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Where does Dynatrace put the hostgroup parameter for the oneAgent install?

henk_stobbe — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 09:49:05 GMT

Hello all,

When installing a oneAgent, you can select the hostgroup.

I know you can overrule this while installing, but my simple question is:

Where does Dynatrace put this param, I can not find it so it must be in the generated exe?

KR Henk

Re: Where does Dynatrace put the hostgroup parameter for the oneAgent install?

AntonioSousa — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:04:41 GMT

@henk_stobbe,

It is not in the installer. It's in the command line parameters when you install. The parameter is "set-host-group", and in Linux it appears like the following:

/bin/sh Dynatrace-OneAgent-Linux-1.291.107.20240517-125257.sh --set-monitoring-mode=fullstack --set-app-log-content-access=true --set-host-group=hg_test

Re: Where does Dynatrace put the hostgroup parameter for the oneAgent install?

henk_stobbe — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:08:04 GMT

Hi Antonio,

Thanks for your reply! I was looking at the MSI and BAT you can create for windows. It seems that this is an option that's gets lost. So you should manually modify the BAT in this case )-;

KR Henk

Re: Where does Dynatrace put the hostgroup parameter for the oneAgent install?

AntonioSousa — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:55:54 GMT

@henk_stobbe,

It's really better that you pass it as a parameter. You can thus use it in several conditions, including different host groups, network zones, etc.

That I know of, the installers do include fixed parameters, including the tenant, tenant token, and a list of pre-defined servers where the OneAgent can connect.

Re: Where does Dynatrace put the hostgroup parameter for the oneAgent install?

JoseRomero — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:35:33 GMT

Hi henk_stobbe,

Also you can change hostgroup by UI dyntrace.