Observability as Code

In this webinar, Dan Maher (Developer Advocate at Datadog), and I look at how to use the Datadog Provider for Terraform to codify observability resources such as Application Performance Monitors (APM) and Dashboards.

This version of the webinar was given at a Datadog webinar in September 2020.

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Companion Code: github.com/hashicorp/observability-as-code

Transcript

1. Observability as Code with Datadog and HashiCorp Terraform
2. Kerim Satirli @ksatirli Developer Advocate HashiCorp Daniel Maher @phrawzty Developer Advocate Datadog
3. Agenda ▪ What is Datadog? ▪ What is Terraform? ▪ What is Observability as Code? ▪ How do Datadog and Terraform integrate? ▪ Q&A
6. app.terraform.io
7. storedog.example
8. ⁄ What is Observability as Code
9. ⁄ How do Datadog and Terraform integrate?
10. Datadog Provider for Terraform registry.terraform.io/providers/datadog/datadog
11. Datadog Provider for Terraform registry.terraform.io/providers/datadog/datadog
12. Datadog Provider for Terraform CODE EDITOR terraform { required_providers { datadog = { source = "datadog/datadog" version = "2.13.0" } } required_version = "~> 0.13" }
13. Datadog Provider for Terraform CODE EDITOR provider "datadog" { # Datadog credentials }
14. Datadog Provider for Terraform CODE EDITOR provider "datadog" { api_url = "https://api.datadoghq.com/" }
15. Datadog Provider for Terraform CODE EDITOR provider "datadog" { api_url = "https://api.datadoghq.eu/" } !
16. Datadog Monitors Interface app.datadoghq.com/monitors/manage
17. Datadog Monitor CODE EDITOR resource "datadog_monitor" "high_error_rate" { for_each = var.services name = "HIGH: ${each.key} (${each.value.env})" type = "query alert" message = "${each.key} has a high error rate!" ... }
18. Datadog Monitor CODE EDITOR ... query = "avg(last_10m):(sum:trace.$ {each.value.framework}.request.errors{env:$ {each.value.environment},service:${each.key} } / sum:trace.$ {each.value.framework}.request.hits{env:$ {each.value.environment},service:${each.key} }) > $ {each.value.high_error_rate_critical}"
19. ⁄ Demonstration
20. Resources ▪ Datadog: datadoghq.com/free-datadog-trial ▪ Terraform Cloud: app.terraform.io/signup ▪ Terraform provider: registry.terraform.io/providers/datadog/datadog ▪ webshop code: github.com/datadog/ecommerce-workshop ▪ workshop code: github.com/hashicorp/observability-as-code
21. Q & A ask us anything (related to today’s session)
22. Thank You kerim@hashicorp.com daniel.maher@datadoghq.com