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Overview

To authenticate with Datadog, you need three key pieces of information:

1. API Key - Your Datadog API Key
2. Site Parameter - Location of your datadog host
3. Application Key - Keys are associated with the user account that created

This guide will walk you through finding or creating those credentials within Datadog.

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Prerequisites:

• You must set up an account with Datadog.

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Step 1: Finding Your Datadog Domain

1. Log in to your Datadog account.

2. You can identify which site (Site Parameter) you are on by matching your Datadog website URL (in your browser) to one of the following:

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Step 2: Datadog API Key

1. To add a Datadog API key, Navigate to Organization settings, then click the API keys tab.

• Click the New Key or New Client Token button, depending on which you’re creating
• Enter a name for your key and then click Create API key

Note:

• Your org must have at least one API key and at most 50 API keys.
• Key names must be unique across your organization.

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Step 3: Datadog Application Key

1. To create a new application key, navigate to Organization Settings > Application Keys. If you have the permission to create application keys, click New Key.

2. Once you’ve clicked this, you’ll see a pop-up that confirms that this API key will replace the one used for GDPR compliance and personal data storage.

Note:

• Application key names cannot be blank.
• Securely copy your API and application keys

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Step 4: Connect Your Datadog Account

To authenticate using your API credentials, navigate to the Datadog authentication form. Enter your credentials as follows:

• API Key: Your API key
• Site Parameter: Your datadog host
• Application Key: Your application key

Click “Connect” to complete the authentication.