Setting Up Database Monitoring for RDS Oracle

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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 ;
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SESSION','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$DATABASE','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$CONTAINERS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQLSTATS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQL','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$INSTANCE','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQL_PLAN_STATISTICS_ALL','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$PROCESS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SESSION','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$CON_SYSMETRIC','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('CDB_TABLESPACE_USAGE_METRICS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('CDB_TABLESPACES','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false); 
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQLCOMMAND','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$DATAFILE','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SGAINFO','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SYSMETRIC','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$PDBS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('CDB_SERVICES','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$OSSTAT','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$PARAMETER','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQLSTATS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$CONTAINERS','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQL_PLAN_STATISTICS_ALL','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$SQL','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);
exec rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.grant_sys_object('V_$PGASTAT','DATADOG','SELECT',p_grant_option => false);

Configure the Agent

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.

init_config:
instances:
  - server: '<RDS_INSTANCE_ENDPOINT_1>:<PORT>'
    service_name: "<SERVICE_NAME>" # The Oracle CDB service name
    username: 'datadog'
    password: '<PASSWORD>'
    dbm: true
    tags:  # Optional
      - 'service:<CUSTOM_SERVICE>'
      - 'env:<CUSTOM_ENV>'
  - server: '<RDS_INSTANCE_ENDPOINT_2>:<PORT>'
    service_name: "<SERVICE_NAME>" # The Oracle CDB service name
    username: 'datadog'
    password: '<PASSWORD>'
    dbm: true
    tags:  # Optional
      - 'service:<CUSTOM_SERVICE>'
      - 'env:<CUSTOM_ENV>'

Once 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 Dashboard and Databases page in Datadog to get started.