Julian Louis

SysOps Engineer
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Don't forget to set a daily log quota on Datadog !

When installing the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes, everything seemed to be working smoothly. However, looking back, I realized a crucial step was overlooked: setting a daily log quota. Without a log quota in place, my company encountered an huge log spike which caused unexpected costs ($800 🤯) due to excessive log usage. This mistake could have been easily avoided by implementing a daily log quota from the outset. You can easily add log quota by going to the Log Indexes Configuration page, then edit the desired index....

April 29, 2024 Â· 1 min
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How to instrument a containerized Next.js application using dd-trace

Introduction Welcome! If you want to improve your Next.js application’s monitoring and debugging capabilities, integrating Datadog tracing is the way to go. In this guide, I’ll show you how to trace your Next.js application using the dd-trace npm package. Let’s get started! How to ? Install dd-trace: Begin by installing the dd-trace package from npm: npm install dd-trace Create Datadog Configuration File: Create a datadog.js file in your src directory to load the Datadog tracing module:...

April 29, 2024 Â· 1 min