Monitor Azure VMs using Datadog
This article discusses the integration of Azure virtual machines with Datadog to provide a comprehensive view of infrastructure metrics and application-level metrics. It explains how to set up this integration using two methods - enabling Datadog to collect metrics via the Azure API or installing the Datadog Agent using the Azure web portal. The benefits of each method are outlined, including the ability to customize dashboards and monitor additional server-level metrics from the host. Finally, it highlights how monitoring Azure with Datadog can provide critical visibility into VM performance and enable automated alerts on any metric across any group of VMs.
Company
Datadog
Date published
Aug. 13, 2015
Author(s)
John Matson
Word count
925
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None found.
Language
English