Dynatrace Logs destination plugin - Cortex XCOR Documentation

This information is for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline, which is a standalone product separate from Palo Alto Networks Cortex XCOR.

The Dynatrace Logs destination plugin (name: http, alias: Dynatrace) lets you configure your telemetry pipeline to send your log data to Dynatrace.

Supported telemetry types

The Dynatrace Logs destination plugin for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

Logs	Metrics	Traces

Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure the Dynatrace Logs destination plugin. The Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the items in the Name column to describe these parameters. Pipeline configuration files use the items in the Key column as YAML keys.

General

Name	Key	Description	Default
Dynatrace Environment URL	`host`	Required. The URL for your Dynatrace instance. For example, `{YOUR-ENVIRONMENT_ID}.live.dynatrace.com`.	none
Dynatrace API Token	`header`	Adds an HTTP header key-value pair for the API token. You can set multiple headers.	See the following table.

The following headers are to set your Dynatrace API Token:

Key	Value
Authorization	`Api-Token [REPLACE WITH DYNATRACE API TOKEN]`
Content-Type	`application/json; charset=utf-8`

Advanced

Name	Key	Description	Default
Port for Dynatrace	`port`	The port number of the Dynatrace Logs API.	`443`
URI	`uri`	The URI of the Dynatrace Logs API.	`/api/v2/logs/ingest`
Allow Duplicated Headers	`allow_duplicated_headers`	Setting to ensure no duplicate Authorization API-Tokens are present.	`false`
HTTP Proxy	`proxy`	Specifies an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is `http://host:port`.	none
Format	`format`	Specifies the data format to be used in the HTTP request body. Accepted values: `json`, `json_lines`, `json_stream`.	`json`
JSON Date Format	`json_date_format`	Specifies the format of the date. Accepted values: `double`, `epoch`, `iso8601` (for example, `2018-05-30T09:39:52.000681Z`), `java_sql_timestamp` (for example, `2018-05-30 09:39:52.000681`, which can be used with AWS Athena).	`iso8601`
JSON Date Key	`json_date_key`	Specifies the name of the date field in output.	`timestamp`
Body Key	`body_key`	Specifies the key that contains the body.	none
Header Tag	`header_tag`	Sets an HTTP header whose value is the tag of the record.	none
Header Key	`headers_key`	Specifies the key that contains the headers.	none

Security and TLS

Name	Key	Description	Default
TLS	`tls`	If `true`, enables TLS/SSL. If `false`, disables TLS/SSL. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`false`
TLS Certificate Validation	`tls.verify`	If `on`, and if `tls` is `true`, enables TLS/SSL certificate validation. If `off`, disables TLS/SSL certificate validation. Accepted values: `on`, `off`.	`on`
TLS Debug Level	`tls.debug`	Sets TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: `0` (No debug), `1` (Error), `2` (State change), `3` (Informational), `4` (Verbose).	`1`
CA Certificate File Path	`tls.ca_file`	Absolute path to CA certificate file.	none
Certificate File Path	`tls.crt_file`	Absolute path to certificate file.	none
Private Key File Path	`tls.key_file`	Absolute path to private key file.	none
Private Key Path Password	`tls.key_passwd`	Password for private key file.	none
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	`tls.vhost`	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension.	none

Advanced Networking

Name	Key	Description	Default
DNS Mode	`net.dns.mode`	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be `TCP` or `UDP`.	none
DNS Resolver	`net.dns.resolver`	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be `LEGACY` or `ASYNC`.	none
Prefer IPv4	`net.dns.prefer_ipv4`	Prioritizes IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`false`
Keepalive	`net.keepalive`	Enables or disables Keepalive support. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`true`
Keepalive Idle Timeout	`net.keepalive_idle_timeout`	Sets the maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection.	`30s`
Max Connect Timeout	`net.connect_timeout`	Sets the maximum time allowed to establish a connection, which includes the TLS handshake.	`10s`
Max Connect Timeout Log Error	`net.connect_timeout_log_error`	Specifies whether to log an error on connection timeout. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message. Accepted values: `true`, `false`.	`true`
Source Address	`net.source_address`	Specifies the network address to bind for data traffic.	none
Max Keepalive Recycle	`net.keepalive_max_recycle`	Sets the maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it’s retired.	`2000`