New to Dynatrace

khijazi — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:16:43 GMT

Hello All,

I am new to Dynatrace, I need to practice it and gain more experience on the implementation and administration of Dynatrace. I got the Association Level Cert, and I do have more than 25 years of experience in development and Quality Assurance.

I need your help to guide me on how to understand and practice Dynatrace and being more professional.

If you can guide me or even share with me some tasks to work on, then it will be really appreciated.

Thanks & Regards.

Re: New to Dynatrace

t_pawlak — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:51:33 GMT

Hi,
Congrats on your Associate cert — and the fastest way to gain real Dynatrace implementation/admin experience is to install a demo app and practice on real telemetry.

1) Install a demo app: EasyTravel (or better for Kubernetes: EasyTrade)

EasyTravel is the classic Dynatrace demo app and is great for learning APM/RUM basics.
Community thread (Kubernetes):
https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Cloud-platforms/EasyTravel-installation-on-Kubernetes/m-p/235465

EasyTrade is usually better suited for Docker/Kubernetes because it was designed for container deployments from the start (less friction, more learning).
GitHub repo:
https://github.com/Dynatrace/easytrade

Also useful: “Download and Set Up Dynatrace Demo Application” (Community):
https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Download-and-Set-Up-Dynatrace-Demo-Application/m-p/181271

Learning path:
1. Install OneAgent / Dynatrace Operator (K8s) and validate:

hosts / k8s nodes are visible
processes / services are detected
Smartscape shows real dependencies

2. Get comfortable navigating and filtering:

Infrastructure → Hosts / Kubernetes
Services → top services / errors / response time

3. Tagging → Management Zones → clean structure
Set host metadata (e.g., env=lab, owner=you, app=easytrade)

Create rule-based tags from metadata (auto-tagging rules)
Build a Management Zone (MZ) based on tags: e.g., “LAB-EasyTrade”

Confirm that:

views and dashboards can be scoped to the MZ
an alerting profile can target only that MZ

If u want, you can study entity selectors, eg in kubernetes. Is advance but really good practise. Eg.

type("CONTAINER_GROUP_INSTANCE"),fromRelationships.isCgiOfCa(type("CLOUD_APPLICATION"),toRelationships.isNamespaceOfCa(type("CLOUD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACE"),entityname.in("kubernetes_namespace")))"

4. APM/RUM — core configuration

Split and identify the frontend (web application detection):
application naming, domains, detection rules
Configure user action naming and define key actions:
e.g., “Search”, “Add to cart”, “Checkout”
Improve service and process naming:
service naming rules
process group naming rules to make everything readable

5. Dashboards + alerting (what you’ll use in real ops)

Build one “Operations” dashboard for EasyTrade/EasyTravel:
availability / error rate / response time
top failing services
frontend experience (Apdex / load / JS errors)

6. Configure alerting + notifications:

separate alerting profile scoped to “LAB-EasyTrade” MZ
at least 2 problem types (e.g., availability + error rate)

7. Next level

DQL: write 3 queries for errors, latency, top endpoints and filter only for one service

Define an SLO for a key user journey (e.g., checkout) + monitor burn rate

Create an Automation / Workflow: notify (Slack/Teams/email) with context

I’d also recommend leveraging Dynatrace’s official learning resources and community events to accelerate your progress:

Dynatrace University: follow the learning paths
Training enablement sessions: great for hands-on walkthroughs, best practices, and Q&A with instructors.
Dynatrace events & webinars : useful to see real-world use cases, new features, and common implementation patterns.

Re: New to Dynatrace

khijazi — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:06:28 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the rich information you have provided. I will try following those steps and get back to you if there is any challenges.

Appreciate your response.

Thanks

Re: New to Dynatrace

GosiaMurawska — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:10:07 GMT

Hello @khijazi
Welcome to Dynatrace Community, good to have you here 🙂

We've prepared a special space in the Community to help you learn and fid useful information on the product: https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/bd-p/GetStarted

Re: New to Dynatrace

khijazi — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:11:44 GMT

Hi @GosiaMurawska

Thanks for sharing the space.

Much appreciated.

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