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title: Send metrics to Datadog | Tiger Data Docs
description: Collect Datadog metrics on your Managed Service for TimescaleDB service
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Datadog is a popular cloud-based monitoring service. You can send metrics to Datadog using a metrics collection agent for graphing, service dashboards, alerting, and logging. Managed Service for TimescaleDB (MST) can send data directly to Datadog for monitoring. Datadog integrations are provided free of charge on Managed Service for TimescaleDB.

You need to create a Datadog API key, and use the key to enable metrics for your Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.

Note

Datadog logging is not currently supported on MST.

## Before you begin

- Created a Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.
- Signed up for [Datadog](https://app.datadoghq.com/), and can log in to your Datadog dashboard.
- Created an API key in your Datadog account. For more information about creating a Datadog API key, see [Datadog API and Application Keys](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/api-app-keys/).

## Upload a Datadog API key

To integrate MST with Datadog you need to upload the API key that you generated in your Datadog account to MST.

1. **Navigate to `Integration Endpoints`**

   In [MST Console](https://portal.managed.timescale.com/login), choose the project you want to connect to Datadog, and click `Integration Endpoints`.

2. **Create a new Datadog endpoint**

   Select `Datadog`, then choose `Create new`.

   In `Add new Datadog service integration`, complete these details:

   - In the `Endpoint integration` section, give your endpoint a name, and paste the API key from your Datadog dashboard. Ensure you choose the site location that matches where your Datadog service is hosted.
   - *Optional*: In the `Endpoint tags` section, you can add custom tags to help you manage your integrations.

   Click `Add endpoint` to save the integration.

   ![Adding a Datadog integration endpoint in MST](/docs/_astro/add-datadog-integration.wqEgQ9WN_Zxc0Nt.webp)

## Activate Datadog integration for a MST service

When you have successfully added the endpoint, you can set up one of your MST services to send data to Datadog.

1. **Select the service**

   Sign in to MST Console, navigate to `Services`, and select the MST service you want to monitor.

2. **Enable Datadog Metrics**

   In the `Integrations` tab, go to `External integrations` section and select `Datadog Metrics`. In the `Datadog integration` dialog, select the Datadog endpoint that you created and click `Enable`.

   The Datadog endpoint is listed under `Enabled integrations` for the Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.

## Datadog dashboards

When you have your Datadog integration set up successfully, you can use the Datadog dashboard editor to configure your visualizations. For more information, see the [Datadog Dashboard documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/).