Datadog Setup Guide
Prerequisites
Make sure you have a Datadog account.
Setup Guide
Select Data Center
- If your Datadog site URL is https://app.datadoghq.eu, select EU.
- If your Datadog site URL is https://app.datadoghq.com, select US1.
- If your Datadog site URL is https://us3.datadoghq.com, select US3.
- If your Datadog site URL is https://us5.datadoghq.com, select US5.
- If your Datadog site URL is https://app.ddog-gov.com, select US1-FED.
- If your Datadog site URL is https://ap1.datadoghq.com, select AP1 (Japan).
Add an Application + API Key
- Log in to your Datadog account.
- Open the site and locate Organization Settings --> Application Keys and API Keys.
- Create a new Application and API keys or choose any exisiting keys.
- Enter the keys inside the correct input fields.
Additional steps
- Enter Asset-Name.
- (Optional) Enter a description of the source.
- (Optional) Set Ingestion Start Date to limit backfill to records on or after a specific date.
- (Optional) Click check connection to make sure you have inputed the api + application keys correctly and chose the right host.
- Click connect!
Supported Streams
- Containers
- Container_images
- Hosts
- Logs
- Span_metrics
Ingestion Start Date behavior
When set, Ingestion Start Date is used as a lower bound only for streams that support time-based filtering.
- Supported by: Logs
- Not currently supported by: Containers, Container_images, Hosts, Span_metrics