Section 1: Getting Started with Datadog

This part of the book will get you started with Datadog by going over the core features of Datadog and how to use them. With that information, you will be able to roll out Datadog in an organization. You will also understand the basic concepts of monitoring software systems and the infrastructure they run on and be able to relate them to the Datadog features. 

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introduction to Monitoring
• Chapter 2, Deploying the Datadog Agent
• Chapter 3, Datadog Dashboard
• Chapter 4, Account Management
• Chapter 5, Metrics, Events, and Tags
• Chapter 6, Monitoring Infrastructure
• Chapter 7, Monitors and Alerts