Datadog Certifications — Keys contents of Datadog Fundamentals Exam
What you need to learn before taking this exam.
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Agent log level
In the datadog agent, this configuration is available as a parameter for setting the agent log level. This parameter determines the verbosity of the agent logs. The keynote is to learn what level includes other levels and the correct syntax for setting. I suggest you see this document. (link).
Metric Submission
You need to know how to send a metric using the API and DogStatsD, some questions show an example of code and ask you what its behavior of it is. This documentation helps a lot: (Post a metric using API) (Sending Metric using DogStatsD)
Change Graphic, Distribution & Heat Maps
These flavors of graphs are useful for some types of analysis, learn what kind you use in some situations is explored in the exam. The best way to learn is by enrolling in this course at Datadog Learning Center. (link)
Querying Graphics Syntax
When you using metrics in Datadog, you need to learn how to query the graphic editors or other features of Datadog (logs, traces, etc), and all these features work in the same way. This documentation is useful to learn the correct syntax of query editing. (link)
Yamls Config Files structure
You need to know where and how to handle datadog agent configuration files. These files are default located in c:\ProgramData\Datadog\conf.d\ and in the Linux, installations are located in /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d.
In this directory each integration has a subdirectory called <INTEGRATION-NAME>.d/ in this subdirectory has the auto_conf.yaml and the conf.yaml.example. This file you edit and rename to conf.yaml to activate the desired integration. I recommend this article in documentation to learn about that.
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