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Dynatrace: From Discovery to Expertise

Want to monitor your applications end-to-end? Discover in this training how to deploy a Dynatrace cluster and administer it to track the performance of your applications from different angles: Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring, APM...

19 chapters107 lessonsEN
At your pace, through practice.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Deploy OneAgent and ActiveGate and check collection
  • Write DQL queries to analyse logs, metrics and traces
  • Define SLOs, management zones and relevant alerts
  • Automate configuration with Monaco and the v2 API

🎯 Level : Intermediate👥 Who it is for : Operations, SRE and architects monitoring production applications

LEARNING PATH

Course curriculum

0Training Overview2 lessons
  1. Training OverviewLesson
  2. Assessment quizQuiz · ⏱ 10 min
1Introduction5 lessons
  1. DefinitionsLesson
  2. How to follow this courseLesson
  3. Dynatrace ArchitectureLesson
  4. 🧠 Dynatrace DavisLesson
  5. Setting up the test environmentHands-on lab · ⏱ 21 min · Level 1/5
2Cluster12 lessons
  1. SaaS vs ManagedLesson
  2. What is the playground?Lesson
  3. Access the playgroundResource
  4. SaaS vs Managed interfaceLesson
  5. Cluster / environment organizationLesson
  6. Getting started with the Dynatrace interfaceLesson
  7. New page vs classic pageLesson
  8. Dashboard vs Classic Dashboard - Dashboards vs Dashboards classicLesson
  9. How to see the state of a host, service, etc. at a glanceLesson
  10. All the technologies present on your cluster - Technologies and processesLesson
  11. Add/remove cluster functions - extensions - extensions managerLesson
  12. Track your consumption - Davis Data UnitsLesson
3Data Collection Methods9 lessons
  1. Collection methods - OneAgent - OpenTelemetry - Prometheus exporter ...Lesson
  2. OneAgentLesson
  3. Installing the OneAgent - Hostgroup - tags - owners - propertiesLesson
  4. Reconfiguring the OneAgent with the oneagentctl CLI or via the deployment statusLesson
  5. OneAgent in the Docker / Kubernetes worldLesson
  6. OneAgent healthLesson
  7. How to see the state of a host, service, etc. at a glanceLesson
  8. Correlation between the pillars of observability - logs, metrics and tracesLesson
  9. Lab - CollectionHands-on lab · ⏱ 42 min · Level 2/5
4Configuration as Code8 lessons

Automate your configuration deployments with Monaco or Terraform

  1. Understanding and using the different Dynatrace APIsLesson
  2. Introducing MonacoLesson
  3. Creating and managing tokens: example of Monaco tokensLesson
  4. Creating an OAuth client if you have a SaaS subscriptionLesson
  5. [CI/CD] Building your own Docker image for Monaco - GitHub ActionLesson
  6. Introducing Dynatrace Simply SmarterLesson
  7. Export, create, delete... your first configuration with MonacoLesson
  8. [CI/CD] Pipeline to automatically run Monaco - GitLab CI/CDLesson
5Management Zones3 lessons
  1. Lab - Creating and Using Entity SelectorsHands-on lab · ⏱ 49 min · Level 3/5
  2. Selecting elements in the cluster - filters - Entity selectorLesson
  3. Working with management zones - settingsLesson
6Track your application versions - Release monitoring4 lessons

Track application versions deployed on your infrastructure with Dynatrace

  1. IntroductionLesson
  2. Automatically create problems in your solutions - Issue trackingLesson
  3. Find the information entered in your Kubernetes deployment - releaseLesson
  4. Event management - API - events - release monitoring - CI/CDLesson
7Real User Monitoring5 lessons

In this sub-section of DEM (Digital Experience Monitoring), we will see how to use Dynatrace to monitor our visitors' journeys and identify and fix problems

  1. Monitoring real users without installing agentsLesson
  2. How to find, edit and delete a created applicationLesson
  3. Monitoring real users of a PaaS applicationLesson
  4. Monitoring real users via a browser extensionLesson
  5. How to check that instrumentation is properly in placeLesson
8Monitoring with robots at a defined frequency8 lessons

Monitor the proper functioning of your application with robots (synthetic monitoring). You can create advanced journeys with authentication, certificate monitoring...

  1. Lab - Synthetic MonitoringHands-on lab · ⏱ 2 h 06 · Level 3/5
  2. Introduction to synthetic monitoringLesson
  3. Create an HTTP monitorLesson
  4. Edit an HTTP monitorLesson
  5. Monitoring via a browser (Browser monitor)Lesson
  6. Monitoring via a browser (Browser monitor) - using JavaScriptLesson
  7. Monitoring via a browser (Browser monitor) - CSS selectorLesson
  8. Adding authentication to your scenarios - credential vaultLesson
9Visualize and analyze your user experience (DEM)11 lessons

DEM

  1. Frontend applicationLesson
  2. Apdex (Application Performance Index) vs Core Web VitalsLesson
  3. User sessionLesson
  4. Flow between services - service flowLesson
  5. Distributed tracesLesson
  6. Analyzing callers - Application Databases - backtraceLesson
  7. Multidimensional analysisLesson
  8. Actions and events - User session query language - USQLLesson
  9. Build your first USQL query - SQL-like - USQLLesson
  10. Understand and optimize your users' journeys - funnel - USQLLesson
  11. Lab - Visualize and Analyze Your User Experience (DEM)Hands-on lab · ⏱ 2 h 20 · Level 3/5
10Metrics Management3 lessons
  1. IntroductionLesson
  2. Create your first graph - Data explorerLesson
  3. Create your first dashboard - dashboards classicLesson
11Problem Management4 lessons

In this section we will see how to identify and find problems generated by different Dynatrace applications. We will also see how to create notification profiles...

  1. The Problems applicationLesson
  2. Auto-remediation: self healingLesson
  3. The content of a problem pageLesson
  4. Install the mobile app to receive alerts - install mobileLesson
12Other Settings6 lessons

In this section we will show you how to adjust your Dynatrace cluster configuration

  1. Owners / ownershipsLesson
  2. Reconfiguring a OneAgent to define the machine's ownerLesson
  3. Maintenance WindowsLesson
  4. Renaming resources - host naming - process group naming - request namingLesson
  5. Key requestsLesson
  6. Applying tags - Automatically applied tags - Manually applied tagsLesson
13Service level objectives - SLO - SLI - SLA - SRE2 lessons
  1. Introducing SLO - SLI - SLA - SRELesson
  2. SLO managementLesson
14Handling Dynatrace applications7 lessons

In this section we will present how to find applications and in specific cases how to add and remove applications/extensions.

  1. Smartscape topologyLesson
  2. Sub-applicationsLesson
  3. Analyze your visitors' sessions as if you were there - waterfall analysisLesson
  4. Display all the containers present on the cluster - containersLesson
  5. View and analyze a Kubernetes cluster - kubernetesLesson
  6. Browse the data collected in a subscription - Lambda Function - AWSLesson
  7. Monitor network usage - Host networkingLesson
15Grail - data lakehouse built for observability data7 lessons

Unique unified storage solution for logs, metrics, traces, events, etc. All data stored in Grail is interconnected within a real-time model...

  1. Introducing GrailLesson
  2. Browse and search your observability data - Logs and events - GrailLesson
  3. Build your first DQL queries - GrailLesson
  4. Enrich your DQL queries and add them to a notebook - Notebooks - GrailLesson
  5. Enrich your DQL queries and add them to a dashboard - Dashboards - GrailLesson
  6. Best practices for building performant DQL queries - GrailLesson
  7. Lab - Advanced Analysis with Grail, DQL and Entity SelectorsHands-on lab · ⏱ 1 h 03 · Level 3/5
16Permissions Management1 lesson

Permissions management refers to the mechanisms for controlling who has access to which resources and what actions they can perform (read, write, delete, etc.). It is essential for ensuring security, confidentiality, and proper governance of information systems.

  1. Managing permissions: IAM, groups and policiesArticle · ⏱ 6 min
17Going Further5 lessons
  1. Data retentionLesson
  2. Project 1Hands-on lab · ⏱ 1 h 38 · Level 2/5
  3. Project 2: RUMHands-on lab · ⏱ 28 min · Level 2/5
  4. Applications to master for your analysisHands-on lab · ⏱ 15 min · Level 3/5
  5. Dynatrace best practicesArticle · ⏱ 19 min
18Certification5 lessons

You can go further with our certification coaching program.

  1. AssociateProject · Level 3/5
  2. Advanced Observability SpecialistProject · Level 4/5 · Private access
  3. DEM and Business Analytics SpecialistProject · Level 4/5 · Private access
  4. Implementation ProfessionalProject · Level 4/5 · Private access
  5. Administration ProfessionalProject · Level 4/5 · Private access

LEARN BY DOING

Use cases & applications

End-to-end application monitoring

Monitor the entire application lifecycle to identify bottlenecks.

Digital Experience Management (DEM)

Track real users' interactions with your web and mobile applications.

Log and event analysis with Grail

Centralize and query system logs in a unified way with DQL.

Deployment as code (Monaco)

Automate and version your Dynatrace environments' configuration.

Cloud infrastructure monitoring

Deep integration with AWS, Azure or Kubernetes for resource tracking.

Auto-remediation and CI/CD integration

Trigger automated actions when the Davis AI detects a problem.

What next?

OpenTelemetry: From Discovery to ExpertiseGrafana: From Discovery to ExpertiseLogstash: from discovery to expertise

Frequently asked questions

What is Dynatrace?

It's a complete observability platform powered by artificial intelligence.

What's the difference between SaaS and Managed?

SaaS is hosted by Dynatrace, Managed is installed on your own infrastructure.

What is the OneAgent?

A single agent installed on your hosts that automatically collects all metrics and traces.

How does Davis AI work?

The Davis AI analyzes billions of dependencies to find the exact root cause of a problem.

What is Grail?

Dynatrace's data lakehouse, designed specifically for unified observability data.

Can you monitor containers?

Yes, Dynatrace integrates seamlessly with Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift.

What is Monaco?

The 'Monitoring as Code' tool for managing your Dynatrace configurations as code.

Can you simulate the user journey?

Yes, with synthetic monitors (Synthetic Monitoring).

How do you manage costs in Dynatrace?

Through DDUs (Davis Data Units), which let you track the consumption of the different metrics.

Is there a certification?

Yes, there are several levels such as Associate, Advanced Observability, etc.