The Agent on Docker
NEW! 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.
The Datadog Agent is software that collects events and metrics and sends them to Datadog, where you can analyze your monitoring and performance data. The Datadog Agent is open source and runs in many environments and operating systems.
This course will teach you how to run and configure the containerized Datadog Agent to collect events and metrics from other containers as well the container runtime host.
Environments in which the Datadog Agent container can run include:
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
DevOps, SRE, or software engineers who want use the Datadog Agent in a containerized environment.
The Learning Environment course will introduce you to the hands-on lab environment that you will use in most Learning Center courses.
Learners should be comfortable configuring system software and working with Docker containers.
In order to complete the course, you will need:
Introduction
About the Agent Container
Lab: The Agent on Docker
Summary
Feedback Survey