# Using docker containerized host as ActiveGate server

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/using-docker-containerized-host-as-activegate-server/46516>\
**Category:** Container platforms\
**Tags:** activegate, docker\
**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/using-docker-containerized-host-as-activegate-server/46516 "2024-07-09T08:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![arunkumarv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@arunkumarv](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/arunkumarv)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/using-docker-containerized-host-as-activegate-server/46516/1 "2024-07-09T08:58:59Z")

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There is a windows host where we need to install one agent and in the same server can we create a docker containerized host and will this docker containerized host can be used as a Activegate server.

If yes, kindly provide steps to install and configure.

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Yu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/eric_yu/32/20360_2.png) [@Eric\_Yu](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Eric_Yu)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/using-docker-containerized-host-as-activegate-server/46516/2 "2024-07-09T16:05:23Z")

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There’s a reference guide in the docs for containerized AG deployment, but&nbsp;no documentation for docker:

> **[ActiveGate container image](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/dynatrace-activegate/activegate-in-container)**
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> Deploy a containerized ActiveGate.

However, I’d discourage you from using the same host for both purposes since:

- If you just want to route the oneAgent traffic to the Dynatrace Cluster, the [OneAgent](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/how-oneagent-works#docker-container-monitoring) is fully capable of doing it on its own, granted it has access to those IP addresses.
- For any of the other&nbsp;[ActiveGate capabilities](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/activegate-capabilities#functional_tbl), the best course of action (best practice) is to give it a dedicated resource pool, so it doesn’t compete for resources with the application running on your host.

Hope it was helpful.