ActiveGates
11/12/2025
What is an ActvieGate
Acts as a relay between the OneAgent and Dynatrace
Reduces Firewall changes
Compress traffic between datacenters and Dynatrace
Run Extensions to monitor componets that can't be instrumented directly with a OneAgent
No extra configuration: Install where OneAgents can connect to it and the rest is handled automatically
ActiveGates can be configured to communicate through a proxy server
Types of ActiveGates
Environment ActiveGates
Applicable to both Managed and SaaS
Definition: A Environment ActiveGate is bound to a specific environment and thus only handles traffic from OneAgent instances that belong to the same monitoring environment.
Connectivity: an Environment ActiveGate can handle traffic from OneAgents, not from other ActiveGates
Installation: The Environment ActiveGate installer is downloaded from the monitoring environment itself
Cluster ActiveGates
Applicable to only Managed
Definition: A Cluster ActiveGate is bound to a Dynatrace Managed cluster, and thus can handle traffic from OneAgent instances that belong to an environment that exists on the cluster.
Connectivity: A Cluster ActiveGate can handle traffic from any OneAgents as well as from any environment ActiveGate that exists on the same cluster.
Installation: The Cluster ActiveGate installer is downloaded from the Cluster Management Console (CMC) interface.
ActiveGate Connectivity
Level 1: Enviornment ActiveGates
Level 2: Cluster ActiveGates
Level 3: Embedded ActiveGates - ActiveGates embedded within the cluster nodes
Notes:
ActiveGates can only send data to higher hierarchy levels. ActiveGates cannot send data to the same or lower level of the hierarchy.
Environment ActiveGates, by default, connect directly to the Dynatrace Cluster. This eliminates an intermediate step to a Cluster ActiveGate. Connecting through the Cluster ActiveGate needs to be arranged.
Connectivity can also depend on network zones if such are configured. Network zone configuration means that ActiveGates and OneAgents will prefer to communicate with ActiveGates from the same zone, before connecting to ActiveGates outside the active zone