NLog.Target.DataDog

A NLog target that send events and logs staight away to Datadog. By default the sink sends logs over HTTPS. It does so in batches which is more optimal way as compared to the WebService target.

Package - NLog.Target.DataDog | Platforms - .NET 4.5, .NET 4.6.1, .NET 4.7.2, netstandard1.3, netstandard2.0

Note: For other .NET versions, ensure that the default TLS version used is 1.2

Parameters

url

The url of DataDog intake service. Default: https://http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com

UseTCP

If TCP instead HTTP to be used. Default: false

UseSSL

if using TCP, if to use SSL

DDPort

if using TCP, the secure (SSL) port

DDPortNoSSL

if using TCP, the insecure (no SSL) port

apiKey

Your API key.

You can also add the following properties: source, service, host, tags.

Confifuration

Example with HTTP (replace "YOUR API KEY" with your DataDog API key):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="nlog" type="NLog.Config.ConfigSectionHandler, NLog" />
  </configSections>
  <nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <extensions>
      <add assembly="NLog.Target.Datadog" />
    </extensions>
    <targets>
      <default-wrapper xsi:type="AsyncWrapper" overflowAction="Grow" timeToSleepBetweenBatches="1"
      />
      <target xsi:type="DataDog"
              name="dataDog"
              layout="${message}"
              includeAllProperties="true"
              apiKey="YOUR API KEY">

        <field name="ddsource" layout="${machinename}" />
        <field name="service" layout="${machinename}" />
        <field name="host" layout="${machinename}" />

        <field name="Logger" layout="${logger}" />
        <field name="ProcessID" layout="${processid}" />
        <field name="ProcessName" layout="${processname}" />
        <field name="Thread" layout="${threadid}" />
        <field name="ThreadName" layout="${threadname}" />
        <field name="Class"
               layout="${callsite:className=true:methodName=false:fileName=false:includeSourcePath=false}" />
        <field name="Method"
               layout="${callsite:className=false:methodName=true:fileName=false:includeSourcePath=false}" />

        <field name="sessionId" layout="12345" />
        <field name="Version" layout="${gdc:item=Version}" />
        <field name="Environment" layout="${gdc:item=Version}" />
      </target>
    </targets>
    <rules>
      <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="dataDog" />
    </rules>
  </nlog>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2" />
  </startup>
</configuration>

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