"Operational Monitoring with Datadog"
"Operational Monitoring with Datadog" is a comprehensive guide for technology professionals seeking mastery in observability and real-time monitoring in today's complex, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The book begins by establishing the foundational principles of observability, unraveling the interplay of metrics, logs, traces, and events as the core pillars for gaining actionable insights into modern systems. Through detailed architectural overviews and strategic comparisons to other platforms, it empowers readers to evaluate Datadog's unique capabilities and align them to a variety of operational and business needs, from site reliability engineering to security monitoring.
Expertly organized, the book delves into advanced topics such as enterprise-grade agent deployment, secure configuration, and integration with cloud providers and on-premises environments. Readers will learn how to instrument infrastructure and applications for high-cardinality metrics, cost-effective data management, anomaly detection, and compliance-ready long-term retention. The chapters methodically cover centralized log collection, enrichment pipelines, and sophisticated indexing strategies—culminating in robust guidance for correlating observability data and driving incident response with precision.
Beyond technical mastery, "Operational Monitoring with Datadog" addresses the critical dimensions of visualization, alerting, automation, and security. It reveals best practices in dashboarding, reporting, and governance, while providing deep insight into managing alert lifecycles, automating remediation, and integrating with wider IT and business processes. Discussions on role-based access control, sensitive data handling, and compliance automation ensure readers can scale Datadog securely within enterprise environments. With lessons on extensibility, infrastructure as code, and organizational scaling patterns, this guide is an indispensable resource for teams striving to transform their observability maturity and unlock the full potential of Datadog.