Problem Auto-Remediation With DynaTrace

[richard_newboun]

Hi all,

We're looking at the next phase of our DynaTrace deployment and how we can automatically act on certain problems (automatically execute scripts, restart services, etc.). Can anyone advise which tools have been used and integrated into DynaTrace to perform the orchestration of these remediation tasks. I have no preference, so any recommendation would be gratefully received!

Thanks,

Richard

[JamesKitson · Accepted solution]

Ansible / Ansible Tower is one that comes to mind. We have an integration with it that's discussed here:

https://www.ansible.com/blog/enable-self-healing-applications-with-ansible-and-dynatrace

https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/connect-dynatrace-with-ansible-tower-to-trigger-your-it-automati...

https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/set-up-ansible-tower-with-dynatrace-to-enable-your-self-healing-...

You can use it to kick of defined 'playbooks' in response to certain problems.

[ChadTurner · Accepted solution]

James is Exactly right, Ansible tower can be used for auto remediation as well as deployments and can be very useful. I would recommend looking into leveraging the product.

[kvsudheerbabu]

Do we have a similar one for Terraform in AWS? 

[Mizső]

Hi @kvsudheerbabu,

Could you please check these links:

Docs overview | dynatrace-oss/dynatrace | Terraform | Terraform Registry

GitHub - dynatrace-oss/terraform-provider-dynatrace

I hope it helps.

Best regards,

Mizső

[kvsudheerbabu]

Thanks for your quick response. 

How can we use these terraform modules to restart a specific process or host that were reported as part of metric event problem? 

Thanks

Sudheer

[Mizső]

Hi @kvsudheerbabu,

I have shared those links becasue you can find inofrmation about the DT and Terrafrom integration. I have never used Terrafroam.

As in the previous answers in most cases I have met with Ansible Tower job template solution for autoremediation.

This is an Azure example:

Best regards,

Mizső