Running ActiveGate extensions in a Kubernetes cluster?

[AntonioSousa]

I have a EKS cluster where I want to execute SQL queries to get metrics.

The EKS ActiveGate is containerized, so doesn't support extensions. Deploying another ActiveGate might be a possibility, but was wondering if other approaches are possible? Ideas?

[AntonPineiro]

Hi,

Maybe Prometheus SQL exporter? Maybe it would be overkill, not sure. Just if you have already Prometheus.

Best regards

[Julius_Loman · Accepted solution]

Running extensions in containerised ActiveGates is on the roadmap.
In the meantime, the recommended solution is to expose the DB port and query the DB from outside the cluster from a non-containerised AG.

[AntonioSousa · Accepted solution]

@Julius_Loman ,
Found and updated the the Product Idea here: https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Product-ideas/Support-for-containerised-ActiveGates-to-run-EF2-0-...

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