((exclusive)): Datadog Agent

: Gathers system-level data like CPU, memory, and disk usage.

: Automatically detects over 600+ third-party technologies (like NGINX, Redis, or PostgreSQL) to collect specialized metrics. Core Components datadog agent

: Tails local log files and streams them to the Datadog cloud. : Gathers system-level data like CPU, memory, and disk usage

The is the foundational software that powers the Datadog observability platform. It acts as a lightweight daemon installed on your hosts, containers, or clusters to collect and transmit telemetry data—including metrics, logs, and traces—directly to Datadog for analysis. What is the Datadog Agent? : Gathers system-level data like CPU