Debug School: Harshdeep

Top 10 data dog agent commands with their use cases

Harshdeep — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:31:30 +0000

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check Run the specified check. config Runtime configuration management. configcheck Print all configurations loaded & resolved of a running Agent. diagnose Execute connectivity diagnosis on your system. flare Collect a flare and send it to Datadog. health Print the current Agent health. help Help about any command. hostname Print the hostname used by the Agent. import Import and convert configuration files from previous versions of the Agent. jmx JMX troubleshooting. launch-gui Start the Datadog Agent GUI. regimport Import the registry settings into datadog.yaml. Windows only. Deprecated since 7.27.0 restart-service Restart the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only. start-service Start the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only. stream-logs Stream the logs being processed by a running agent. stopservice Stop the Agent within the service control manager. Windows only. version Print version info.
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The list of COMMON Steps to Gather Metrices using Datadog Integration

Harshdeep — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:30:03 +0000

1) Datadog agent installation
2) API key configuration
3) Enable modules or grant permissions to the datadog user to capture metrices
4) restart of the app and datadog agent

What is observability and how to implement

Harshdeep — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:21:30 +0000

Observability is the ability to measure the internal states of a system by examining its outputs. A system is considered “observable” if the current state can be estimated by only using information from outputs, namely sensor data.

We can do it by capturing MELT