Datadog Integration

Once configured, Valtix Alerts will be sent to Datadog using the defined Alert Service and Alert Rule.

Requirements

In order to send alerts to Datadog, the following information is required:

• Datadog account
• Datadog API Key

Tip

• To Sign up for a Datadog account, refer to Datadog Account
• To create a Datadog API Key, refer to Datadog API Key

Create an Alert Service Profile

1. Navigate to Administration -> Alert Profiles -> Services
2. Click Create
3. Name - Enter unique name for the alert integration. Example valtix-Datadog-profile.
4. Description (optional) - Enter a description for the alert integration
5. Type - Using the pulldown, choose Datadog
6. API Key - Specify the Datadog API Key used to authenticate the communication
7. Click Save

Create an Alert Rule

1. Navigate to Settings -> Alert Profiles -> Alert Rules
2. Click Create
3. Profile Name - Enter unique name for the integration. Example valtix-Datadog-alert-rule.
4. Description (optional) - Enter a description for the alert rule
5. Alert Profile - Using the pulldown, choose a PagerDuty Alert Profile. As example, select profile created above valtix-Datadog-profile.
6. Type - Using the pulldown, select either System Logs or Discovery
7. Sub Type - For Type System Logs, the Sub Type pulldown options are either: Gateway or Account. For Type Discovery, the Sub Type pulldown option is: Insights Rule.
8. Severity - For selected Type System Logs, and using the pulldown, select a Severity level from options: Info Warning Medium High or Critical. For Type Discovery, select a Severity level from options: Info Medium Critical.
9. Enabled - Using the checkbox, check to enable this alert profile
10. Click Save