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Update ECS Fargate about potential billing impact related to setting …
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…DD_HOSTNAME (#18031)

* added section to enable default metrics through jmxfetch

* update dd_hostname warning to include note about billing impact

* Update ecs_fargate/README.md

Co-authored-by: Alicia Scott <aliciascott@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Alicia Scott <aliciascott@users.noreply.github.com>
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Value: "{\"com.docker.compose.service\":\"service_name\"}"
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**Note**: You should not use `DD_HOSTNAME` since there is no concept of a host to the user in Fargate. `DD_TAGS` is traditionally used to assign host tags, but as of Datadog Agent version 6.13.0 you can also use the environment variable to set global tags on your integration metrics.
**Note**: You should not use `DD_HOSTNAME` since there is no concept of a host to the user in Fargate. Using this tag can cause your tasks to appear as APM Hosts in the Infrastructure list, potentially impacting your billing. Instead, `DD_TAGS` is traditionally used to assign host tags. As of Datadog Agent version 6.13.0, you can also use the `DD_TAGS` environment variable to set global tags on your integration metrics.

### Crawler-based metrics

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