Secrets in Datadog

Store Datadog API keys as secrets for Datadog destination nodes.

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Store your Datadog API key as a secret for Datadog destination nodes.

Datadog Destination

Secret to create:

Secret NameDescription
datadog-api-keyYour Datadog API key

Datadog Destination Node:

- name: datadog_destination
  type: datadog_output
  api_key: '{{ SECRET datadog-api-key }}'
  site: datadoghq.com

Multiple Datadog Destinations

If you send data to multiple Datadog organizations or sites, create separate secrets for each.

Secrets to create:

Secret NameDescription
datadog-api-key-prodProduction Datadog API key
datadog-api-key-devDevelopment Datadog API key

Multiple Datadog Destinations:

- name: datadog_prod
  type: datadog_output
  api_key: '{{ SECRET datadog-api-key-prod }}'
  site: datadoghq.com

- name: datadog_dev
  type: datadog_output
  api_key: '{{ SECRET datadog-api-key-dev }}'
  site: datadoghq.eu

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