Incorrect encoding of host metadata on Windows using oneagentctl

[grechnev]

As stated in the Documentation there are two ways of setting host metadata: oneagentctl --set-host-property command (recommended) and hostcustomproperties.conf file:

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/tagging-hostautotag#edit-the-host-tag-configuration...

The file must be in UTF-8. But if we use oneagentctl.exe on Windows machine, it writes the file automatically in default windows encoding. See the screenshots:

After manual converting the file to UTF-8 it becomes correct:

Is it a bug?

[ChadTurner]

This is very interesting and I would classify this not as a bug but maybe an oversight. Im going to raise this up to support so they are aware of this issue.

[ChadTurner]

Support is reaching out to the PM Team on this

[Tomasz_Gajger · Accepted solution]

Hi Max,

this behavior looks unexpected, we're looking into it internally.

If you want to get further updates on the case please open a support ticket or use in-product chat and refer to the ticket number APM-253054.

Regards,
Tomasz