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\uD83D\uDCD8 Pre-requisites

Helm version v3+
Running Kubernetes cluster version 1.18.0 or higher
kubectl lastest version

\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions

Configure the DataDog agent using the Helm chart

Add Datadog helm repository

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helm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com helm repo update

Create datadog-values.yaml. For full values check here.
Please refer to following the example of datadog-values.yaml

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language	yaml

logLevel: DEBUG
targetSystem: "linux"
datadog:
  apiKey: <your api key from your account>
  
  #Logs configurations
  logs:
    enabled: true
    containerCollectAll: true
    containerCollectUsingFiles: true
  
  #Plesse configure this setting based on your region
  site: datadoghq.eu
  
  
  tags: []
  # datadog.kubelet.tlsVerify should be `false` on kind and minikube
  # to establish communication with the kubelet
  kubelet:
    tlsVerify: false
  
  #Following settings are required to collect the Kubernetes events with the Cluster Agent  
  collectEvents: true

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1. 1. clusterAgent:

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1. 1. rbac:

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1. 1. create: true

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# setting to read JMX metrics from HiveMQ
agents:
  image:
    tagSuffix: "jmx"

install Datadog agent using Helm

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language	bash

kubectl create ns <namespace>
helm install -f datadog-values.yaml <release name> datadog/datadog

Verify installation and check the agent pod’s status
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  language bash
  kubectl get pods
2. Also, check the agent’s

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1. 1. logs to confirm.
Install HiveMQ using Operator
1. Configure hivemq-values.yaml based on your requirement and then add podAnnotations for Datadog to auto-discover HiveMQ metrics and logs. Check here for details.
  Please find below a minimalist config example of hivemq-values.yaml
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    language yaml
    hivemq: image: hivemq/hivemq4:k8s-4.7.5 imagePullPolicy: Always cpu: 8 memory: 8Gi nodeCount: "3" podAnnotations: ad.datadoghq.com/hivemq.

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1. 1. checks: '

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1. 1. { \"hivemq\"

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1. 1. : {

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1. 1. \"init_

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1. 1. config\":

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{
          \"is_jmx\": true,
          \"collect_default_metrics\": true

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1. 1. , },

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1. 1. \"instances\":

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[
          {
            \"host\": \"%%host%%\",
            \"port\": \"9010\"
          }

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1. 1. ] }

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1. 1. }

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  ports:
    - name: "mqtt"
      port: 1883
      expose: true
      patch:
       - '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/type","value":"LoadBalancer"}]'
    - name: "cc"
      port: 8080
      expose: true
      patch:
        - '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/sessionAffinity","value":"ClientIP"}]'
    
operator:
  admissionWebhooks:
    # Enable the admission hook
    enabled: false

monitoring:
  enabled: false
  dedicated: false

If you would like to add more metrics to available HiveMQ metrics, please refer the following example.

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hivemq:
  podAnnotations:
    ad.datadoghq.com/hivemq.checks: '{
      \"hivemq\": {
        \"init_config\": {
          \"is_jmx\": true,
          \"collect_default_metrics\": true,
          \"conf\": [
            {
              \"include\": {
                \"bean\": \"metrics:name=com.hivemq.jvm.memory.heap.max\",
                \"attribute\": {
                  \"Value\": {
                    \"alias\": \"hivemq.jvm.memory.heap.max\",
                    \"metric_type\": \"gauge\"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              \"include\": {
                \"bean\": \"metrics:name=com.hivemq.jvm.memory.heap.used\",

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    \"attribute\": {
                  \"Value\": {
                    \"alias\": \"hivemq.jvm.memory.heap.used\",
                    \"metric_type\": \"gauge\"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              \"include\": {
                \"bean\": \"metrics:name=com.hivemq.jvm.garbage-collector.G1-Young-Generation.time\",
                \"attribute\": {
                  \"Value\": {
                    \"alias\": \"hivemq.jvm.garbage.collector.G1.Young.Generation.time\",
                    \"metric_type\": \"gauge\"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              \"include\": {
                \"bean\": \"metrics:name=com.hivemq.jvm.garbage-collector.G1-Old-Generation.time\",
                \"attribute\": {
                  \"Value\": {
                    \"alias\": \"hivemq.jvm.garbage.collector.G1.Old.Generation.time\",
                    \"metric_type\": \"gauge\"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        \"instances\": [
          {
            \"host\": \"%%host%%\",
            \"port\": \"9010\"
          }
        ]
      }
    }'

Install HiveMQ using the following command

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language	bash

helm upgrade --install -f hivemq-values.yaml <release name> hivemq/hivemq-operator

verify installation
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  language bash
  kubectl get pods
Login to your Datadog account and click “Metrics” =>” Explorer” from the left navigation links. You will be redirected to the “Graph your data” page. By default, you will see “system.cpu.user“ metrics and

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1. their data.
  Type "hivemq" in the search box and you should be able to see the list of available metrics.
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  Create HiveMQ dashboard:
  1. Click the “New Dashboard” link from

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1. 1. the left navigation links.
  2. enter the name and select the “New Screenboard” button.
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  3. Click the “Gear” icon from the top right corner and click the “Import

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1. 1. Dashboard JSON” link
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  2. Import the attached HiveMq dashboard JSON and done
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  4. Check the HiveMQ dashboard to view HiveMQ Metrics.
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Uninstall DataDog and HiveMQ

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language	bash

helm list
helm uninstall <datadog release name>
helm uninstall <hivemq release name>
kubectl delete ns <namespce>

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