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datadog_event - Posts events to DataDog service

New in version 1.3.

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.
      date_happened
      		 no now
        POSIX timestamp of the event.
        Default value is now.
        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="6873258723457823548234234234"
# Post an event with several tags
datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!"
               api_key="6873258723457823548234234234"
               tags=aa,bb,#host:{{ inventory_hostname }}

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