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How to install Datadog on Archlinux

This is a step-by-step guide for installing the data dog agent on Archlinux

How to install Datadog on Archlinux

I recently installed datadog mostly because I wanted to get the awesome t-shirt. There was no official guide for Archlinux and It took me some time to get it up and running so I I'm making this little tutorial to guide others.

Step By Step Process

  1. Download the data-dog agent from the AUR repository here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/datadog-agent. If you don't konw how to install AUR packages, You can checkout this official tutorial https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages. Personally, I use an awesome package manager called yay !
  2. After installing the datadog agent, Sigin in to your datadog account online and visit https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings#agent/ubuntu
  3. On the page above, click on the button which says If you prefer to see the installation step-by-step, click here. datadog-1
  4. Run the command sudo sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: fb18e8da2c4fd951e721a99152275025/' /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml.example > /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml" from your console.
  5. Restart the datadog agent service with the command sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent.service
  6. Visit http://127.0.0.1:5002 on your browser to open the datadog-agent-manager.
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