Adding a Dynatrace OpenTelemetry Metrics Ingest API output
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Login to the PowerConnect Cloud web UI
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Click the Outputs link in the menu bar
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Click the + button to add a new output
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Choose dynatrace → metrics-ingest-api in the dropdown menu that appears
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Populate the form with the details of your Dynatrace Metrics Ingest API endpoint
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Configuration |
Description |
Required |
Default Value |
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Dynatrace OpenTelemetry Metrics Ingest API URL |
OpenTelemetry Metrics Ingest API url |
Yes |
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Must use otlp endpoint e.g. https://xxx.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/otlp/v1/metrics |
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Dynatrace Metrics Ingest API Token |
OpenTelemetry Metrcis Ingest API token |
Yes |
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Batch metrics together before sending to Dynatrace |
Batch metrics |
No |
Yes |
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Batch size |
Max size of the batches |
No |
100 |
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Retry send if error occurs |
Retry sending data if the Dynatrace endpoint is down |
No |
No |
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Number of times to retry |
If retries are enabled defines how many times the Agent will retry before giving up |
No |
3 |
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Backoff interval in seconds (fixed) |
Time in seconds the Agent will wait between retries |
No |
10 |
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Click Test Output → Test
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Make sure the Output test is successful then click the Save button
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The output has now been created