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Automating Linux Infrastructure: Advanced Dynatrace Workflows
5 min readMar 6, 2025
Dynatrace is a powerful monitoring and performance management tool that provides full-stack observability for your infrastructure and applications. By automating its deployment and configuration, you can ensure consistent monitoring across your Linux environment while reducing manual overhead.
In this guide, we cover how to:
- Install Dynatrace OneAgent on target systems using Ansible.
- Configure OneAgent settings dynamically with Jinja2 templates.
- Integrate with Dynatrace APIs for advanced automation (dashboard creation, alert configuration, etc.).
- Automate upgrades and rolling updates to keep your monitoring up-to-date.
- Implement performance and security best practices.
1. Introduction
Automating your Dynatrace deployment with Ansible helps standardize the installation process and simplifies future updates or scaling. This guide is designed for system administrators who want to:
- Quickly deploy Dynatrace OneAgent across multiple Linux servers.
- Manage configuration changes dynamically.
- Integrate monitoring workflows with additional automation scripts.
By following these steps, you will build a robust, scalable monitoring solution that can be maintained with minimal manual intervention.
