Who this book is for
This book is for DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs), IT production engineers, and system administrators who need to understand the features offered by Datadog as a comprehensive SaaS monitoring platform for them to roll out those features and integrate Datadog with other applications. The book would be helpful to software developers also for them to understand how a modern monitoring tool works and to fine-tune their applications accordingly.
This is an entry-level book on monitoring as well as a guide to monitoring technology, besides its focus on Datadog features, and the book will be beneficial to anyone who is interested in learning more about the monitoring of software applications. However, the following background would better prepare you to understand the content of this book and take advantage of the examples provided in the book fully to gain hands-on experience:
- Working knowledge of the public cloud and experience of provisioning cloud resources
- Working knowledge of Linux or Windows operating systems, especially the former
- Working experience of supporting software systems in production and handling production issues
