrace ActiveGate operating systems support changes

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

• Linux: Ubuntu 14.04
  • Vendor announcement
  • Last compatible version: 1.257

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

Resolved issues

• General Availability (Build 1.257.216)

General Availability (Build 1.257.216)

The 1.257 GA release contains 1 vulnerability resolution.

ActiveGate

• Vulnerability: The jackson-databind library has been updated in response to CVE-2022-42003. (APM-390531)

Resolved vulnerability

Resolved issue in ActiveGate where extension configuration properties may be written to ActiveGate log files.

The fix is provided with the ActiveGate Extensions module version 1.257.296.20230308-155355. To check the version of the Extensions module:

1. From the Dynatrace menu, select Deployment status and then select ActiveGates.
2. Select an ActiveGate.
3. Check the Extensions version in the Versions section of the ActiveGate deployment overview.