Create an Alert Profile Service

Before you begin

In order to send alerts to Datadog, the following information is required:

Datadog account
API Key

Tip	To Sign up for a Datadog account, refer to Datadog Account (https://www.datadoghq.com/). To create a Datadog API Key, refer to Datadog API Key (https://app.datadoghq.com/account/login?next=%2Faccount%2Fsettings#api).

Procedure

Step 1	Navigate to System and Accounts > Service Alerts > Services.
Step 2	Click Create.
Step 3	Name - Enter unique name for the alert integration. Example `Multicloud Defense-Datadog-profile`.
Step 4	Description (optional) - Enter a description for the alert integration.
Step 5	Type - Using the pulldown, choose Datadog.
Step 6	API Key - Specify the Datadog API Key used to authenticate the communication.
Step 7	Click Save.

What to do next

Create an alert rule with this new profile.