Datadog Integration

The Datadog integration allows Velocity to ingest Datadog information for monitoring and insights

Follow these steps in your Datadog account to obtain both the application and API keys to configure the Velocity integration.

Step 1 - Generate an API key

1. Navigate to Organization settings, then click API keys.

2. Click the New Key.

3. Enter a name for your key.

4. Click Create API key.

Step 2 - Generate an Application key

1. Navigate to Organization settings, then click Application Keys.

2. Click the New Key.

3. Enter a name for your key.

4. Click Edit to edit the key scopes.

5. Add the following (check the "Requested" checkbox):

   1. apm_read

   2. events_read

   3. metrics_read

   4. timeseries_query

   5. monitors_read

   6. monitors_write

   7. create_webhooks

   8. synthetics_read

   9. synthetics_write

6. Click Save.

Step 3 - Share keys with Velocity

Send your Velocity point of contact both keys via your dedicated Slack channel or email us at [e-mail]