Datadog with Redis Enterprise
To collect, view, and monitor metrics data from your databases and other cluster components, you can connect Datadog to your Redis Enterprise cluster using the Redis Datadog Integration.
Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior, and track key business metrics.
The Datadog Integration for Redis Enterprise uses Datadog's Integration API to connect to Redis metrics exporters. The integration is based on the Datadog OpenMetrics integration in their core API. This integration enables Redis Enterprise users to export metrics directly to Datadog for analysis, and includes Redis-designed dashboards for use in monitoring Redis Enterprise clusters.
This integration makes it possible to:
- Collect and display metrics not available in the admin console
- Set up automatic alerts for node or cluster events
- Display these metrics alongside data from other systems

Install Redis' Datadog Integration for Redis Enterprise
Installing the Datadog integration is a two-step process. Firstly, the installation must be part of your configuration. Select 'Integrations' from the menu in the Datadog portal and then enter 'Redis' in the search bar, then select 'Redis Enterprise by Redis, Inc.'. Next click 'Install Integration' in the top-right corner of the overview page. Once it has been installed follow the instructions for adding an instance to the conf.yaml in /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/redis_cloud.d.
After you have edited the conf.yaml file please restart the service and check its status:
sudo service datadog-agent restart
followed by:
sudo service datadog-agent status
to be certain that the service itself is running and did not encounter any problems. Next, check the output of the service; in the terminal on the Datadog agent host run the following command:
tail -f /var/log/datadog/agent.log
It will take several minutes for data to reach Datadog. Finally, check the Datadog console by selecting Infrastructure -> Host Map from the menu and then finding the host that is monitoring the Redis Enterprise instance. The host should be present, and in its list of components there should be a section called 'rdse', which is the namespace used by the Redis Enterprise integration, although this can take several minutes to appear. It is also possible to verify the metrics by choosing Metrics -> Explorer from the menu and entering 'rdse.bdb_up'.
View metrics
The Redis Enterprise Integration for Datadog contains pre-defined dashboards to aid in monitoring your Redis Enterprise deployment.
The following dashboards are currently available:
- Overview
- Database
- Node
- Shard
- Active-Active
- Proxy
- Proxy Threads
Monitor metrics
See Observability and monitoring guidance for monitoring details.