Before we dive into the tutorial, there are a few things you should have in place:

Familiarity with Terraform: This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how Terraform works. If you’re new to Terraform, it’s a good idea to complete the Get Started tutorials to grasp the fundamentals.

Datadog Trial Account: You’ll need access to a Datadog trial account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a trial on the Datadog website.

Terraform Installed: Make sure you have Terraform installed on your system.

EKS Cluster: You should have an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster set up and running. You can also visit https://eksworkshop.com to learn how to set up.

Helm: You should have Helm, the Kubernetes package manager, installed.

Basic knowledge of K8s, Docker, and DataDog.

kubectl: to manage the K8s cluster.