description: Send logs to Datadog

Datadog

The Datadog output plugin allows to ingest your logs into Datadog.

Before you begin, you need a Datadog account, a Datadog API key, and you need to activate Datadog Logs Management.

Configuration Parameters

Key Description Default
Host Required - The Datadog server where you are sending your logs. http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com
TLS Required - End-to-end security communications security protocol. Datadog recommends setting this to on. off
compress Recommended - compresses the payload in GZIP format, Datadog supports and recommends setting this to gzip.
apikey Required - Your Datadog API key.
dd_service Recommended - The human readable name for your service generating the logs - the name of your application or database.
dd_source Recommended - A human readable name for the underlying technology of your service. For example, postgres or nginx.
dd_tags Optional - The tags you want to assign to your logs in Datadog.

Configuration File

Get started quickly with this configuration file:

  1. [OUTPUT]
  2.     Name        datadog
  3.     Match       *
  4.     Host        http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com
  5.     TLS         on
  6.     compress    gzip
  7.     apikey      <my-datadog-api-key>
  8.     dd_service  <my-app-service>
  9.     dd_source   <my-app-source>
  10.     dd_tags     team:logs,foo:bar

Troubleshooting

403 Forbidden

If you get a 403 Forbidden error response, double check that you have a valid Datadog API key and that you have activated Datadog Logs Management.