Network Path Monitor

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Overview

Network Path provides a visual representation of network traffic flow from its origin to its destination. After you enable Network Path for your organization, you can create a Network Path monitor to alert you when a Network Path metric crosses a set threshold. For example, you can monitor packet loss percentage between a specific source and destination and be alerted when this percentage breaches a configured threshold.

Monitor creation

To create a Network Path monitor in Datadog, use the main navigation: Monitors > New Monitor > Network Path

Define search query

  1. Construct a search query using the same logic as Network Path timeseries widgets in your dashboards.
  2. Select which data type to monitor on: Test Runs or Hops.
    • Test Runs represent end-to-end traceroute results, including path-level metadata (such as source and destination) and summarized hop information. This dataset is sufficient for most monitoring use cases.
    • Hops represent detailed, hop-level data, such as latency between consecutive hops and additional hop-specific attributes. This dataset is intended for deeper, hop-by-hop analysis and should be used less frequently.
  3. Choose to monitor over event count, facet, or measure.
    • Monitor over a Network Path event count: Use the search bar (optional) and do not select a facet or measure. Datadog evaluates the number of Network Path events over a selected time frame for the selected data type, then compares it to the threshold conditions.

      Example configuration for monitoring over a Network Path event count

    • Monitor over a facet: If you select a facet, the monitor alerts over the Unique value count of the facet.

      Example configuration for monitoring over a facet

    • Monitor over measure: If you select a measure, the monitor alerts over the numerical value of the Network Path facet (similar to a metric monitor). Select an aggregation type (min, avg, sum, median, pc75, pc90, pc95, pc98, pc99, or max).

      Example configuration for monitoring over a measure

  4. (Optional) Group Network Path events by multiple dimensions: All Network Path events matching the query are aggregated into groups based on the value of up to four facets.
  5. (Optional) Add multiple queries and apply formulas and functions:
    • Multiple queries: Click Add Query to analyze multiple different sets of Network Path data in relation to each other.
    • Formulas and functions: After adding your desired queries, click the Add Function icon to add a mathematical computation.

Metric Definitions

The following table lists the different Network Path metrics that you can create monitors on.

Metric NameDefinition
E2E Probe RTT Latency (Average)End-to-end round-trip time (RTT) measured for the probe, representing the average time elapsed to receive a response from the destination across all probe packets
E2E Probe Packets SentNumber of packets sent
E2E Probe Packets ReceivedNumber of packets for which a response was received
E2E Probe Packet LossRatio of packets sent that did not receive a response
E2E Probe JitterVariation in round-trip time (RTT) between consecutive packets

Set alert conditions

Configure monitors to trigger if the query value crosses a threshold, and customize advanced alert options for recovery thresholds and evaluation delays. For more information, see Configure Monitors.

Notifications

For detailed instructions on the Configure notifications and automations section, see the Notifications page.

Further reading