Setting Up Database Monitoring for Oracle Autonomous Database

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Database Monitoring provides deep visibility into your Oracle databases by exposing query samples to profile your different workloads and diagnose issues.

Before completing the steps below, verify that you have met the prerequisites for Database Monitoring.

Agent database user setup

The Datadog Agent requires read-only access to the database server to collect samples.

Create user

If you installed the legacy Oracle integration, skip this step because the user already exists. You must, however, execute the subsequent steps.

Create a read-only login to connect to your server and grant the required permissions:

CREATE USER datadog IDENTIFIED BY your_password ;

Grant permissions

grant create session to datadog ;
grant select on v$session to datadog ;
grant select on v$database to datadog ;
grant select on v$containers to datadog;
grant select on v$sqlstats to datadog ;
grant select on v$instance to datadog ;
grant select on dba_feature_usage_statistics to datadog ;
grant select on V$SQL_PLAN_STATISTICS_ALL to datadog ;
grant select on V$PROCESS to datadog ;
grant select on V$SESSION to datadog ;
grant select on V$CON_SYSMETRIC to datadog ;
grant select on CDB_TABLESPACE_USAGE_METRICS to datadog ;
grant select on CDB_TABLESPACES to datadog ;
grant select on V$SQLCOMMAND to datadog ;
grant select on V$DATAFILE to datadog ;
grant select on V$SYSMETRIC to datadog ;
grant select on V$SGAINFO to datadog ;
grant select on V$PDBS to datadog ;
grant select on CDB_SERVICES to datadog ;
grant select on V$OSSTAT to datadog ;
grant select on V$PARAMETER to datadog ;
grant select on V$SQLSTATS to datadog ;
grant select on V$CONTAINERS to datadog ;
grant select on V$SQL_PLAN_STATISTICS_ALL to datadog ;
grant select on V$SQL to datadog ;
grant select on V$PGASTAT to datadog ;

Configure the Agent

Download the wallet zip file from the Oracle Cloud and unzip it.

To start collecting Oracle telemetry, first install the Datadog Agent.

Create the Oracle Agent conf file /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/oracle-dbm.d/conf.yaml. See the sample conf file for all available configuration options.

Set the protocol and wallet configuration parameters.

init_config:
instances:
  - server: '<HOST_1>:<PORT>'
    service_name: "<SERVICE_NAME>" # The Oracle CDB service name
    username: 'datadog'
    password: '<PASSWORD>'
    protocol: TCPS
    wallet: <YOUR_WALLET_DIRECTORY>
    dbm: true
    tags:  # Optional
      - 'service:<CUSTOM_SERVICE>'
      - 'env:<CUSTOM_ENV>'
  - server: '<HOST_2>:<PORT>'
    service_name: "<SERVICE_NAME>" # The Oracle CDB service name
    username: 'datadog'
    password: '<PASSWORD>'
    protocol: TCPS
    wallet: <YOUR_WALLET_DIRECTORY>
    dbm: true
    tags:  # Optional
      - 'service:<CUSTOM_SERVICE>'
      - 'env:<CUSTOM_ENV>'

After all Agent configuration is complete, restart the Datadog Agent.

Validate

Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for oracle-dbm under the Checks section. Navigate to the DBM Oracle Database Overview dashboard and Databases page in Datadog to get started.