Problem

How do you instrument an API Gateway with Dynatrace?

Resolution

There is a plug-in available on the Axway API Management Plus Github repo that is currently the recommended way to gather information for use in Dynatrace.

Previously, we recommended the PDF document attached to this KB in the sidebar for some notes on how to set up a POJO entry point to collect data from an API Gateway. Note that not all data is available in a useful form due to how Dynatrace has to extract this from the call stack. The items listed in the attached document consist of those that have been found to be available and generally useful. This is no longer the recommended integration, but the document has been left available out of consideration for those who are already using this integration.

Those with more advanced needs that are not served by the above are encouraged to explore creating their own custom code using the documentation on extending the API Gateway to create a class that calls the Dynatrace interfaces for custom logging, or to contribute enhancements to the open source plug-in on the Github repo.