Dynatrace probe

Features and specification of the Dynatrace probe

Dynatrace probe is used to determine the health of your application by examining the entry or exit criteria.

Creating secrets

To use the APITokenSecretName, create a Kubernetes secret as shown below and reference the Kubernetes secret name in the Dynatrace probe schema. Ensure that you create the secret in the same namespace where you have set up your chaos infrastructure.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: dyna-secret
  namespace: hce
type: Opaque
stringData:
  X-API-KEY: <TOKEN>

• Connectivity requirements for the Dynatrace probe: You can establish a connection between the execution plane and Dynatrace by:

1. Opening port 443 (HTTPS) to make API calls to the Dynatrace probe;

2. Create a secret that has the Dynatrace access token with read permissions (that is, metrics.read scope).

Schema

Listed below is the Dynatrace Probe schema with common properties shared across all probes and properties unique to Dynatrace probe.

Kubernetes

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
Endpoint	Endpoint of the probe	Mandatory	type: string	Endpoint specified to access the Dynatrace probe.
Metrics	Raw metric details of the probe	Mandatory	type: metrics	Provide the raw metrics that you want to query.
TimeFrame	Timeframe associated with the metrics	Mandatory	type: string	Average or min or max of the timeframe specified. For example, now-5m provides average, minvaluefrom(now-5m) provides the minimum and maxvaluefrom(now-5m) provides the maximum value.
APITokenSecretName	Used for authentication with the Dynatrace platform	Mandatory	type: string	Secret created to use the Dynatrace API, refer creating secrets.
Comparator	Checks for the correctness of the probe output	Mandatory	type: comparator	Various fields to compare the desired and obtained data, includes type, criteria and value.

Metrics

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
MetricsSelector	Query to obtain the Dynatrace metrics	Mandatory	type: string	Provide the MetricsSelector of the metrics you have provided in the Metrics field.
EntitySelector	Entity selector of the metrics	Mandatory	type: string	Provide the EntitySelector of the metrics you have provided in the Metrics field.

Comparator

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
type	Flag to hold type of the data used for comparison	Mandatory	float	The type contains type of data, which should be compared as part of comparison operation.
criteria	Flag to hold criteria for the comparison	Mandatory	It supports {>=, <=, ==, >, <, !=, oneOf, between} for int and float type. And {equal, notEqual, contains, matches, notMatches, oneOf} for string type.	The criteria contains criteria of the comparison, which should be fulfill as part of comparison operation.
value	Flag to hold value for the comparison	Mandatory	N/A type: string	The value contains value of the comparison, which should follow the given criteria as part of comparison operation.

Linux

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
Endpoint	Endpoint of the probe	Mandatory	type: string	Endpoint specified to access the Dynatrace probe.
Metrics	Raw metric details of the probe	Mandatory	type: metrics	Provide the raw metrics that you want to query.
TimeFrame	Timeframe associated with the metrics	Mandatory	type: string	Average or min or max of the timeframe specified. For example, now-5m provides average, min(now-5m) provides the minimum and max(now-5m) provides the maximum value.
Comparator	Checks for the correctness of the probe output	Mandatory	type: comparator	Various fields to compare the desired and obtained data, includes type, criteria and value.

Metrics

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
MetricsSelector	Query to obtain the Dynatrace metrics	Mandatory	type: string	Dynatrace metrics query to obtain the output from the endpoint.
EntitySelector	Entity selector of the metrics	Mandatory	type: string	The entity selector type used by the Dynatrace query.

Comparator

Field	Description	Type	Range	Notes
type	Flag to hold type of the data used for comparison	Mandatory	float	The type contains type of data, which should be compared as part of comparison operation.
criteria	Flag to hold criteria for the comparison	Mandatory	It supports {>=, <=, ==, >, <, !=, oneOf, between} for int and float type. And {equal, notEqual, contains, matches, notMatches, oneOf} for string type.	The criteria contains criteria of the comparison, which should be fulfill as part of comparison operation.
value	Flag to hold value for the comparison	Mandatory	type: float	The value contains value of the comparison, which should follow the given criteria as part of comparison operation.