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Use the Dynatrace Export Utility with Terraform Workflows

oluseyi — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:09:23 GMT

Summary: This post explains how the Dynatrace export utility can be used in Terraform workflows. It covers what the utility exports, how it interacts with Monaco/Terraform, and considerations for versioning.

How can I use the Dynatrace export utility in Terraform? I came across a video where the presenter actually exported an existing Dynatrace dashboard into his Terraform config. I followed the steps, and I couldn't get the config to download on my VS Code.
Does anyone have a step-by-step guide to using Terraform to export existing Dynatrace resources into their environment

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

AntonPineiro — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:37:45 GMT

Hi,

Maybe you already know it but Dynatrace has its own tool:

If you still want Terraform, maybe this webinar will be useful.

Best regards

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

AlainD — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:36:50 GMT

I try to use export utility with terraform provider as well in documentation you can user directly the executable terraform-provider-dynatrace_v1.68.1.exe directly but in reality I have this message :
This binary is a plugin. These are not meant to be executed directly.
Please execute the program that consumes these plugins, which will
load any plugins automatically.

Must be doing something wrong, any clue for this?

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

Fin_Ubels — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:50:49 GMT

Hey AlainD, there is a tutorial for the export utility here, have you tried following this? If you've tried following the tutorial from the docs and you get that error, what command are you trying to execute that returns that?

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

Romanenkov_Al3x — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:52:28 GMT

Thanks for sharing!

Dynatrace provider for Terraform 😍

I would like to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to this terraform provider. They have been an invaluable tool in assisting me with the transfer of a significant number of metrics and dashboards from one cluster to another, effectively moving everything between different environments. This provider made a complex process much smoother.

Regards,

Alex Romanenkov

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

AlainD — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:20:43 GMT

Hi,

Yes I did, using C:\Local\Dynatrace\Terraformv2\.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\dynatrace-oss\dynatrace\1.68.1\windows_386\terraform-provider-dynatrace_v1.68.1.exe cause this error.

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

Fin_Ubels — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:47:58 GMT

Hey AlainD,

In step 3 of the tutorial I linked it adds -export to the end of the command. Under that there are also a bunch of export examples with descriptions of what each do. Directly invoking the exe without -export will result in the error you're experiencing as seen below.

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

AlainD — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:57:21 GMT

As simple as that ! Thanks

Re: how to use dynatrace export utility in terraform

adam_gardner — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:09:32 GMT

For other readers, if this interests you, you may also be interested in "wrapping" Terraform "in" crossplane and thus having auto-reconciling config as code: https://dynatrace.github.io/demo-crossplane/