Using Datadog and Terraform for advanced monitoring as code

Monitoring as code has gained big popularity in the realm of cloud computing. It increases observability, improves automating analytics, setting notifications and incident handling processes. It is also very useful in the resolution of various performance complications.

Datadog is an advanced monitoring solution for cloud applications, covering all you need in terms of metrics, logs and traces, which gives the best observability of all your applications and infrastructure. It helps to run systems securely, use time effectively and provide the best user experience to the customers. You can manage Datadog by hand, but in such case the process will be extremely labour-intensive and unreliable, or go another way and use Terraform, which will give you automation of your monitoring processes and even more.

 What is Terraform?

Terraform Datadog Monitors

Terraform Datadog monitor examples include monitors to update information about your environments, like the possibility of integration, performance indicators and data, and various devices on the network (i.e. endpoints). You can easily deploy a new monitor using the datadog_monitor function. After that, you can choose what will be used in your customized configuration to update resources.

Datadog dashboards play important role in the monitoring-as-a-code process because they give updated information about the status of applications. Using dashboards you can visualize performance data used by monitors and compare it with other vital metrics. You can create dashboards based on a grid layout with images or graphs for status monitoring or storytelling, timeboards, which can be implemented for troubleshooting or data comparison, and screenboards with free layouts, which may also include images or charts.

 Cloud service provider integration

Datagod allows you to establish a tool that will configure AWS integration, so you can instantly gather vital metrics. Lambda function may be used to get AWS service logs and the Datagod forwarder can be handled through the provider. This will ensure a constant stream of AWS logs and main performance indicators to the Datadog.

In addition to the above examples, Terraform Datadog provider gives other tools that will streamline your monitoring process, like setting up synthetic tests to automate verification of app performance in new settings.
Furthermore, Terraform is especially valuable because it operates resources from different providers, for example, you can create a monitor through Datadog and then engage AWS Command Line interface using Terraform. 

Terraform Datadog provider can handle large-scale and compound environments, numerous instances, and different types of resources and providers. You can deploy Datagod with Terraform stress-free and handle complex matters in one go. Netframe will provide you with all the necessary expertise and support to deploy your monitoring as a service system, run it proficiently and prevent potential problems before escalation.

Dmytro Protsenko,  Co-Founder at Netframe