How to Set Up Alerts for AccessDeniedException Logs in Dynatrace

Author: Praveen Veerapogu

Log Monitoring Alert in Dynatrace

Setting up custom alerts in Dynatrace using log monitoring is a powerful way to catch silent failures. With just a few clicks, you can track critical log entries like AccessDeniedException and take proactive action.

Step 1: Access Log Monitoring in Dynatrace

• Log in to your Dynatrace environment.
• Go to Logs & Events from the left-hand menu.
• Search for the specific error string:

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Create a metric: for Dashboard Purpose (optional)

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Once you clicked on click on create metric, you will be automatically redirected to the section below.

Please create Event Extraction in the Log Events under Log Monitoring

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Configure log patterns that trigger events for alerting and Davis® analysis. Note that log event detection consumes Davis® data units

Learn more by visiting our documentation.

Once you have done a log event, if the particular log pattern matches, Dynatrace will trigger a problem like below.