--- title: Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog description: Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog, including challenges of implementing a networking solution for a complex application, how gRPC... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog | daily.dev og:description: Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog, including challenges of implementing a networking solution for a complex application, how gRPC... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8W5prER5L.png og:image:alt: Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog **[Datadog](https://daily.dev/sources/datadog)** · 11 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog, including challenges of implementing a networking solution for a complex application, how gRPC facilitates communication within Kubernetes clusters, and best practices for running gRPC services in a high-scale Kubernetes environment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l"},"datePublished":"2024-04-22T14:07:08.612Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:13:33.132Z","description":"Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog, including challenges of implementing a networking solution for a complex application, how gRPC...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4fffe6722d1a96dfdbde0cf3988a92e4?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4fffe6722d1a96dfdbde0cf3988a92e4?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Datadog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Datadog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/8f9d7e3e4bd64bd7b9db9b2ea83e0c6a","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/datadog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-learned-from-running-a-large-grpc-mesh-at-datadog-8w5prer5l","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"kubernetes,dns,grpc","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Datadog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/datadog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lessons learned from running a large gRPC mesh at Datadog"}]} ```