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Datadog

The Datadog plugin can be used to access your logs and metrics from Datadog.

Logs

Metrics

Configuration

The Datadog plugin can only be used within the hub. To use the Datadog plugin the following configuration is needed:

Field Type Description Required
name string The name of the Datadog plugin instance. Yes
type datadog The type for the Datadog plugin. Yes
options.address string The address of the Datadog instance (e.g. datadoghq.com or datadoghq.eu). Yes
options.apiKey string The API Key for your Datadog instance. Yes
options.appKey string The App Key for your Datadog instance. Yes
plugins:
  - name: datadog
    type: datadog
    options:
      address:
      apiKey:
      appKey:

Insight Options

Note

The Datadog plugin can not be used within the insights section of an application.

Variable Options

Note

The Datadog plugin can not be used to get a list of variable values.

Panel Options

The following options can be used for a panel with the Datadog plugin:

Field Type Description Required
type string The panel type. This could be logs or metrics. Yes
showChart boolean If this is true the chart with the distribution of the log lines in the selected time range will be shown. No
queries []Query A list of queries, which can be selected by the user. This is only required for type logs. Yes
query string The Datadog query which is used to get the metrics, e.g. sum:aws.apigateway.4xxerror{*} by {apiname}.as_count(). This is only required for type metrics. Yes

Query

Field Type Description Required
name string A name for the Datadog query. Yes
query string The query which should be run against Datadog. Yes
fields []string A list of fields to display in the results table. If this field is omitted, the whole document is displayed in the results table. No