Introduction to Monitoring
This course covers monitoring fundamentals by introducing the three pillars of observability—metrics, traces, and logs—and explaining how they can work together to provide an effective picture of system performance.
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
This course is designed for any Datadog user interested in learning about the basics of monitoring metrics, logs, and traces.
The prerequisites for this course are the following:
In order to complete the course, you will need:
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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.
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.
Introduction
Three Buckets of Metrics
Collecting the Right Data
Metrics
Events
What Good Data Looks Like
Data for Alerts and Diagnostics
Collect 'Em All
Alert on What Matters
When to Alert Someone (or not...)
Levels of Alerting Urgency
When to Let a Sleeping Engineer Lie
Page on Symptoms
Get Serious about Symptoms
Investigating Performance Issues
It's Resources All the Way Down
Build Dashboards Before You Need Them
Follow the Metrics
Three Pillars of Observability