CBP DATADOG PROOF OF CONCEPT (POC)
Solutions
Data Center Support • Advanced Monitoring • IBM MQ, Active MQ, Kafka & Database Monitoring
Situation
CBP Enterprise Operations Center is moving more apps into the cloud environment and seeking a stable advanced monitoring tool to monitor IBM MQ, Active MQ & Kafka applications. VFI team identified and performed a Proof-Of-Concept effort to evaluate the capabilities of Datadog monitoring solution in CBP environment to fill such gaps.
Approach
POC environment was provided using a SaaS instance of the Datadog application. The monitoring environment was used to monitor a single non-production CBP application end-to-end. Datadog remote agents were utilized on-prem and in-cloud.
Outcome / Value Delivered
Datadog software capabilities were fully evaluated by the EOC team against a pre-defined evaluation criteria to determine if a Datadog solution is viable for use as a key monitoring software tool at CBP. Datadog was found viable by the respective App teams to fill the monitoring gaps with IBM MQ, Active MQ / Kafka & Database Performance deep-dives plus customized script monitors.