Datadog is an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform
First, get a Datadog API key
Login to your Datadog account at https://app.datadoghq.com/account/login
Navigate to "Organization settings" and click the "API keys" tab
Click "New Key"
Name your key and click "Create Key"
Copy your API key to a text editor and click "Finish"
The following steps are only required if you will also require an application key
Navigate to "Organization Settings" and select "Application Keys"
Click on "New Key",
Name your key and click "Create Key"
Copy your Application key to a text editor and click "Finish"
Optionally, click "Edit" and selecting the required scopes for the key and click "Save"
Lastly, create a Datadog credential in Tines
You will need to create two credentials:
Two Text type credentials: "datadog_api" and "datadog_application"
Login to your Tines tenant
Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"
Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"
Input the values for the Datadog credential
Name: datadog_api
Description: Optional
Value: Your API key
Optional
Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.
Access: What other teams can also use the API
Click "Save"
Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"
Input the values for the Datadog credential
Name: datadog_application
Description: Optional
Value: Your application key
Optional
Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.
Access: What other teams can also use the API
Click "Save"
For more on creating credentials in Tines, click here.
You can find a selection of Datadog stories in the story library