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Monitor your cloud-scale applications – from servers to databases to container clusters and more – with Datadog's powerful SaaS-based tools and data analytics platform.

# Prerequisites

• Preexisting API Key.
• Preexisting APP Key.

# Launch Software

Review the launch configuration details and follow the instructions to launch this software.

To continue the installation, click the Launch button below and follow the outlined steps.

LAUNCH DATADOG

NOTE:

If your AWS region is different from us-east-1, make sure to select your specific region from the top menu.

# Create Stack

1. Provide a stack name.

2. Specify the parameters in the Required section.

Name	Description
DatadogApiKey	API key for the Datadog account.
DatadogAppKey	APP key for the Datadog account. If this template was launched from the Datadog app, this key is tied to the user that launched the template, and is a key specifically generated for this integration.
DatadogSite	Define your Datadog Site to send data to.
InstallLambdaLogForwarder	Determines whether the default configuration for the Datadog Lambda Log Forwarder is installed as part of this stack. For more information, click here.
CloudSecurityPostureManagement	Add the AWS Managed SecurityAudit policy to your Datadog AWS Integration role, and enable Datadog Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) to start performing configuration checks across your AWS account. Click here for more information.

3. Specify the parameters in the Advanced section.

Name	Description
IAMRoleName	Customize the name of IAM role for Datadog AWS integration.
DisableMetricCollection	Disable metric collection.

4. Specify the permission. This step is optional.

5. Acknowledge the AWS CloudFormation terms.

6. Click Create Stack.

# Add API Key

1. Navigate to your user in the left nav or go to https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/api-keys.

2. Under Organization settings, click the API Keys tab.

2. Click the New Key button.

3. Enter a name for your key.

4. Click Create Key.

# Add APP Key

1. Navigate to your user in the left nav or go to https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/application-keys.

2. Under Organization settings, click the Application Keys tab.

2. Click the New Key button.

3. Enter a name for your key.

4. Click Create Key.