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Datadog Agent

Datadog Agent

https://docs.datadoghq.com/

Datadog Agent and local Kubernetes (docker-desktop) integration

Add helm repository for datadog agent

helm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com
helm repo add stable https://charts.helm.sh/stable
helm repo update

Create datadog namespace

kubectl create namespace datadog

Create datadog environment file

local/.env

export DD_API_KEY=<datadog api key>

Change datadog environment file permission

chmod og-rwx local/.env

Install datadog Helm Chart in Kubernetes

source local/.env && helm install -n datadog datadog datadog/datadog --set datadog.apiKey=$DD_API_KEY -f local/values.yaml

Upgrade existing datadog Release

source local/.env && helm upgrade -n datadog datadog datadog/datadog --set datadog.apiKey=$DD_API_KEY -f local/values.yaml