The Ably Datadog integration allows for increased visibility into your Ably application performance alongside your other key metrics. You can connect your Ably and Datadog accounts following the steps outlined below.
How does the Ably Datadog integration work?
This enterprise-only integration provides realtime statistics from Ably to Datadog so that you can monitor metrics like messages, channels, and connections in use. Ably statistics are streamed to Datadog every 60-seconds. Please follow this link for the Datadog Docs on this.
Setup the Datadog integration:
https://ably.com/docs/integrations/streaming/datadog#setup
Troubleshooting integration states
It is possible that the integration is not set-up successfully. If you are not connected you will see one of the messages displayed:
- Connecting:
If your connection remains in the “connecting” state it is possible that your connection was interrupted. If this persists, contact Ably support. - Connection failed:
If this persists, contact Ably support. - An API key with this name already exists:
If the API key is already stored in Datadog you will need to remove the existing API from your Datadog account. - Forbidden and Failed permission authorization checks:
The Datadog user enabling the integration does not have the relevant permissions. Datadog users with the Admin role will be able to setup the integration successfully.
Viewing your dashboard in Datadog
Click on “See Dashboard” to be redirected to Datadog and begin seeing the data stream from Ably to Datadog. Again, data is pushed every minute.
Removing or revoking access
https://ably.com/docs/integrations/streaming/datadog#remove