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Send metrics to Datadog

Send metrics from your Aiven service to your external Datadog account.

Prerequisites​

  • A Datadog account
  • A Datadog API key
  • A running Aiven service

Add a Datadog integration endpoint​

You can use the Datadog integration endpoint for multiple services.

  1. In the project, click Integration endpoints.
  2. Select Datadog > Create new or Add new endpoint.
  3. Enter a name for the endpoint and your Datadog API key.
  4. Select the Datadog Site that you use. The site is shown in your Datadog website URL.
  5. Optional: Add custom tags to send with the metrics to Datadog.
  6. Click Add endpoint.

Add a Datadog metrics integration to an Aiven service​

  1. In the service, click Integrations.
  2. In the Endpoint integrations select Datadog Metrics.
  3. Select your Datadog integration endpoint and click Enable.
tip

For Aiven for Apache Kafka® services you can also customize the metrics sent to Datadog.

You can see the metrics data on your Datadog dashboard.