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datadog_event - Posts events to DataDog service

New in version 1.3.

Synopsis

Allows to post events to DataDog (www.datadoghq.com) service. Uses http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/#events API.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
aggregation_key
 no
An arbitrary string to use for aggregation.
alert_type
 no info
  • error
  • warning
  • info
  • success
Type of alert.
api_key
 yes
Your DataDog API key.
app_key
(added in 2.2)
 yes
Your DataDog app key.
date_happened
 no now
POSIX timestamp of the event.
Default value is now.
priority
 no normal
  • normal
  • low
The priority of the event.
tags
 no
Comma separated list of tags to apply to the event.
text
 yes
The body of the event.
title
 yes
The event title.
validate_certs
(added in 1.5.1)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

# Post an event with low priority
datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!" priority="low"
               api_key: "9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4"
               app_key: "j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN"
# Post an event with several tags
datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!"
               api_key: "9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4"
               app_key: "j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN"
               tags=aa,bb,#host:{{ inventory_hostname }}

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/datadog_event_module.html