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SRE Session 1

The document outlines a training curriculum proposal for a one-day workshop titled 'SRE Foundations with Datadog Observability,' aimed at SREs and DevOps engineers. It includes modules on SRE principles, practices, and hands-on Datadog configuration, along with deliverables such as slides and guides. The proposal also details prerequisites for participants and an indicative costing structure for the training session.

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SRE Session 1

The document outlines a training curriculum proposal for a one-day workshop titled 'SRE Foundations with Datadog Observability,' aimed at SREs and DevOps engineers. It includes modules on SRE principles, practices, and hands-on Datadog configuration, along with deliverables such as slides and guides. The proposal also details prerequisites for participants and an indicative costing structure for the training session.

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Training Curriculum Proposal

Session Title:
SRE Foundations with Datadog Observability – Practical Workshop
Audience: ~60 participants (SREs, DevOps Engineers, Infra/Platform Teams)
Duration: 1 Day (8 hours)
Delivery Mode: Virtual / Onsite (as per discussion)
Trainer: Abhishek (17+ yrs experience | DevOps, Cloud, SRE, Observability Coach)

Training Modules to be Covered

Module 1: SRE Foundations & Core Principles

• Introduction to SRE: Origin, Purpose, Culture

• SRE vs DevOps: Overlap and Differentiators

• Key Terminologies: SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, Error Budgets

• The Role of SRE in Modern Infrastructure

• Incident Response & Toil Reduction Techniques

Module 3: SRE Practices & Service Management

• Reliability Engineering Principles in Action

• Managing Availability, Latency, and Performance

• Release Engineering and Change Management

• Error Budget Policies and Escalation Management

• Real-World SRE Operating Models and War Room Practices

Module 4: Monitoring, Alerting & Observability

• Monitoring vs Observability – Conceptual Difference

• Key Metrics: RED, USE, and Four Golden Signals

• Alerting Strategies and Anti-patterns

• Instrumentation Basics: Logs, Metrics, Traces

Hands-On – Practical Datadog Session (High-Level)

Objective: Provide a walkthrough and demo of how to configure observability in Datadog focusing on
industry-aligned best practices.

Hands-on Topics (Live Walkthrough or Guided Screenshots)

• Overview of the Datadog Platform (Dashboards, Metrics, APM, Logs)

• Configuring Infrastructure Monitoring:


o Installing Datadog Agent (Linux/Windows VM)

o Setting up system metrics (CPU, Memory, Disk)

o Best practices for standard metric collection

• Log Management:

o Enabling Log Collection

o Parsing and tagging logs

o Setting retention and log pipelines

• Tracing:

o Introduction to APM & Distributed Tracing

o Configuring tracing for sample apps

o Visualizing trace flows and latency

• Dashboards and Alerting:

o Creating SLO dashboards

o Real-time alerting with threshold logic

o Recommended templates for infrastructure observability

Training Deliverables

• PDF Copy of Slides

• Datadog Hands-On Guide (with screenshots)

• Sample SLO template

• Cheat Sheet: RED/USE Metrics and Alert Patterns

• Recording Access (on request)

• Post-session Q&A or Clinic (optional)

Costing Proposal (Indicative)

Item Details Rate

Trainer Fee 1-day live delivery (up to 60 participants) TBD

Material Customization & Preparation Hands-on guide, templates, Datadog lab Included

Post-session Support (1 hour follow-up) Q&A Clinic Included

Total Cost (All Inclusive) Virtual Delivery TBD


Prerequisites for Participants

• Basic understanding of system infrastructure (Linux, networking, cloud)

• Datadog access (or trainer-provided demo account/viewer access)

• Zoom/MS Teams access with screen sharing capability

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