https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Format-of-the-hostcustomproperties-conf-Can-there-be-spaces/m-p/123022#M14304 <P>We are working on updating the hostcustomproperties.conf using Puppet agent installation and some internal facts. Is there a way to get spaces in the properties or can they only be with no spaces. We tried different quotes. Could not find much in the way of documentation with the exception of:</P><P><BR /></P><P><A rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/hosts/configuration/define-tags-and-metadata-for-hosts/#edit-the-host-metadata-configuration-file" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/hosts/configuration/define-tags-and-metadata-for-hosts/#edit-the-host-metadata-configuration-file</A></P><P><BR /></P><P>The custom meta data that we would like to add may contain spaces.</P><P><BR /></P><P><BR /></P><P><BR /></P><BR /> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:24:16 GMT cisnerozt 2019-09-11T20:24:16Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Format-of-the-hostcustomproperties-conf-Can-there-be-spaces/m-p/123022#M14304 <P>We are working on updating the hostcustomproperties.conf using Puppet agent installation and some internal facts. Is there a way to get spaces in the properties or can they only be with no spaces. We tried different quotes. Could not find much in the way of documentation with the exception of:</P><P><BR /></P><P><A rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/hosts/configuration/define-tags-and-metadata-for-hosts/#edit-the-host-metadata-configuration-file" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/hosts/configuration/define-tags-and-metadata-for-hosts/#edit-the-host-metadata-configuration-file</A></P><P><BR /></P><P>The custom meta data that we would like to add may contain spaces.</P><P><BR /></P><P><BR /></P><P><BR /></P><BR /> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:24:16 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Format-of-the-hostcustomproperties-conf-Can-there-be-spaces/m-p/123022#M14304 cisnerozt 2019-09-11T20:24:16Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Format-of-the-hostcustomproperties-conf-Can-there-be-spaces/m-p/123023#M14305 <P>Value cannot have spaces, you have to use underquotes I think for now. At leas I don't know any option for that.</P><P>Sebastian </P><BR /> Thu, 12 Sep 2019 07:39:15 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Format-of-the-hostcustomproperties-conf-Can-there-be-spaces/m-p/123023#M14305 skrystosik 2019-09-12T07:39:15Z