Datadog Connector
Pipe telemetry into Datadog and respond to alerts automatically.
Required secrets
| Vault key | Description |
|---|---|
datadog-api-key |
Datadog API key (DD_API_KEY). |
datadog-app-key |
Datadog application key (DD_APP_KEY) for write operations. |
Add them:
loopcli secret add datadog-api-key --value <api-key>
loopcli secret add datadog-app-key --value <app-key>
Common automations
- Create or disable monitors based on deploy windows.
- Ingest custom metrics from CLI scripts.
- Auto-open incidents in Slack/Linear when monitors trip.
Example loop
name: datadog-deployment-guard
steps:
- id: disable
name: Silence monitor
type: http
config:
url: https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/monitor/{{env:DATADOG_MONITOR_ID}}/mute
method: POST
headers:
DD-API-KEY: "{{secret:datadog-api-key}}"
DD-APPLICATION-KEY: "{{secret:datadog-app-key}}"
- id: deploy
name: Run deployment
type: cli
config:
command: bash
args: ["scripts/deploy.sh"]
- id: enable
name: Unmute monitor
type: http
config:
url: https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/monitor/{{env:DATADOG_MONITOR_ID}}/unmute
method: POST
headers:
DD-API-KEY: "{{secret:datadog-api-key}}"
DD-APPLICATION-KEY: "{{secret:datadog-app-key}}"
Emit custom metrics
- id: metric
type: http
config:
url: https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/series
method: POST
headers:
DD-API-KEY: "{{secret:datadog-api-key}}"
Content-Type: application/json
body:
series:
- metric: loopcli.jobs.completed
type: count
points:
- - "{{run.started_at_unix}}"
- 1
tags:
- project:{{run.project.slug}}
- loop:{{run.loop.slug}}
