Intro to Synthetic Monitoring

Welcome to the second video of our new series, Frontend Observability & Monitoring! Datadog Synthetic Monitoring is a proactive monitoring solution that enables you to create code-free API, browser, and mobile tests to automatically simulate end-user workflows and requests on your front-end applications. This video will walk you through setting up browser and api testing capabilities so you can keep tabs on your application uptime and ensure a reliable user experience. Stay tuned for future videos on deep dives into Error Tracking, Troubleshooting, Product Usage, User Behavior, and more.Have any questions? Let us know in the comments! And be sure to check out our resources below. 00:00 - Introduction 00:57 - What is Synthetics? 01:30 - Pain Points with Traditional Montoring 02:18 - Datadog's Synthetic Monitoring 02:35 - API Testing 03:29 - Setting up HTTP Test 03:30 - Choosing Request Type 04:01 - Define Request 05:01 - Assertions 05:50 - Test Geo Locations 06:18 - Retry Conditions 06:27 - Scheduling and Alerting 06:46 - Define Monitoring 07:00 - Permissions 07:20 - Create Test 07:32 - Setting up Browser Test 08:11 - Define Test Details 08:33 - Browsers & Devices 08:48 - Test Geo Locations 08:55 - Retry Conditions 08:58 - Scheduling & Alerting 09:05 - Monitoring Messaging 09:10 - Permissions 09:13 - Save & Edit Recording 09:18 - Test Recorder UI 09:32 - Recording a Test 09:42 - Building Steps 10:15 - Step Builder Manually 10:37 - Adding Test Assertions 11:12 - Test Run Details & Sample Results 11:42 - History Section Overview 12:25 - Synthetics Out of the Box Dashboards 12:45 - API Test Performance Dashboards 13:07 - Browser Test Performance 13:41 - Test Summary 14:14 - Conclusion API Testing: https://docs.datadoghq.com/synthetics/api_tests/ Browser Testing: https://docs.datadoghq.com/synthetics/browser_tests/?tab=requestoptions Learn More: https://learn.datadoghq.com/courses/getting-started-with-synthetic-browser-testing