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title: Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu
description: Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu
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# Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu

## Overview{% #overview %}

Datadog Application Monitoring for VMWare Tanzu enables VMware Tanzu users to monitor the health and performance of their applications. It consists of the following three components:

- DogStatsD
- Trace Agent
- Container Agent

You can use DogStatsD to get your custom application metrics into Datadog. DogStatsD is a metrics aggregation service that implements the StatsD protocol and adds a few Datadog-specific extensions. For more information, see the [DogStatsD](https://docs.datadoghq.com/extend/dogstatsd/?tab=hostagent) documentation. Additionally, Datadog provides a list of DogStatsD libraries you can use to find [libraries](https://docs.datadoghq.com/libraries/) compatible with your application.

The Trace Agent is a service that collects application traces from various sources and forwards them to Datadog APM. For more information, see the [tracing](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/) documentation.

The Container Agent is a smaller, lightweight version of the [Datadog Agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/) that can forward metrics and logs to Datadog. See the [logs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/) documentation for more information. When enabled, the default behavior is for all logs from `stdout` and `stderr` to be collected and forwarded by TCP to the Container Agent.

## Key features{% #key-features %}

Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu includes the following key features:

- Application performance monitoring
- Metric, log, and trace forwarding to Datadog

## Prerequisites{% #prerequisites %}

Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu has the following requirements:

- You must have or create a [Datadog account](https://app.datadoghq.com/signup) before configuring the tile.
- You must generate a [Datadog API key](https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/api-keys).

## Installation{% #installation %}

1. Download the product file for **Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu** from the [Tanzu Network](https://network.pivotal.io/products/datadog-application-monitoring/).
1. Go to the Tanzu Ops Manager Installation Dashboard and click **Import a Product** to upload the product file.
1. Select the product file downloaded in step **1**. This adds the tile to your staging area.
1. Click the newly added **Datadog Application Monitoring for VMware Tanzu** tile.
1. Click **Save**.
1. Return to the Tanzu Ops Manager Installation Dashboard, and click **Apply changes** to install the Datadog Application Monitoring for the VMware Tanzu tile.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Monitor applications running on VMware Tanzu Application Service](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/monitor-tanzu-application-service/)
- [Datadog Cluster Monitoring for VMware Tanzu](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/guide/cluster-monitoring-vmware-tanzu/)
- [Monitor your Application Performance](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/)
- [Forward Custom Metrics to Datadog using DogstatsD](https://docs.datadoghq.com/extend/dogstatsd/)