How can you use Credential Vault content in Python extensions?

r_weber — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:09:50 GMT

It seems impossible to pass credential vault content (e.g. user/password values) to a python extension so that it can be used in code.

I came across this post which describes how to add credential vault UI configuration, however this doesn't pass the actual content to the python extension, only the VAULT-ID is passed.

Does anyone know how I can e.g. get the username/password into my custom python extension?

Thanks

Re: How can you use Credential Vault content in python extensions

calfanonerey — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:49:56 GMT

hey @r_weber I was just running into this for an api token I'm storing. the post by @Julius_Loman on this thread
https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Extensions/Send-a-credential-from-credential-vault-to-extension/m-p/242163
did it for me. It all has to do with the activationSchema.json. Here's what he had configured:
it looks to me the key here is to have the credentialVaultId entry and then subsequent values have the property

useCredentialVault

{ "types": { "dynatrace.datasource.python:credential_vault-endpoint": { "type": "object", "displayName": "Credential_vault Endpoint", "summaryPattern": "Credential_vault", "properties": { "useCredentialVault": { "displayName": "Use credential vault", "type": "boolean", "nullable": false, "default": true, "maxObjects": 1 }, "credentialVaultId": { "displayName": "Select Vault credentials", "nullable": true, "type": "text", "subType": "credential", "referencedType": "USERNAME_PASSWORD", "maxObjects": 1, "precondition": { "type": "EQUALS", "property": "useCredentialVault", "expectedValue": true }, "constraints": [ { "type": "NOT_BLANK" } ] }, "username": { "displayName": "User Name", "type": "text", "nullable": false, "default": "", "precondition": { "type": "EQUALS", "property": "useCredentialVault", "expectedValue": false }, "constraints": [ { "type": "LENGTH", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 500 } ], "maxItems": 1 }, "password": { "displayName": "Password", "type": "secret", "nullable": false, "default": "", "precondition": { "type": "EQUALS", "property": "useCredentialVault", "expectedValue": false }, "constraints": [ { "type": "LENGTH", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 500 } ], "maxItems": 1 } } }, "pythonRemote": { "type": "object", "properties": { "endpoints": { "displayName": "Credential_vault endpoint", "type": "list", "items": { "type": { "$ref": "#/types/dynatrace.datasource.python:credential_vault-endpoint" } }, "nullable": false, "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 100, "metaData": { "addItemButton": "Add endpoint" } } } }, "pythonLocal": { "type": "object", "properties": { "endpoints": { "displayName": "Credential_vault endpoint", "type": "list", "items": { "type": { "$ref": "#/types/dynatrace.datasource.python:credential_vault-endpoint" } }, "nullable": false, "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 100, "metaData": { "addItemButton": "Add endpoint" } } } } }, "dynatrace": "1", "description": "credential_vault configuration", "schemaId": "python-extension.activation", "displayName": "credential_vault configuration", "ownerProductManagement": "dynatrace", "ownerDevelopment": "dynatrace", "maturity": "GENERAL_AVAILABILITY", "allowedScopes": [ "tenant" ], "multiObject": false, "properties": { "pythonLocal": { "displayName": "Python Local Extension", "type": { "$ref": "#/types/pythonLocal" } }, "pythonRemote": { "displayName": "Python Remote Extension", "type": { "$ref": "#/types/pythonRemote" } } } }

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