Is it possible to run dd-agent inside same docker container as my application?

[AttilaTheFun]

Hi I was wondering if it's possible to run the Datadog Agent in the same container as my Go application. I'm currently able to run Datadog in a separate container, but this requires some kind of container orchestration tool like Docker Compose or Amazon ECS.

Ideally I'd like to be able to package my whole app in a single container which makes it much easier to experiment with different hosting providers and interesting Serverless offerings like Cloud Run.

Is this currently possible? Alternately, do you have any suggestions for how to deploy the Datadog Agent to work with single-container applications? Thanks!

[djmitche]

It is possible, but has some downsides.

• The agent container typically needs enhanced access to the host (the docker socket, among other things), which may be more privilege than you want to give to your application.
• You would need to build the agent into your container, and ensure any dependencies for the agent are in place.
• For a serverless execution, the 100's of ms that the serverless task runs is probably too short to start, run, and stop an agent.

I'd encourage you to contact DD support about this, as they may be able to recommend solutions for your particular case.

[ai-rohit]

Hi I was wondering if it's possible to run the Datadog Agent in the same container as my Go application. I'm currently able to run Datadog in a separate container, but this requires some kind of container orchestration tool like Docker Compose or Amazon ECS.

Ideally I'd like to be able to package my whole app in a single container which makes it much easier to experiment with different hosting providers and interesting Serverless offerings like Cloud Run.

Is this currently possible? Alternately, do you have any suggestions for how to deploy the Datadog Agent to work with single-container applications? Thanks!

Any updated on this @AttilaTheFun ?