Dynatrace Invoke shell script from Linux server

Question

Is there a way to create a problem metric in Dynatrace using a shell script that can be executed from the Linux server?

Here, Problem metric means,

Let's assume that we are using a shell script to check the status of deployed services on the Linux Server.

Then,

1. That Shell Script should be able to be called by Dynatrace
2. And, based on Shell Script's response, should be able to create Problem.

Answer 1

What do you mean by 'problem metric'?

You can create metrics via the Metric API and Problems via the Events API

You can call either endpoint from a shell script on linux. If there is a OneAgent on the system you could also use an extension.

Answer 2

Refer to this official documentation

if from_date == "-1d":
    timestamp = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M UTC')
else:
    days_ago = int(from_date[1:-1])  # Extract the number of days from "-Xd"
    timestamp = (datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days_ago)).strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M UTC')