Dynatrace Integration

Dynatrace Configuration Process.

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This document is intended to be a guide so that you can perform the necessary configuration so that you can connect the Pier Cloud platform with Dynatrace.

Below you will find a detailed process that explains each step clearly and objectively.

In the DYNATRACE environment

  1. Access the SaaS dynatrace environment and copy the Enviroment ID information, which can be viewed in 3 different places, as illustrated below, to use when creating the Data Connector:

  1. Then, access the "Account Management" option:

  1. On the Dynatrace home page, go to the options: Identity & access management > OAuth Clients, as illustrated below:

  1. Click on Create Client:

  1. In the "Subject user email" field, include a valid email and check the required permissions:

  1. In the "Environment Api" session, select the permissions:

  • environment-api:entities:read

  • environment-api:metrics:read

  1. In the "Grail date ingest and query" section, select the permissions:

  • storage:metrics:read

  • storage:buckets:read

  1. Finally, click on Create Client.

  2. The system will display the following information, which must be copied and stored in a safe location for use in creating the Secret:

  1. Finally, click Finish.

Note: After clicking the Finish button, you will not be able to view the created information again.

On the Pier Cloud Platform

  1. On the Pier Cloud Platform, click on the user icon and then on the Settings option.

Secret Creation:

  1. The system will display the Features Menu on the left side. Click on the Secrets option and then on the + Add button in the upper right corner to create the Secret.

  1. In this step we will configure the secret, in the Name field, we will add the name to identify the Secret, in the Type field we will select the type of secret, in this case we will select Dynatrace, as shown in the image below:

  1. After selecting the Type, the system will display the Client ID and Client Secret field, where we will paste the Client ID and Client Secret collected in the Dynatrace environment (copied in step 9), then click Save to create the Secret.

  1. That's it, Secret created successfully!

Creating Data Connectors

  1. In the functionality menu on the left, click on the Data Connectors option and then on the + Add button in the upper right corner to create the Data Connector.

  1. In this step we will configure the Data Connector, in the Data Connector field, we will select the Dynatrace option, as shown in the image below, and in the Data Connector Identifier Name field we will add a name to identify the Data Connector to be created:

  1. After selecting the desired Data Connector, the system will present some new fields to be filled in:

  • Select the secret for this data connector

  • Environment ID

  1. In the Select the secret for this data connector field, select the secret created in step 3:

  1. In the Environment ID field, provide the information collected from the Dynatrace environment (copied in step 1):

  1. The remaining fields will be filled in automatically.

  2. Finally, click the Save button to create the new Data Connector.

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