Datadog

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1. Kubernetes - Install the Datadog-Agent

• reference:
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/signup/agent?platform=kubernetes
• https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/kubernetes/distributions/?tab=datadogoperator

• OpenTelemetry Collector : https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/setup/ddot_collector/

• Step-1 Install the Datadog Operator

• manage your Datadog Cluster Agents

  kubectl create namespace datadog 
  
  # install the Datadog Operator 
  helm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com
  helm install datadog-operator datadog/datadog-operator --namespace=datadog  --set datadog.logs.containerCollectAll=true
  kubectl create secret generic datadog-secret --from-literal api-key=2ba01eb9cb57e01bae167c008872c752 -n datadog
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  helm get manifest datadog-operator -n datadog > datadog-operator-manifest.yaml
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  helm list -n datadog
  NAME                    NAMESPACE       REVISION        UPDATED                                 STATUS          CHART                   APP VERSION
  datadog-operator        datadog         1               2025-06-04 17:40:48.5564105 -0700 PDT   deployed        datadog-operator-2.9.2  1.14.0
  

• Step-2 Deploy the Datadog Agent
• kubectl apply -f datadog-agent.yaml

• datadog-agent.yaml

• Autodiscovery

• K8s: https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/container
  • just ANNOTATE pod

    annotations:
      ad.datadoghq.com/<container identifier>.logs: '[<LOGS_CONFIG>]'
    
    eg: ad.datadoghq.com/nginx.logs: '[{"source":"nginx","service":"webapp"}]'
    

• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=java
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=python
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=node
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=kafka
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=rabbitmq
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=nginx
• https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/server?source=postgres
• Js: https://us5.datadoghq.com/logs/onboarding/client

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2 AWS integration

• AWS lambda Datadog Forwarder : https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/guide/forwarder/?site=us5&tab=cloudformation
• CloudFormation template : https://datadog-cloudformation-template-quickstart.s3.amazonaws.com/aws/v2.1.13/main_v2.yaml
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