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What role did testing play in ensuring the reliability of the automated Datadog monitoring solution?
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Testing played a critical role in ensuring reliability. John set up a sandbox environment to simulate the end-to-end workflow, including committing changes to the configuration file, triggering Terraform runs via CI/CD pipelines, and verifying monitor creation in Datadog. This rigorous testing minimized risks before production deployment. Testing ensured reliability by simulating the end-to-end workflow and minimizing risks before production deployment.