Monitor Docker on AWS ECS

Docker is a rapidly maturing container technology that provides easily-configured, lightweight virtual machines ideal for microservice architectures and scaling environments. Amazon Web Services' EC2 Container Service (ECS) automatically manages Docker containers, offering load balancing, health recovery, and scaling automation. However, monitoring containers can be challenging due to their short lifespan and frequent changes. Datadog is designed to monitor highly dynamic infrastructure, including containers, and has partnered with AWS engineers to create a tailored ECS integration. This allows for automatic tracking of container metrics, flexible aggregations, and alerts for service-level problems. With Datadog, users can track both Docker metrics and the software running inside each container, as well as easily correlate metrics from any part of their infrastructure.