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Datadog credentials let an Arklow metric source query your Datadog account.

Required permissions

  • timeseries_query (application key scope)

Create your credentials

Create an API key and an application key in your Datadog organization settings. The steps are in API and Application Keys.

Add credentials to Arklow

1

Open the credentials page

Go to Credentials and click Create credential.
2

Pick the type

Set Credential Type to Datadog.
3

Enter the keys

Paste your API Key and your Application Key. Both stay hidden and are encrypted at rest.
4

Save

Click Create credential.

Datadog site

Please ensure that you have the correct Datadog region selected. For example, a key from the US1 site (api.datadoghq.com) will not work against the EU site (api.datadoghq.eu) or any other site.