What does Datadog consider a host?
A host is any physical or virtual OS instance that you monitor with Datadog. It could be a server, VM, node (in the case of Kubernetes) or App Service Plan instance (in the case of Azure App Services).
What are tags in metrics?
Tags (aka labels) are a foundational concept in hyper-scale operations like Google’s internal orchestration project, Borg, Kubernetes, and Datadog. Tags are key to modern monitoring because they allow you to aggregate metrics across your infrastructure at any level you choose.
Can we filter metrics by tags in Datadog?
Any metric can be filtered by tag(s) using the from dropdown to the right of the metric. You can also perform advanced filtering with Boolean or Wildcard tag value filters.
Can Datadog be self hosted?
Optimize on-premises infrastructure, managed or self hosted Datadog offers turn-key integrations to support developing on-premises infrastructure, including platforms like OpenStack and Oracle Cloud, which enable teams to create highly customizable environments and optimize their workloads.
What is a host map?
Host mapping is a process of mapping your default domain URL to a URL of another domain. This way the URL can include your company’s name. Your address is by default a LiveAgent subdomain. With host mapping it can be changed to a subdomain of your own domain.
Is Datadog hosted on AWS?
Datadog is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner and has achieved the AWS Migration, Microsoft Workloads, DevOps, and Containers Competencies.
What is tag key and tag value?
Understanding Tag Keys and Tag Values. Each tag consists of a tag “key” and a “value” associated with that key. For example, if you wanted to use the tagging feature to track billable assets by department, the “key” would be “Department” and the “value” would be the specific department.
How does Datadog store metrics?
As with any other metric, Datadog stores log-based metrics at full granularity for 15 months. This means that, unlike with log events that are usually stored for days or maybe weeks, you can retain the information for historical analysis.
Can Datadog run on-premise?
Datadog provides robust integration into a number of commonly used public clouds and virtualization platforms used on-premise, and can also be run on bare metal on-premises servers.
What is DNS host mapping used for?
DNS host mapping creates a static hostname for the specified IP address in the DSL router. Both WAN and LAN IP addresses are supported.
How do I host a map in Zendesk?
Your host mapping must be set up correctly before you start.
- In Admin Center, click Account in the sidebar, then select Security > More settings.
- Click the SSL tab at the top of the Security page.
- In Hosted SSL, click Enable Zendesk-provisioned SSL.
- Click Save.
What is Datadog written in?
The core of the platform is built using a mixture of python, javascript and go. We chose python for its productivity and its unmatched support for fastnumerical processing of time series.
What is a tag key?
What is watchdog in Datadog?
Watchdog is a new auto-detection engine that surfaces performance problems in your applications without any manual setup or configuration.
Where is Datadog data stored?
All data transmitted between Datadog and Datadog users is protected using Transport Layer Security (TLS) and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). If encrypted communication is interrupted the Datadog application is inaccessible. Datadog maintains distinct data centers in the United States and the EU.
What data does Datadog collect?
Datadog Data Collection, Resolution, and Retention
| Product category | Source | Collection interval |
|---|---|---|
| Alerting | Service Level Objectives | Data source-dependent |
| APM | Error Tracking | 2 minutes |
| APM | Indexed spans (unsampled) | 10 seconds |
| APM | Profiles |
What database does Datadog use?
In terms of actual databases, we use: Kafka as our firehose. It’s simple and reliable, and has great performance for stream processing. A mix of Redis, Cassandra and S3 to store and query time series.