Overview
To send APM stats such as hits, errors, and duration, set up the Datadog Connector.
For more information, see the OpenTelemetry project documentation for the Datadog Connector.
Setup
Add the following lines to your Collector configuration:
processors:
probabilistic_sampler:
sampling_percentage: 20
connectors:
# add the "datadog" connector definition and further configurations
datadog/connector:
exporters:
datadog:
api:
key: ${env:DD_API_KEY}
service:
pipelines:
traces:
receivers: [otlp]
processors: [batch]
exporters: [datadog/connector]
traces/2:
receivers: [datadog/connector]
processors: [batch, probabilistic_sampler]
exporters: [datadog]
metrics:
receivers: [datadog/connector]
processors: [batch]
exporters: [datadog]
Data collected
See Trace Metrics.
Full example configuration
For a full working example configuration with the Datadog exporter, see trace-metrics.yaml.
Further reading
Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:
