Using Datadog Instead of Grafana for DAML Observability

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been exploring the DAML Platform Observability Example repo, which uses Prometheus and Grafana to monitor various DAML and Canton components.

However, in our organization we use Datadog (enterprise version) for observability and monitoring. I’m trying to replicate the same monitoring setup in Datadog

My questions are:

  1. Has anyone here used Datadog instead of Grafana for observing DAML/Canton components?
    • Is there any easy way to reuse the existing Grafana JSON dashboards (or at least the Prometheus queries) to build equivalent dashboards in Datadog?
  3. Do we have to create all dashboard manually in DD as shown in the repo GitHub - digital-asset/daml-platform-observability-example: Project showcasing observability features of the Daml Platform. for grafana or we can import json
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There are definitely organizations using Datadog for observing Canton components, yes.

Regarding information about converting a Grafana-defined dashboard into an equivalent Datadog dashboard… you might have better success on a Datadog or Grafana-centric forum. Searching the web brought up an open-source utility for converting Grafana’s Dashboard JSON model to a Datadog dashboard – but I have not tried it.