Hello, I am seeking assistance with the following challenge we are encountering.
Context
Our goal is to automate the creation of maintenance windows (MW). We receive MW requests through our CMDB, which we can extract as JSON, and then use this data to create MWs in Dynatrace.
We started implementing this using Monaco within a Python script, which successfully deploys a MW.
Current Logic of the Script
The script loops through the MWs in the JSON file extracted from our CMDB. For each MW, it sets the appropriate values as environment variables for Monaco to use with the mw.yaml file shown below.
The mw.json file shown below contains the configuration values needed for each MW, depicted below.
Problem We Encounter
Since the maintenanceWindowId (id in mw.yaml) is static, each iteration creates and deploys the same actual MW in Dynatrace—essentially updating the same existing MW rather than creating new ones. This is because, to my understanding, the id is specific to Monaco CLI as a unique reference to a specific Dynatrace entity.
My Questions
- What workaround exists for this?
- Can I make the id dynamic, similar to how other parameters are dynamically updated between iterations by changing the corresponding environment variable?
- Is Monaco suitable for this kind of use case?
- Is performing direct calls to Dynatrace's API a better approach?
Note that a possible solution could be editing the mw.yaml file during each iteration to assign a unique identifier. However, I prefer to keep mw.yaml as a generic template, and writing to a file each time isn't very time-efficient.
Thank you for your consideration. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need any additional information about the script setup.
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