Ben Mello SE Technical Challenge

Introduction

Hi Datadog Team!

I have created this documentation site through Sphinx to show the steps I’ve taken to complete this technical challenge.

During the first week of the project, I used the time to learn as much as I could about the Datadog agent and platform so I could best implement the software on a bare VM.

During the second week of the project, I took my time to thoroughly go through each step and understand exactly what I was implementing.

This technical challenge was fun and something I looked forward to each day for the last two weeks. It was a perfect way to get to know the software and what Datadog has to offer to its customers.

Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to continuing this opportunity with Datadog!

Contents:

• Setting up the Vagrant VM
  • Installing the Datadog Agent
• Collecting Metrics
  • Check Status of Agent
  • Adding Host Tags
  • Database Installation (MySQL)
  • Add user to MySQL for Datadog
  • Add MySQL Configuration to Datadog Agent
  • Check MySQL Integration in Datadog UI
  • Create Custom Agent Check
• Visualizing Data
  • Initialize Python API for Datadog
  • Create Python Script to Display Timeboards in Datadog UI
• Monitoring Data
• Collecting APM Data
  • Final Question
• Code

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