https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Can-ActiveGate-Run-on-an-External-VM-Instead-of-the-Kubernetes/m-p/301560#M3569 <P>Hi everyone, I would appreciate your help with a question.</P><P>In a Kubernetes Platform Monitoring + Full-Stack Observability deployment, is it possible to run the ActiveGate on a virtual machine instead of deploying it inside the Kubernetes cluster?</P><P>My goal is to avoid installing the ActiveGate in the cluster. Has anyone implemented this architecture, or is deploying the ActiveGate inside the cluster a requirement?</P> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:40:06 GMT marusla 2026-07-03T17:40:06Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Can-ActiveGate-Run-on-an-External-VM-Instead-of-the-Kubernetes/m-p/301560#M3569 <P>Hi everyone, I would appreciate your help with a question.</P><P>In a Kubernetes Platform Monitoring + Full-Stack Observability deployment, is it possible to run the ActiveGate on a virtual machine instead of deploying it inside the Kubernetes cluster?</P><P>My goal is to avoid installing the ActiveGate in the cluster. Has anyone implemented this architecture, or is deploying the ActiveGate inside the cluster a requirement?</P> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:40:06 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Container-platforms/Can-ActiveGate-Run-on-an-External-VM-Instead-of-the-Kubernetes/m-p/301560#M3569 marusla 2026-07-03T17:40:06Z