Datadog Logs destination plugin
The Datadog Logs destination plugin lets you configure Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline to integrate your telemetry data with Datadog Logs, letting you store, analyze, and visualize your log data using logging tools in Datadog.
Supported telemetry types
This plugin supports these telemetry types:
| Logs | Metrics | Traces |
|---|---|---|
Configuration parameters
Use the parameters in this section to configure your plugin. The Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the values in the Name column to describe the parameters. Items in the Key column are the YAML keys to use in pipeline configuration files.
Required
| Name | Key | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog API Key | apikey | Required. Datadog API Key found within account settings. | none |
Advanced
| Name | Key | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog Server | host | The Datadog server where you're sending your logs. | http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com |
| Datadog Service Name | dd_service | The human-readable name for your service generating the logs. The name of your app or database. | none |
| Datadog Source Name | dd_source | A human readable name for the underlying technology of your service. For example, postgres or nginx. | none |
| Datadog Tags | dd_tags | The tags you want to assign to your logs in Datadog. | none |
| Datadog Message Key | dd_message_key | By default, the plugin searches for the key 'log' and remap the value to the key message. If the property is set, the plugin searches the property name key. | none |
| Include Tag Key | include_tag_key | If true, tag is appended to output. The key name is used tag_key property. Accepted values: true, false. | false |
| Tag Key | tag_key | The key name of tag. If include_tag_key is false, This property is ignored. | tagkey |
| JSON Date Key | json_date_key | Date Key Name for output in log. | timestamp |
| Compression | commpress | Compresses the payload in GZIP format, Datadog supports and recommends setting this to 'gzip'. | gzip |
| Proxy | proxy | Specify an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is http://host:port. HTTPS isn't supported. | none |
Security and TLS
| Name | Key | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TLS | tls | Enable or disable TLS/SSL support. Accepted values: true, false. | false |
| TLS Certificate Validation | tls.verify | Enable or disable TLS/SSL certificate validation. TLS must be enabled for certificates to be validated. Accepted values: off, on. | on |
| TLS Debug Level | tls.debug | Set TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose). | 1 |
| CA Certificate File Path | tls.ca_file | Absolute path to CA certificate file. | none |
| Certificate File Path | tls.crt_file | Absolute path to certificate file. | none |
| Private Key File Path | tls.key_file | Absolute path to private key file. | none |
| Private Key Path Password | tls.key_passwd | Password for private key file. | none |
| TLS SNI Hostname Extension | tls.vhost | Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension. | none |
Advanced Networking
| Name | Key | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNS Mode | net.dns.mode | Select the primary DNS connection type, which can be TCP or UDP. | none |
| DNS Resolver | net.dns.resolver | Select the primary DNS connection type, which can be LEGACY or ASYNC. | none |
| Prefer IPv4 | net.dns.prefer_ipv4 | Prioritize IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection. Accepted values: true, false. | false |
| Keepalive | net.keepalive | Enable or disable Keepalive support. Accepted values: true, false. | true |
| Keepalive Idle Timeout | net.keepalive_idle_timeout | Set maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection. | 30s |
| Max Connect Timeout | net.connect_timeout | Set maximum time allowed to establish a connection, which includes the TLS handshake. | 10s |
| Max Connect Timeout Log Error | net.connect_timeout_log_error | On connection timeout, specify if it should log an error. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message. Accepted values: true, false. | true |
| Max Keepalive Recycle | net.keepalive_max_recycle | Set maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it's retired. | 2000 |
| Source Address | net.source_address | Specify network address to bind for data traffic. | none |