MOC: Observability
Monitoring and observability from strategy through implementation — covering the observability philosophy, the Datadog platform end-to-end, and GCP-native monitoring alternatives. Expand any section to browse page contents.
mindmap ((Strategy and Foundations)) (strategy matrix) (observability deep dive) (compliance and auditability)
Strategy and Foundations
domain-strategy-and-foundations
Observability philosophy, monitoring matrices, alert severity frameworks, and compliance requirements that guide all instrumentation decisions.
mindmap ((Datadog Platform)) (architecture overview) (agents and integrations) (queries, dashboards, alerting) (logs and traces) (cost and troubleshooting)
Datadog Platform
End-to-end Datadog coverage from agent deployment through dashboards, alerting, APM traces, log management, cost optimization, and troubleshooting.
mindmap ((GCP-Native Monitoring)) (Cloud Monitoring) (Cloud Trace and Logging) (pipeline health and SLA) (lineage and catalog)
GCP-Native Monitoring
Google Cloud’s built-in observability stack — Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Trace, Cloud Logging, Data Catalog, Dataplex, and pipeline health/SLA patterns.
Observability Cross-References
- GCP — Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring service configuration
- SQL Server — Wait stats and performance monitoring from the SQL Server perspective
- Data Architecture — Observability strategy in the five pillars framework
- dbt — dbt observability and Datadog integration