topic Re: dtuser creation failed on linux in Dynatrace Managed Q&A

dtuser creation failed on linux

MariettaAlmeida — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:45:59 GMT

hi all,

im facing this error while installing oneagent on linux:

error: failed to create dtuser

non-privileged mode was not enabled

.........

oneagent failed to connect to dynatrace cluster

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how can i fix this ?

aside, which monitoring capabilities will i loose ?

thank you all in advance

Re: dtuser creation failed on linux

Romanenkov_Al3x — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 06:36:44 GMT

Hello. Can you provide more information about this OS?

cat /etc/*-release

You can check tecnology support by this documentation:

default UID, GID for dtuser is 1000:1000.

If on your system already exist another user with this ID, for example sysops:1000:1000, you can create dtuser by yourself.

sudo cat /etc/passwd | grep 1000

This is example if you cant delete user with uid:gid - 1000.

useradd -s /bin/false dtuser

passwd dtuser

usermod -u 997 dtuser

groupmod -g 997 dtuser

Last string in installation log address you to check network connectivity between OneAgent (host) and monitoring endpoints ActiveGates/Nodes.

host --> activegate:9999

host --> node:443 or to saas endpoint.

You can contact Dynatrace One and get support faster in context your case, since the specialists will have inside information, which I do not have. Them will help you with this faster.

Regards,

Alex Romanenkov

Re: dtuser creation failed on linux

AntonioSousa — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:41:55 GMT

@MariettaAlmeida,

From what I can see in the screenshot, my best bet would be that dtuser already existed when you ran the script.

The installation proceeded, but ultimately was not successful because it couldn't connect to AG/tenant.

Please check if dtuser does exist, and solve connectivity issue.

Re: dtuser creation failed on linux

MariettaAlmeida — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:26:30 GMT

hi @Romanenkov_Al3x we checked but there is a group called dtuser instead. we tried deleting it and creating dtuser user but we stilll having problem with the installation:

error: failed to create dtuser

is an oracle linux