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  • How to create API Kye in Datadog
  • How to create Datadog Alerts Profile
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  • How to uninstall Datadog Alerts Integration
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Datadog Alerts Integration

Streamline alerts management with Datadog alerts integration

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Datadog Alerts Integration enables you to receive PerfectScale Alerts directly into your Datadog dashboard, ensuring you stay informed about any resilience risks identified in your Kubernetes environment, and helping you prioritize tasks to eliminate the issues before they impact performance and user experience.

Datadog Alerts Integration could be enabled in a few simple steps:

  1. in Datadog.

  2. Configure .

  3. to the desired cluster(s).

How to create API Kye in Datadog

  1. Log in to your Datadog profile.

  2. Hover on your account icon and click API Keys

  3. Click New Key button, name your key, and click Create Key.

  4. Copy the API Key. You will need it for the .

From the Settings tab

Go to the Settings tab on the left panel -> select Integrations -> click the +Add Integration button and select Datadog from the drop-down -> insert the required data.

From the Overview tab

Go to the Overview tab on the left panel -> find the cluster to which you want to apply the Profile and click gear button -> go to Customizations -> find Integrations and click the Monitoring drop-down list -> click the Add New Profile button -> insert the required data.

Datadog alerts Profile Configuration

  1. Name the Profile

The available datadog_site_region:

Code
Domain

US1

datadoghq.com

US3

us3.datadoghq.com

US5

datadoghq.com

EU

datadoghq.eu

AP1

ap1.datadoghq.com

US1-FED

ddog-gov.com

Apply to a single cluster

To apply Datadog Alerts Profile to the cluster, go to the Overview tab on the left panel -> find the cluster to which you want to apply the Datadog Alerts Profile and click gear button -> go to Customizations -> select the needed profile in the Monitoring drop-down list.

Apply to multiple clusters

To apply the profile to multiple clusters from a single view, use the Manage Assignments feature.

Go to the Settings tab on the left panel -> select the Integrations -> click the Manage Assignments button -> go to Monitoring section and apply the profiles for the needed clusters -> click the Save Changes button.

How to uninstall Datadog Alerts Integration

In order to stop submitting Alerts to Datadog, the profile should be unassigned from the cluster.

Go to the Settings tab on the left panel -> select the Integrations -> click the Manage Assignments button -> go to Monitoring section and select None for the needed clusters -> click the Save Changes button.

How to create Datadog Alerts Profile

There are two options for creating a Profile: tab or directly .

datadog_api_key - Datadog API Key. See the details . datadog_site_region - specifies the Datadog regional domain where your data is sent and managed (example: datadoghq.com).

Use Set as default checkbox to automatically assign the profile to the clusters. NOTE: The manually assigned profile takes priority over the default one.

How to apply Datadog Alerts Profile

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Create an API Key
Datadog Alerts Profile
Apply the profile
Datadog Alerts Profile configuration
Datadog API key
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Datadog alerts profile from settings
Datadog alerts profile from overview
Datadog alerts profile configuration
Applying Datadog alerts profile to a single cluster
Applying Datadog alerts profile to multiple clusters
Uninstall Datadog alerts integration