Getting Started with Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

Abstract

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. The course builds on the concepts covered in Understanding Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

You’ll learn how to identify the right metrics to track in an SLO, recognize SLI patterns and avoid anti-patterns, and define target goals and measurement periods. You’ll also discover how to create and configure SLOs to monitor the health of key services and understand how error budgets and burn rates can help you evaluate and improve application performance and reliability.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Identify the characteristics of an effective Service Level Indicator (SLI) for your application
Recognize common SLI patterns and avoid anti-patterns
Define realistic target goals and appropriate measurement periods
Explain error budgets and determine how to set them effectively for your SLOs
Assess SLO burn rates and develop appropriate responses

Primary Audience

This course is designed for:

Site reliability engineers (SREs)
Beginner Datadog users

Prerequisites

Completion of the the following courses:

Technical Requirements

In order to complete the course, you will need:

Google Chrome or Firefox

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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