datadog_event – Posts events to Datadog service

Synopsis

• Allows to post events to Datadog (www.datadoghq.com) service.

• Uses http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/#events API.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregation_key -		An arbitrary string to use for aggregation.
alert_type -	Choices: error warning info ← success	Type of alert.
api_key - / required		Your DataDog API key.
app_key - / required added in 2.2		Your DataDog app key.
date_happened -	Default: "now"	POSIX timestamp of the event. Default value is now.
host - added in 2.4	Default: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"	Host name to associate with the event.
priority -	Choices: normal ← low	The priority of the event.
tags -		Comma separated list of tags to apply to the event.
text - / required		The body of the event.
title - / required		The event title.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	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 }}'

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Artūras arturaz Šlajus (@arturaz)

• Naoya Nakazawa (@n0ts)

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