DATADOG CERTIFICATION EXAM GUIDE

Datadog Fundamentals

01 Introduction The Datadog Fundamentals certification tests individuals’ fundamental

knowledge about the Datadog ecosystem. It covers a broad range of topics, from
Linux command line basics to metric visualization strategies. Certification
earners know how to use Datadog effectively for common use cases, and are
well equipped to learn more advanced topics specific to their roles.
This exam will test and validate knowledge on the following topics:

• Computer fundamentals such as CPUs, RAM, data storage

• Linux operating system basics
• YAML, JSON, Python, and shell scripts
• Networking basics including IP addresses and protocols such as HTTP,
TCP, and UDP
• Install and configure the Datadog Agent in multiple environments
• Install and configure Datadog integrations
• Common techniques for troubleshooting Datadog
• Aggregate and visualize data in the Datadog application
• Search and filter events, logs and metrics using tags and facets
• Create Datadog monitors with targeted notifications
• Familiarity with the Datadog API
See Content outline, below for a complete list of the topics that this
exam covers.
Each exam has a maximum seat time of 2 hours.

02 Target Candidates Candidates should be entry-level Datadog users who understand

Observability principles. They should be frequent users of Datadog’s core
products and features.

RECOMMENDED DATADOG KNOWLEDGE

A Target Candidate should have the following knowledge:

• General computing knowledge (CPU, RAM, Data storage, etc)

• Linux Basics
• Reading YAML, JSON, Python, Shell Scripts
• Basic Networking
• Datadog
– Agent
› Configuration
› Commands
– Integrations
– API
– Metrics
– Tags
– Host Map
– Monitors
– Log Search & Filter
– Metric Search & Filter

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03 Out of Scope The following is a list (non-exhaustive) of specific job tasks that earners will
not be required to perform:

• Programming
• Systems Architecture
• Testing

04 Exam Content QUESTION TYPE

and Outline The exam only contains one type of question:

• Multiple choice: Has one correct response and two or more incorrect
responses (distractors)
Select the response that best answers the question posed. Incorrect
answers, also known as distractors, are options that can be a plausible
response for the question’s content area. Unanswered questions are scored
as incorrect.
The exam includes 75 questions that will affect your score.

PRE TEST ITEMS

The exam includes 15 pre-test (unscored) questions that do not affect your
score. Datadog collects information about candidate performance on pretest
questions to evaluate them for future use on exam forms. Pretest questions
are not identified to the candidate on the exam.

CONTENT OUTLINE

The Exam Content Outline includes the knowledge domains and related
subdomains of content on the exam.

Computer Fundamentals

Config File Modification

Operating Systems

Programming Languages

Hardware Concepts

Shell

Metadata

Networking

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Infrastructure Development

Agent Installation

API Key

Application Key

Running the Agent

Agent Hostname

Networking & Agent Configuration

Datadog Ports

Datadog IP Addresses

Auto-discovery

Data Collection

DogStatsD

Crawlers

Agent Integrations

API Endpoints

Tagging Best Practices

Metrics & Timeseries

Troubleshooting Datadog

Agent Commands

Agent Logs

Agent Config Files

Data Visualization & Utilization

Host Map

Dashboards

Using Metrics

Using Tags

Monitors and Alerts

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05 Study and It is expected that you have done some preparation for the exam. This can
Preparation include not only using the platform, but also taking some of Datadog’s rec-
ommended courses and reading relevant documentation. Below please find a
list of recommended materials to go over to get you started.

COURSES

• Intro to Datadog: Dev + SRE

• Introduction to Monitoring

• Introduction to Integrations

DOCUMENTATION

• Getting Started

• Datadog Agent

• Metrics

• Infrastructure List

• API and Application Keys

• Integrations

• Docker Daemon

• Query to the graph

• Docker Agent

• Metrics API

• Monitor types

• DogStatsD

• ddtrace

• Canonical Hostnames

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