Datadog
  • 27 Nov 2024
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Datadog is a monitoring service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services.

Related Enforcement Actions:

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

  • Devices
  • Users
  • Software
  • SaaS Applications

Parameters

  1. Datadog Domain (required) - The hostname or IP address of the Datadog server.
  2. Application Key and API Key (required) - API and Application Keys associated with a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets.
  3. Verify SSL - Verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Datadog Domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
  4. HTTPS Proxy (optional) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Datadog Domain.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

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Advanced Settings

Note:

Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

  • Fetch Network Devices Monitoring - Toggle on this option to fetch network devices.
    • Fetch Network Devices Monitoring Interfaces - Select this option to fetch interfaces for each network device.
Note:

To learn more about Adapter Configuration tab advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.

Required Permissions

The value supplied in Application Key and API Key must be associated with a user account that has read access to hosts.

To add a Datadog API key, application key, or client token, navigate to Integration -> APIs, enter a name for your key or token, and click Create API key or Create Application Key or Create Client Token.
For more details, see Datadog - API and Application Keys.

Note:

If you are receiving a 403 "missing scopes" error, please attempt removing all Scope assignments from the Application Key and testing again.



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