Datadog logs

Datadog Logs destination plugin

Datadog Logs is a cloud-based logging platform that provides real-time log analytics and monitoring capabilities for your applications and infrastructure. The Datadog Logs destination plugin in Calyptia Core allows you to seamlessly integrate your telemetry data with Datadog Logs, letting you to store, analyze, and visualize your log data using logging tools in Datadog. With the Datadog Logs destination plugin, you can configure your Calyptia Core pipeline to send your log data to Datadog Logs.

Whether you're working with application logs, system logs, or other types of log data, the Datadog Logs destination plugin in Calyptia Core provides a method for you to integrate your log data with Datadog Logs for further analysis and visualization.

Configuration parameters

The Datadog Logs destination plugin provides these configuration parameters.

General

Key	Description
Datadog API Key	Datadog API Key found within account settings.

Advanced

Key	Description
Datadog Server	The Datadog server where you are sending your logs.
Datadog Service Name	The human readable name for your service generating the logs - the name of your application or database.
Datadog Source Name	A human readable name for the underlying technology of your service. For example, postgres or nginx.
Datadog Tags	The tags you want to assign to your logs in Datadog.
Datadog Message Key	By default, the plugin searches for the key 'log' and remap the value to the key message. If the property is set, the plugin will search the property name key.
Include Tag Key	If enabled, tag is appended to output. The key name is used tag_key property.
Tag Key	The key name of tag. If include_tag_key is false, This property is ignored.
JSON Date Key	Date Key Name for output in log.
Compression	compresses the payload in GZIP format, Datadog supports and recommends setting this to 'gzip'.
Proxy	Specify an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is http://host:port. HTTPS is not supported.

Security and TLS

Key	Description
TLS	Enable or disable TLS/SSL support.
TLS Certificate Validation	Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on or off. TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled.
TLS Debug Level	Set TLS debug verbosity level. Accepts these values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose).
CA Certificate File Path	Absolute path to CA certificate file.
Certificate File Path	Absolute path to certificate file.
Private key File Path	Absolute path to private key file.
Private Key Path Password	Optional password for tls.key_file file.
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension.

Advanced networking

Key	Description
DNS Mode	Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP).
DNS Resolver	Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP).
Prefer IPv4	Prioritize IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection.
Keepalive	Enable or disable Keepalive support.
Keepalive Idle Timeout	Set maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection.
Max Connect Timeout	Set maximum time allowed to establish a connection, this time includes the TLS handshake.
Max Connect Timeout Log Error	On connection timeout, specify if it should log an error. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message.
Max Keepalive Recycle	Set maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it is retired.
Source Address	Specify network address to bind for data traffic.