Datadog

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform that provides comprehensive observability for cloud-scale applications.

Requirements

Before connecting Datadog to Akamas Insights, ensure you have:

Required Credentials

• Site: Your Datadog site region (e.g.US1, EU1)

• API Key: A Datadog API key for authentication

• Application Key: A Datadog application key for API access

  • The Application Key requires the following scopes: timeseries_query, metrics_read and hosts_read

You can obtain this information from the following references:

• Datadog API Authentication

• Datadog API and Application Keys

Configuration

Datadog Edit Dialog

To connect Akamas Insights to Datadog:

1. Site: Select your Datadog site region;

2. API Key: Enter your Datadog API key;

3. App Key: Enter your Datadog application key;

4. Save: Save the integration once validated;

5. Test Connection: Verify the configuration.

Data Import Settings

These advanced settings allow you to tune the data extraction process for Datadog to optimize performance and handle API rate limiting. In most cases, the default values work well, but you can adjust them based on your specific requirements.

• Time Chunks: Number of time periods to split the import window into (default: Automatic). Higher values reduce the data load per API response, but making more calls may trigger API rate limits. When set to "Automatic", chunks are dynamically calculated based on environment size (number of entities and data points)

• Retries: Number of retry attempts for failed API requests (default: 3). Increase this value if you experience intermittent connectivity issues.