Datadog Assignment 1

Sudarshana — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:26:46 +0000

What is Datadog Agent? The Datadog Agent is software that runs on your hosts. It collects events and metrics from hosts and sends them to Datadog, where the user can analyze the monitoring and performance data.
What are list of methods to send data to Datadog?
Datadog_API: API to publish custom log/metric
DogStatsD: Adding the Datadog Tracing Library to the code
Collector: Configuring the Datadog Agent for Application
Top 10 commands of Datadog Agent
$ systemctl start datadog-agent : to start the datadog agent
$ systemctl stop datadog-agent: to stop the datadog agent
$ systemctl restart datadog-agent : to restart the datadog agent
$ systemctl status datadog-agent : to check the status of the datadog agent
$ datadog-agent config : Print the runtime configuration of a running agent
$ datadog-agent configcheck : Print all configurations loaded & resolved of a running agent
$ datadog-agent diagnose: Execute some connectivity diagnosis on your system
$ datadog-agent health : Print the current agent health
$ datadog-agent hostname to check the hostname of the datadog agent
$ datadog-agent version: to check the version of the datadog agent
$ datadog-agent dogstatsd-stats : Print basic statistics on the metrics processed by dogstatsd
Top 10 Techniques for troubleshooting Datadog Agent
Check if agent is up and running or not
Check for the token/API key if it’s valid
Check for outgoing internet
Check Datadog Agent Logs for Error
Check Datadog Agent Configuration file(datadog.yaml) syntax Error
Check ENV variable set for Datadog Agent conflict with datadog.yaml
runtime configuration of a running agent
current agent health
Check Datadog Integration Configuration file(datadog.yaml) syntax Error
Print all configurations loaded & resolved of a running agent

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Datadog Assignment 1