groupcache_datadog

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groupcache_datadog

groupcache_datadog exports groupcache metrics to Datadog.

Usage

See example ./examples/groupcache-datadog-modernprogram/main.go.

Build example

git clone https://github.com/udhos/groupcache_datadog
cd groupcache_datadog
go install ./...

Running example

By default the example groupcache-datadog-modernprogram sends metrics to localhost:8125.

$ groupcache-datadog-modernprogram
2025/04/09 00:50:34 groupcache ttl: 30s
2025/04/09 00:50:34 groupcache my URL: http://127.0.0.1:5000
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO DD_AGENT_HOST=[] using DD_AGENT_HOST=localhost default=localhost
2025/04/09 00:50:34 groupcache server: listening on :5000
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO DD_AGENT_PORT=[] using DD_AGENT_PORT=8125 default=8125
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO DD_SERVICE=[] using DD_SERVICE=service-unknown default=service-unknown
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO DD_TAGS=[] using DD_TAGS= default=
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO NewDatadogClient host=localhost:8125 namespace=groupcache service=service-unknown tags=[service:service-unknown]
2025/04/09 00:50:34 getter: loading: key:/etc/passwd, ttl:30s
2025/04/09 00:50:34 INFO cache answer: bytes=2943 elapsed=50.548208ms, sleeping 5s

Datadog Count is a Delta

Definition

The COUNT metric submission type represents the total number of event occurrences in one time interval. A COUNT can be used to track the total number of connections made to a database or the total number of requests to an endpoint. This number of events can accumulate or decrease over time—it is not monotonically increasing.

Example

Suppose you are submitting a COUNT metric, notifications.sent, from a single host running the Datadog Agent. This host emits the following values in a flush time interval: [1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3].

The Agent adds all of the values received in one time interval. Then, it submits the total number, in this case 15, as the COUNT metric’s value.

Source: https://docs.datadoghq.com/metrics/types/?tab=count#definition