Getting Started with Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monito

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

Define key networking concepts, including IP addresses, ports, hosts, and more.
Describe how key network components are monitored in Cloud Network Monitoring, including IP addresses, ports, and hosts.
Investigate infrastructure performance by filtering hosts by tag(s).
Arrange, organize, filter, and visualize hosts based on key data, including tags and performance metrics.
Inspect specific hosts to review their tags, performance metrics, overall health, and more.
Analyze cloud network traffic patterns and latency to identify bottlenecks and failure points.
Create a monitor to trigger a separate alert for each host when a metric crosses a threshold.
Silence alerts during expected downtime by muting hosts.

Primary Audience

This course is designed for Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), Backend Engineers and other roles responsible for monitoring, managing, and optimizing the performance of cloud network and infrastructure resources.

Additionally, this course will benefit anyone responsible for network, cloud, and infrastructure monitoring. This could include DevOps engineers or system administrators, who need to troubleshoot issues and ensure the smooth operation of systems using Datadog’s monitoring tools.

Prerequisites

For the best experience, we recommend an understanding of the following prerequisites:

Datadog Learning Center lab environments, through either previous experience or the Learning Environment course
Basic Observability concepts, as seen in the Introduction to Observability course
Metric data in Datadog, or the Getting Started with Metrics course

Technical Requirements

In order to complete the course, you will need:

Google Chrome or Firefox
Third-party cookies must be enabled to access labs

Course Navigation

At the bottom of each lesson, click MARK LESSON COMPLETE AND CONTINUE button so that you are marked complete for each lesson and can receive the certificate at the end of the course.

Course Enrollment Period

Please note that your enrollment in this course ends after 30 days. You can re-enroll at any time and pick up where you left off.

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