APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals Certification Learning Path

The Agent on a Host

Introduction to running the Datadog Agent on a host. Hands-on activities walk you through running and configuring the Agent to collect events, metrics and logs from other services.

Free

The Agent on Docker

Introduction to running the Datadog Agent in a container. Hands-on activities walk you through running and configuring the Agent container to collect events, metrics and logs from other services.

Free

Getting Started with Integrations

Learn how Datadog’s 800+ integrations collect and report data from an expansive list of outside tools, platforms, programming languages, and more.

Free

Set up APM for Java applications on a host

Set up Datadog Application Performance Monitoring (APM) for Java applications running on a host. Apply recommended practices and build confidence when adding APM to your applications.

Free

Create Custom Spans and Span Tags with APM

Learn how to create custom spans, create tags for those spans, and create measures from tags to surface data and troubleshoot issues with Datadog APM.

Free

Configure Real User Monitoring (RUM) for JavaScript web applications

Learn about the different configuration options when setting up Datadog RUM on your JavaScript web applications.

Free

APM Rate Limiting and Retention

Control APM trace retention and rate limiting for your applications. Add ingestion and retention filters, create metrics from traces, and monitor trace usage to better manage your APM data.

Free

Getting Started with APM Metrics & Traces

Monitor service health and performance with Application Performance Management. Explore traces to understand requests and interactions between services. Track key metrics to understand trends that impact system behavior and user experience.

Free

Diagnosing Application Bugs with Datadog APM

Leverage several features of the Datadog APM product to identify bugs within application code. Using insights gained from APM, fix those bugs and verify your fixes have made a difference in stability and performance.

Free

Diagnose Code Performance Issues with Continuous Profiler

Investigate and improve application code performance in production with Datadog Continuous Profiler.

Free

APM Monitors and Alerting

Learn to create and modify effective APM monitors and alerts so your systems are properly monitored and the correct teams notified when something goes wrong.

Free

Getting Started with Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

NEW! In this course, you’ll deepen your understanding of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and gain hands-on experience using them to solve issues in a web application. This builds on the concepts covered in Understanding Service Level Objectives.

Free

Create Business-Critical Insights Using Dashboards and SLOs

In this course you’ll learn techniques for creating an executive Dashboard that shows a mix of Powerpacks and widgets. You'll track business objectives, application uptime, and system performance while presenting this data in a Dashboard.

Free

Introduction to Incident Management

In this course, you learn about managing incidents by working through a hands-on example with Datadog Incident Management. You also learn how to use Slack to effectively communicate incident status to your team.

Free

Monitoring a Postgres Database with Datadog DBM

Identify inefficiencies and optimize your database. View query metrics, explain plans, and visualizations from all of your databases in a single place.

Free

Tracking Canary Deployments with Datadog

In this lab, you use Datadog’s deployment tracking together with Docker to deploy, track, and remediate issues within staged releases.

Free

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