Azure Integration

[Dimitris_Pin]

Hello,

Is there a way,either within Dynatrace, or via a configuration file on the Azure or ActiveGate side, to manually select which ActiveGate will be used for the Azure integration?

Or does Dynatrace automatically choose one of the available ActiveGates that have Azure monitoring enabled?

Thanks

[t_pawlak · Accepted solution]

Hi,
IMO There is no dedicated parameter in custom.properties to explicitly select a specific ActiveGate for Azure monitoring. The [azure_monitoring] section only provides the flag azure_monitoring_enabled=true/false.

This means:

• If you have multiple ActiveGates with azure_monitoring_enabled=true, Dynatrace will automatically decide which one to use.

• If you want to force the usage of a specific ActiveGate, you need to disable the Azure module on all the others (azure_monitoring_enabled=false in their custom.properties). That way, only the selected one will remain available.

For example, on the chosen ActiveGate:

[azure_monitoring]
azure_monitoring_enabled = true

on others

[azure_monitoring]
azure_monitoring_enabled = false

After making changes, restart the ActiveGate service (systemctl restart dynatracegateway).

[Dimitris_Pin]

Hello @t_pawlak ,

Thank you for your answer. We cant disable the azure monitoring in the other Activegates, as we have traffic going through them , and they serve a different purpose.

So, there is no configuration, we have to check in the Activegate's logs, which integration they serve.