The first step in using Datadog with Harness is to set up a Datadog Verification Provider in Harness.
A Harness Verification Provider is a connection to monitoring tools such as Datadog. Once Harness is connected, you can use Harness 24/7 Service Guard and Deployment Verification with your Datadog data and analysis.
Click Connectors, and then click Verification Providers.
Click Add Verification Provider, and select Datadog. The Datadog dialog for your provider appears.
Complete the following fields of the Add Datadog Verification Provider dialog.
You need Datadog Admin access to create the API key needed to connect Harness to Datadog.
Step 2: Display Name
Enter a display name for the provider. If you are going to use multiple providers of the same type, ensure you give each provider a different name.
Step 3: URL
Enter the URL of the Datadog server. Simply take the URL from the Datadog dashboard, such as https://app.datadoghq.com/ and add the API and version: https://app.datadoghq.com/api/v1/.
The trailing forward slash after v1 (v1/) in mandatory.
To create an application key in Datadog, do the following:
In Datadog, mouseover Integrations, and then click APIs. The APIs page appears.
In Application Keys, in New application key, enter a name for the application key, such as Harness, and click Create Application Key.
Copy the API key and, in Harness, paste it into the Application Key field.
Step 6: Usage Scope
Usage scope is inherited from the secrets used in the settings.
Datadog has limit of about 300 API calls per hour. Requests to analyze many metrics can hit the limit. Datadog can increase the limit upon request. For more information, see Rate Limiting from Datadog.
