Create API key

1. From the DataDog dashboard, expand the menu under your name and navigate to the API Keys page.

   

2. Click the New Key button.

   

3. Enter a key name, for example: Complyance Integration, and click Create Key.

   

4. Copy the key and click Finish.

   

Create service account

1. From the DataDog dashboard, expand the menu under your name and navigate to the Service Accounts page.

   

2. Click the New Service Account button.

   

3. Fill in the form, for example:

   • Name – Complyance Integration
   • Email – datadog.complyance@your-company.com (replace your-company.com with your company’s domain)
   • Assign Roles – Datadog Read Only Role

   Click the Create Service Account button.

   

Create application key

1. Navigate to the service account created in the Create service account step and click New Key.

   

2. Enter a key name, for example: Complyance Integration, and click Create Key.

   

3. Copy the key and click Finish.

   

Update application key permissions

1. From the DataDog dashboard, expand the menu under your name and navigate to the Application Keys page.

   

2. Find the application key created in the Create application key step and click on it.

   

3. Click the Edit button next to the Scopes field.

   

4. Select the required permissions and click Save.

   

Final step

Once you have completed these steps, please provide the following details to Complyance:

1. Site URL – Use the instructions here to find the correct site URL based on your location: https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/site/#access-the-datadog-site
2. API Key – The key created in the Create API key step
3. Application Key – The key created in the Create application key step

Where to find log pipeline ID

Some DataDog integrations require pipeline IDs as part of their configuration. This tutorial explains how to locate them.

1. From the DataDog dashboard, navigate to Logs → Pipelines.
   

    

2. Hover over the pipeline entry and click the View button (eye icon).

   

3. In the URL, copy the last part after the final / — this is the pipeline ID.