# Dynatrace
## Prerequisites:
The following are pre-requisites for creating Dynatrace as a Datasource. It is used for Alert Notifications from Dynatrace and collecting Host/Application Configuration and Metrics & Logs on-demand.
1\) Dynatrace SaaS Account
2\) An API Key (Created on Dynatrace SaaS portal)
3\) One or more Hosts or Applications or Databases being monitored by Dynatrace
## Enabling API access on Dynatrace SaaS portal:
**Step 1:** Login to https\://\.live.dynatrace.com using your credentials
**Step 2:** Go to ‘Settings’ → ‘Integration’ → ‘Dynatrace API’
**Step 3:** Click on ‘Generate Token’, Enter a Name under ‘Token name’
**Step 4:** Enable below permissions for the API access
* Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology
* Read log contents
* Read synthetic monitors, location and nodes
* Read configuration
* Log import
* Read audit logs
## **Configure Dynatrace Alert Notifications using Webhook:**
**Prerequisites:** Click here for [Alert Sources](/features-guide/alert-watch/alert-sources.md) to create a Webhook URL for Dynatrace alert notifications in CloudFabrix AIOps platform.
**Step 1:** Login to https\://\.live.dynatrace.com using your credentials
**Step 2:** Go to ‘Settings’ → ‘Integration’ → ‘Problem notifications’
**Step 3:** Click on ‘Setup notifications’
**Step 4:** Click on ‘Custom Integration’ (Webhook)
**Step 5:** Enter the ‘Webhook Name’
**Step 6:** Copy & Paste the Webhook URL that was generated for Dynatrace alerts under OIA Administration in the previous section
**Step 7:** Select ‘Accept any SSL certificate’ option “ONLY” if you want to ignore self-signed certificate warning. (Caution: It is highly recommended to install CA signed certificate on cfxDimensions platform and do not select this option for security reasons)
**Step 8:** Click on ‘Create basic authorization header’ to add Username & Password for the Webhook (Please refer previous section)
**Step 9:** Under ‘Custom Payload’, Enter the below Alert fields.
```
{
"ImpactedEntity":"{ImpactedEntity}",
"EntityID":"{PID}",
"State":"{State}",
"Details":{ProblemDetailsJSON},
"DetailedText":"{ProblemDetailsText}",
"ProblemID":"{ProblemID}",
"ProblemTitle":"{ProblemTitle}",
"Severity":"{ProblemSeverity}",
"ImpactType":"{ProblemImpact}",
"URL":"{ProblemURL}",
"Tags":"{Tags}"
}
```
**Step 10:** Select ‘Alerting Profile’
**Step 11:** Click on ‘Send test notification’ to verify it is able to send a ‘Test Alert’ successfully to cfxDimensions platform.
**Step 12:** Click on ‘Save’ to commit the Webhook notification settings.
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