Data-dog assignments Day 1 - Umesh

Umesh Prasad — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:50:21 +0000

Q1 - Top 7 commands of Datadog agent and its use cases Ans Top 7 commands of Datadog agent and its use cases

Datadog-agent config :- This command is used for runtime configuration management.
Datadog-agent config-check :- This command prints all configuration currently used by Datadog agent.
Datadog-agent health :- This command is used to get agent health.
datadog-agent hostname :- This command is used to print hostname currently used by agent.
Datadog-agent help :- This command is used to get help of any agent command.
Datadog-agent import :- This command is used to import configuration of older version of agent.
Datadog-agent version :- This command used to get agent version information.

Q2- Write down the steps to enable any integration in datadog?

The following steps should be performed to enable any integration in DataDog
Install DataDog agent in OS and update the patch level.
Install required software/package, check its service running status, enable it
Select Integration option in Integrations Menu Option in Menu
Search for the software which you have installed in target OS.
Read for instructions in Configure Tab and follow them to enable settings which will enable export of Metrics to
datadog agent.
Enable integration of datadog agent to collect Metrics exported by software
Now enable Integration by Installing Integration in DataDog (In that software page, Click Install Integration)

Q3 Top 10 Metrices of Linux Servers which you should care it?

Following are top 10 Metrices of Linux Servers
Cpu Utilisation
Memory Utilisation
Disk Utilisation
System Load Check
Network Utilisation

Q4 Top 10 Metrices of Windows Servers which you should care it?

Following are top 10 Metrices of Windows Servers
- Cpu Utilisation
Memory Utilisation
Drives Utilisation
System Load Check
Network Utilisation
Process Statistics
I/O statistics
Zombie process check
No of RDP connections
Disk statistics

Q5 Top 5 Metrices of Apache which you should not miss it?

Following are top 5 Metrices of Apache
Total no of Web requests
Server CPU/Memory Load
Response time of server
No of Idle connections

What is observability and How to practice observability -> Umesh Prasad

Umesh Prasad — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:21:27 +0000

Q1. What is observability?
Ans: Observability is the ability to measure a system’s current state based on the data it generates, such as logs, metrics, and traces.

Q2. How to practice observability?

Ans.
-Know your platform.
-Turn on data logging where it's not already enabled.
-Filter data as close to the point of creation as possible.
-Ensure data can be aggregated and centralized.

Q3. What are the datatypes we need to collection to setup observability

Ans. metrics, events, logs, and traces (MELT)

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Data-dog assignments Day 1 - Umesh

What is observability and How to practice observability -> Umesh Prasad