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datadog_event - Posts events to DataDog service¶

New in version 1.3.

Synopsis
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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.
host (added in 2.4)	no	{{ ansible_hostname }}		Host name to associate with the event.
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 }}'

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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