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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...

27 chapters142 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

1Introduction5 lessons

2Cluster14 lessons

3Data Collection Methods12 lessons

4Configuration as Code8 lessons

Automate your configuration deployments with Monaco or Terraform

5Management Zones4 lessons

6Track your application versions - Release monitoring4 lessons

Track application versions deployed on your infrastructure with Dynatrace

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

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...

9Visualize and analyze your user experience (DEM)12 lessons

DEM

10Metrics Management3 lessons

11Problem Management6 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...

12Other Settings6 lessons

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

13Service level objectives - SLO - SLI - SLA - SRE2 lessons

14Handling Dynatrace applications11 lessons

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

15Grail - data lakehouse built for observability data9 lessons

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

16Permissions Management2 lessons

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.

17Software Delivery3 lessons

Workflows, SLOs and Site Reliability Guardian.

18Application Observability4 lessons

AI, profiling, message queues, Live Debugger.

19Application Security3 lessons

Vulnerabilities, security posture, threats and exploits.

20Digital Experience5 lessons

Experience Vitals, Opportunity Insights, custom applications, sessions, errors.

21Business Observability4 lessons

Business Flow, Compliance Assistant, cost and carbon, business events.

22Manage2 lessons

Fleet Management, Discovery & Coverage.

23Other apps3 lessons

Learn DQL, Security Overview, Sensitive Data Center.

24Agents and custom apps1 lesson

Cloud SRE Agents and autonomous agents.

Cloud SRE Agents and autonomous agentsArticle · ⏱ 3 min

25Going Further5 lessons

26Certification5 lessons

You can go further with our certification coaching program.

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?

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?

Davis causal AI uses the Smartscape topology and observed dependencies to group related anomalies into a single problem and point to the most likely root cause, with supporting evidence. Its accuracy depends on how complete the instrumentation is.

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?

With the Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS), the current model: a single annual commitment is consumed by each capability according to a rate card (host hours, GB of logs ingested, retained or queried, sessions…). You track it in Account Management (cost and usage, budget alerts) and with DQL queries on billing events. Older contracts still use Host Units and DDUs (Davis Data Units).

Is there a certification?

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

FROM DISCOVERY TO EXPERTISE