Datadog an integration guide

Integration with Application Logs

To integrate application logs with Datadog:

• Login to AWS console.
• Navigate to the CloudFormation-StackPage.
  The main stack with nested stacks will be shown as in Figure-7.

• Identify and click the ‘ForwarderStack’ in the Stacks window.
• The StackInfo and other tabs will be displayed in the right pane.
• Click on the ‘Resources’ tab.
  A resource with the name Forwarder will be seen as shown in Figure-8.

This Forwarder is an AWS Lambda function which forwards the application logs from
CloudWatch to Datadog.

Click on the url in the Physical ID column of Forwarder with Type - AWS:Lambda:Function.

You will be taken to the Lambda page where you can add triggers against many AWS resources. This is shown in Figure-9.

• Click on ‘Add Trigger’ button.
• Select ‘CloudWatch Logs’ from the select box.
• Select the log group from the ‘Log group’ select box.
• Provide a filter name .
• Give a filter pattern if you prefer.
• Click the ‘Add’ button.

This completes the integration of CloudWatch Logs with Data dog. The ‘Trigger Configuration’ page is shown in Figure-10.

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