Datadog Log Integration

CloudAMQP ships broker logs to Datadog via the log-forwarding service. Available on RabbitMQ dedicated instances.

Link: https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/

For a structured OTLP-based alternative with more region support, see the Datadog log integration (OTel).

Setup

1. Get your API key from Datadog → Organization Settings → API Keys.
2. Select the Site matching your Datadog account region.
3. Optionally add tags to filter and group logs in Datadog (e.g. env=production,team=platform ).

Log format

Logs are delivered as JSON. Example for cluster quick-gray-porcupine with tag env=example:

{
  "ddsource": "cloudamqp",
  "ddtags": "env:example",
  "hostname": "quick-gray-porcupine-01",
  "message": "2025-03-25 11:07:02.552827+00:00 [info] <0.10.0> Time to start RabbitMQ: 13283 ms\n",
  "service": "quick-gray-porcupine"
}

If service is set as an optional tag it will override the service field above. This applies to integrations created after July 1, 2025.

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