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Date Published
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Ethan Debnath, David Iparraguirre, Vignesh Palaniappan
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821
Language
English
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None

Summary

Datadog's Fleet Automation streamlines the setup and scaling of observability across distributed environments by allowing platform and SRE teams to manage Datadog products and Agent integrations centrally, reducing the need for manual configuration and coordination. This solution enables teams to configure monitoring from a single platform, ensuring complete observability coverage by identifying and addressing telemetry gaps and misconfigurations. Fleet Automation offers features like guided workflows, code-driven configuration, and an API for integration with existing automation tools, simplifying the deployment and management of configurations. It also provides role-based access control, audit trails, and deployment controls to handle complex environments effectively, allowing teams to maintain visibility and consistency across their infrastructure while minimizing onboarding time and management overhead. The centralized interface aids in troubleshooting by offering insights into telemetry data reporting and configuration history, supporting distributed teams with notifications and detailed event logs.