topic Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval in Extensions

How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval?

cjlugoa — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:07:30 GMT

I've found the extension.yaml file here:

/var/lib/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/agent/runtime/extensions/cache/com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip/2.16.0/extension.yaml

An changed the interval from 1 munute to 10:

interval:
minutes: 10

But the extension doesn't seem to reread the change, even after disbaling and re-enablig the monitoring configuration.

Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval

JeanBlanc — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:58:46 GMT

Hi @cjlugoa,

The F5 BigIP extension doesn’t currently allow configuring the polling interval.
The extension.yaml you modified is located in the extension cache, which is automatically regenerated by Dynatrace.

Because of that:

Any manual change in this folder is overwritten
The extension won’t re-read the updated interval, even after disabling/enabling it

If you need a different polling interval, the only option is to create a custom version of the extension with the interval defined in its YAML, so it’s not managed by the cache.

Regards,

Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval

cjlugoa — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:34:28 GMT

Thanks, I've created the custom extension and I see the data every 5 minutes now.

But I have errors on some metrics:

You're missing out on insights into CPU consumption. These can be enabled through the instance-cpu-basic feature set of your monitoring configuration.

Do you know if I can edit the json of the dashboard or is it anything that we need to change on the custom extension app.

Regards.

Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval

JeanBlanc — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:56:51 GMT

It's about a Feature Set on the Extension configuration : https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/observe/infrastructure-observability/networks/f5-extension#instance-cpu-basic

You can edit it for each configuration :

Best regards,

Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval

cjlugoa — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:33:58 GMT

I have the feature set enabled, but is this part of the dashboard that is not working:

"Navigate to entities"

The data about cpu and memory can be seen in the dashboard below that menu.

Re: How can I change F5 SNMP polling interval?

gilles_tabary — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:54:13 GMT