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DogStatsD
A metrics collection service or component referenced in the context of Datadog.
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service · inferred from evidence
A metrics collection service or component referenced in the context of Datadog.
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ECS on EC2: run one Datadog agent container per EC2 host as a daemon service task definition. ECS on Fargate is a different integration with its own docs page. Not the full reference manual.
Datadog bills custom metrics per unique metric name plus tag combination. The count scales with your most granular tag, so a high-cardinality tag like user id multiplies the bill. The docs counting examples prove it. Not the full reference
Tracers ship to the Datadog agent on the same host by default. Connection refused means the tracer cannot reach it: wrong DD_AGENT_HOST in containers, agent APM not enabled, or a firewall in between.
DogStatsD runs over UDP, so a saturated socket buffer drops packets silently. Spotty custom metrics under load mean the buffer, not Datadog.