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To maintain the health, performance, and security of your containerized environments, you can install the Datadog Agent and use [Datadog Container Monitoring][1].
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Container Monitoring provides real-time visibility into the health and performance of containerized environments.
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## Get started
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker">}}<u>Docker</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent on Docker.{{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes">}}<u>Kubernetes</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes. {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/cluster_agent">}}<u>Cluster Agent</u>: Install and configure the Cluster Agent for Kubernetes, a version of the Datadog Agent built to efficiently gather monitoring data from across an orchestrated cluster.{{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/amazon_ecs">}}<u>Amazon ECS</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent on Amazon ECS.{{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="integrations/ecs_fargate/">}}<u>AWS Fargate</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent with Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate{{< /nextlink >}}
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Log into Datadog and use the [Install Agents][2] page to install the Datadog Agent on your selected platform.
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## Datadog Container Monitoring
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{{< whatsnext desc="These pages discuss using Datadog's UI to monitor containers and clusters, track resource utilization, autoscale workloads, and remediate issues:">}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/containers_explorer">}}<u>Containers Explorer</u>: Use and configure Containers Explorer for real-time visibility into your containers. {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/container_images">}}<u>Container Images Explorer</u>: Use and configure Containers Images Explorer to monitor the container {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/kubernetes_explorer">}}<u>Kubernetes Explorer</u>: Use the Kubernetes Explorer page to monitor your Kubernetes resources. {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/kubernetes_explorer_configuration">}}<u>Configure Kubernetes Explorer</u>: Configure the Kubernetes Explorer page. {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/kubernetes_resource_utilization">}}<u>Kubernetes Resource Utilization</u>: Using and configuring the Kubernetes Resource Utilization page {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/autoscaling">}}<u>Kubernetes Autoscaling</u>: Using and configuring Kubernetes Autoscaling {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/bits_ai_kubernetes_remediation">}}<u>Kubernetes Remediation</u>: Using and configuring the Kubernetes Remediation page {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/monitoring/amazon_elastic_container_explorer">}}<u>Amazon ECS Explorer</u>: Using and configuring the ECS Explorer page {{< /nextlink >}}
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## Docker-based environments
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{{< whatsnext desc="These pages discuss installing and configuring the Datadog Agent in a Docker-based environment (Docker, containerd, and Podman):">}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker">}}<u>Datadog Docker Agent</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Docker Agent for Docker, containerd, and Podman runtimes {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/apm">}}<u>APM</u>: Configure APM trace collection for applications running in Docker containers using the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/log">}}<u>Log collection</u>: Configure log collection for applications running in Docker containers using the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/tag">}}<u>Tag extraction</u>: Configure automatic tag extraction from Docker container labels and environment variables {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/integrations">}}<u>Integrations</u>: Configure monitoring integrations for applications running in Docker containers using Autodiscovery {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/prometheus">}}<u>Prometheus</u>: Collect Prometheus and OpenMetrics metrics from containerized Docker applications using the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/docker/data_collected">}}<u>Data Collected</u>: Reference guide for metrics and events collected by the Datadog Agent from Docker containers {{< /nextlink >}}
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## Kubernetes environments
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes">}}<u>Kubernetes</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/installation">}}<u>Installation</u>: Install and configure the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes using the Datadog Operator, Helm, or kubectl {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/configuration">}}<u>Further Configuration</u>: Additional configuration options for APM, logs, processes, events, and other capabilities after installing the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/distributions">}}<u>Distributions</u>: Platform-specific installation and configuration instructions for Datadog Agent on various Kubernetes distributions {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/apm">}}<u>APM</u>: Enable APM trace collection for containerized applications running in Kubernetes environments {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/appsec">}}<u>App and API Protection</u>: Automatically enable App and API Protection for your Kubernetes ingress proxies and gateways {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/log">}}<u>Log collection</u>: Configure log collection from containerized applications running on Kubernetes using the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/tag">}}<u>Tag extraction</u>: Configure automatic tag extraction from Kubernetes pod labels and annotations for enhanced monitoring {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/integrations">}}<u>Integrations</u>: Configure monitoring integrations for applications running in Kubernetes using Autodiscovery templates {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/prometheus">}}<u>Prometheus & OpenMetrics</u>: Collect Prometheus and OpenMetrics from Kubernetes workloads using the Datadog Agent with Autodiscovery {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/control_plane">}}<u>Control plane monitoring</u>: Monitor Kubernetes control plane components including API server, etcd, controller manager, and scheduler {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/data_collected">}}<u>Data collected</u>: Reference guide for metrics and events collected by the Datadog Agent from Kubernetes clusters {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/kubectl_plugin">}}<u>kubectl Plugin</u>: The <code>kubectl</code> plugin for the Datadog Operator, which provides a set of helper utilities that give visibility into certain internal components. {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/kubernetes/csi_driver">}}<u>Datadog CSI Driver</u>: Observability for secure Kubernetes environments using the Datadog CSI Driver {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/data_security/kubernetes/">}}<u>Data security</u>: Information about the security of Kubernetes data sent to Datadog {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/cluster_agent">}}<u>Cluster Agent for Kubernetes</u>: Centralized approach to collecting cluster-level monitoring data with the Datadog Cluster Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/datadog_operator">}}<u>Datadog Operator</u>: Deploy and manage the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes using the Datadog Operator {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/amazon_ecs/apm">}}<u>Tracing ECS Applications</u>: Configure APM trace collection for containerized applications running on Amazon ECS {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/amazon_ecs/logs">}}<u>Log collection</u>: Configure log collection from containerized applications running on Amazon ECS using the Datadog Agent {{< /nextlink >}}
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{{< nextlink href="/containers/amazon_ecs/tags">}}<u>Tag extraction</u>: Configure automatic tag extraction from container labels and environment variables in Amazon ECS {{< /nextlink >}}
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description: An overview of Datadog's Container Monitoring UI capabilities.
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After [installing the Datadog Agent][1], you can use Datadog Container Monitoring to visualize your container resources. For Kubernetes environments, you can also track resource utilization, automatically scale workloads, and investigate and remediate issues.
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## Explore containers
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{{< img src="infrastructure/livecontainers/live-containers-overview_2.png" alt="Live containers with summaries" width="80%" >}}
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In Datadog, [**Containers Explorer**][2] provides real-time visibility into all of your containers. To configure this page, read the [Containers Explorer documentation][3].
[**Container Images Explorer**][4] provides insights into every image used in your environment to help you assess your images' deployment footprint, including [Cloud Security][5] vulnerabilities. To configure this page, read the [Container Images Explorer documentation][6].
[**Kubernetes Explorer**][7] allows you to monitor pods, clusters, workloads, and other Kubernetes resources. To configure this page, read the [Kubernetes Explorer documentation][8].
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### Kubernetes Resource Utilization
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Select the [**Resource Utilization**][9] tab in the Kubernetes section for insights into how compute resources are used across your infrastructure. For more information, read the [Kubernetes Resource Utilization documentation][10].
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### Kubernetes Autoscaling
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Select the [**Autoscaling**][11] tab in the Kubernetes section to view scaling recommendations and deploy autoscaling. For more information, read the [Autoscaling documentation][12].
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### Kubernetes Remediation
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Select the [**Remediation**][13] tab in the Kubernetes section to investigate and remediate errors with [Bits AI Dev Agent][14]. For more information, read the [Bits AI Kubernetes Remediation documentation][15].
Automated fixes from Bits AI Kubernetes Remediation is in Preview. To sign up, click <strong>Request Access</strong> and complete the form.
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## Explore Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) resources
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{{< img src="infrastructure/livecontainers/orch_ecs_ex.png" alt="ECS Explorer displaying ECS tasks." style="width:80%;">}}
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[**ECS Explorer**][16] allows you to monitor tasks, services, and other Amazon ECS components across your AWS accounts. To configure this page, read the [ECS Explorer documentation][17].
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