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Datadog Fundamentals

This course will teach you to configure Datadog to collect metrics from infrastructure and applications for monitoring, alerting, and tracking system performance.

Intermediate
2h 58m
(66)

Created by Michael Jenkins

Last Updated Aug 17, 2023

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Datadog Fundamentals

This course will teach you to configure Datadog to collect metrics from infrastructure and applications for monitoring, alerting, and tracking system performance.

Intermediate
2h 58m
(66)

Created by Michael Jenkins

Last Updated Aug 17, 2023

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What you'll learn

Datadog provides infrastructure and application monitoring as a service. In this course, Datadog Fundamentals, you will learn to use Datadog as a central location for collecting and visualizing system metrics and performance information. First, you’ll learn to set up monitors and notifications that alert you when your servers or applications are not running as expected. Next, you’ll explore how dashboards are used to visualize metrics. Finally, you’ll discover how advanced log aggregation can be used for additional insight into system behavior. By the end of the course, you’ll understand how Datadog provides a complete picture of application performance from end to end.

Datadog Fundamentals
Intermediate
2h 58m
(66)
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Michael Jenkins - Pluralsight course - Datadog Fundamentals
Michael Jenkins
2 courses 4.7 author rating 66 ratings

Michael Jenkins has more than 20 years of experience working with automation technologies and is well versed with AWS, GCP, and Azure clouds.

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