Watchdog Monitor
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Watchdog Monitor

Overview

Watchdog is an algorithmic feature for APM and infrastructure metrics. It that automatically detects potential application and infrastructure issues by continuously observing trends and patterns in metrics and looking for atypical behavior.

Monitor creation

To create a Watchdog monitor in Datadog, use the main navigation: Monitors –> New Monitor –> Watchdog.

Select story type

In this section, choose between an APM or Infrastructure story:

    An APM story is created when Watchdog detects anomalous behavior on your system’s services or their child resources.

    Select sources

    Choose your primary tags, service, and resource from the drop-down menus.

    After your selections are made, the graph at the top of the monitor creation page displays the matching Watchdog events over time, along with a list of events.

    Infrastructure-wide stories can include issues over the following integrations:

    After selecting Infrastructure, the graph at the top of the monitor creation page displays Watchdog events over time, along with a list of events.

    Select sources

    No selection is necessary. You are notified when Watchdog detects issues across your infrastructure.

    Notifications

    For detailed instructions on the Say what’s happening and Notify your team sections, see the Notifications page.

    Further Reading

    Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

    Configure your monitor notificationsDOCUMENTATION more more Watchdog, algorithmically detect application and infrastructure issuesDOCUMENTATION more more
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