Agent Proxy Configuration
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Agent Proxy Configuration

Why use a Proxy

If your network configuration restricted outbound traffic, proxy all Agent traffic through one or several hosts that have more permissive outbound policies.

A few options are available to send traffic to Datadog over SSL/TLS for hosts that are not directly connected to the Internet.

  1. Using a web proxy (e.g. Squid, Microsoft Web Proxy) that is already deployed in your network
  2. Using HAProxy (if you want to proxy more than 16-20 Agents through the same proxy)
  3. Using the Agent as a proxy (for up to 16 Agents per proxy, only on Agent v5 )

Using a Web Proxy as Proxy

Traditional web proxies are supported natively by the Agent. If you need to connect to the Internet through a proxy, edit your Agent configuration file.

    Set different proxy servers for https and http requests in your Agent datadog.yaml configuration file. The Agent uses https to send data to Datadog, but integrations might use http to gather metrics. No matter the proxied requests, you can activate SSL on your proxy server. Below are some configuration examples for your datadog.yaml file.

    If log collection is enable, make sure that a specific transport is enforced. The recommended setup is to use HTTPS. In that case, the <HOST>:<PORT> used to proxy metrics is used to proxy logs. If you are using TCP transport, refere to TCP Proxy for Logs page.

    Setting an HTTP proxy for all https requests:

    proxy:
    https: "http://<SSL_PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTPS>:<PORT>"

    Note: When setting up an HTTP proxy for https requests, the actual communication between the Agent and Datadog is encrypted end-to-end with TLS and cannot be decrypted by the proxy. The only unencrypted communication is the HTTP CONNECT request that’s made between the Agent and the proxy to establish the initial TCP connection between the Agent and Datadog. As such, when using a proxy for https requests, there is no need to use an HTTPS proxy in order to have encrypted communication between the Agent and Datadog.

    Setting an HTTPS proxy for both https and http requests:

    proxy:
    https: "https://<SSL_PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTPS>:<PORT>"
    http: "https://<SSL_PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTP>:<PORT>"

    Setting a <USERNAME> and <PASSWORD> to contact the proxy server for both https and http requests:

    proxy:
    https: "http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTPS>:<PORT>"
    http: "http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTP>:<PORT>"

    Using the no_proxy list to specify hosts that must bypass the proxy:

    proxy:
    https: "http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTPS>:<PORT>"
    http: "http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_SERVER_FOR_HTTP>:<PORT>"
    no_proxy:
      - host1
      - host2

    Note: All integrations that make HTTP(S) requests default back to proxy settings defined in datadog.yaml configuration file if none are specified at the integration level. If this is undesired, set skip_proxy to true in every instance config or in the init_config fallback for your integration.

    NO_PROXY accepted values
    • A domain name matches that name and all subdomains.
      • e.g. datadoghq.com matches app.agent.datadoghq.com, www.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.com, but not www.notdatadoghq.com
      • e.g. datadoghq matches frontend.datadoghq, backend.datadoghq, but not www.datadoghq.com nor www.datadoghq.eu
    • A domain name with a leading “.” matches subdomains only.
      • e.g. .datadoghq.com matches app.agent.datadoghq.com, www.datadoghq.com, but not datadoghq.com
    • A CIDR range will match an IP address within the subnet.
      • e.g. 192.168.1.0/24 matches IP range 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.254
    • An exact IP address
      • e.g. 169.254.169.254
    • A hostname
      • e.g. webserver1

    Environment variables

    Starting with Agent v6.4, you can set your proxy settings through environment variables:

    • DD_PROXY_HTTPS: Sets a proxy server for https requests.
    • DD_PROXY_HTTP: Sets a proxy server for http requests.
    • DD_PROXY_NO_PROXY: Sets a list of hosts that should bypass the proxy. The list is space-separated.

    Environment variables have precedence over values in the datadog.yaml file. If the environment variables are present with an empty value (e.g. DD_PROXY_HTTP=""), the Agent uses those empty values instead of lower-precedence options.

    On Unix hosts, a system-wide proxy might be specified using standard environment variables, such as HTTPS_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY, and NO_PROXY. The Agent uses these if present. Be careful, as such variables also impact every requests from integrations, including orchestrators like Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes.

    The Agent uses the following values in order of precedence:

    1. DD_PROXY_HTTPS, DD_PROXY_HTTP, and DD_PROXY_NO_PROXY environment variables
    2. HTTPS_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables
    3. Values inside datadog.yaml
    The <HOST>:<PORT> used to proxy metrics can NOT be used to proxy logs. See the Proxy for Logs page.

    Edit the datadog.conf file with your proxy information:

    # If you need a proxy to connect to the Internet, provide the settings here
proxy_host: my-proxy.example.com
proxy_port: 3128
proxy_user: my_user
proxy_password: my_password

    Do not forget to restart the Agent for the new settings to take effect.

    Using HAProxy as a Proxy

    HAProxy is a free, fast, and reliable solution offering proxying for TCP and HTTP applications. While HAProxy is usually used as a load balancer to distribute incoming requests to pools servers, you can also use it to proxy Agent traffic to Datadog from hosts that have no outside connectivity.

    This is the best option if you do not have a web proxy readily available in your network, and you wish to proxy a large number of Agents. In some cases, a single HAProxy instance is sufficient to handle local Agent traffic in your network-each proxy can accommodate upwards of 1000 Agents. (Be aware that this figure is a conservative estimate based on the performance of m3.xl instances specifically. Numerous network-related variables can influence load on proxies. As always, deploy under a watchful eye. Visit HAProxy documentation for additional information.)

    agent ---> haproxy ---> Datadog

    Proxy forwarding with HAProxy

    HAProxy configuration

    HAProxy should be installed on a host that has connectivity to Datadog. Use the following configuration file if you do not already have it configured.

    # Basic configuration
global
    log 127.0.0.1 local0
    maxconn 4096
    stats socket /tmp/haproxy

# Some sane defaults
defaults
    log     global
    option  dontlognull
    retries 3
    option  redispatch
    timeout client 5s
    timeout server 5s
    timeout connect 5s

# This declares a view into HAProxy statistics, on port 3833
# You do not need credentials to view this page and you can
# turn it off once you are done with setup.
listen stats
    bind *:3833
    mode http
    stats enable
    stats uri /

# This section is to reload DNS Records
# Replace <DNS_SERVER_IP> and <DNS_SECONDARY_SERVER_IP> with your DNS Server IP addresses.
# For HAProxy 1.8 and newer
resolvers my-dns
    nameserver dns1 <DNS_SERVER_IP>:53
    nameserver dns2 <DNS_SECONDARY_SERVER_IP>:53
    resolve_retries 3
    timeout resolve 2s
    timeout retry 1s
    accepted_payload_size 8192
    hold valid 10s
    hold obsolete 60s

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending metrics (e.g. the value of "dd_url").
frontend metrics-forwarder
    bind *:3834
    mode http
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-metrics

    use_backend datadog-api if { path_beg -i  /api/v1/validate }
    use_backend datadog-flare if { path_beg -i  /support/flare/ }

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending traces (e.g. the value of "endpoint" in the APM
# configuration section).
frontend traces-forwarder
    bind *:3835
    mode tcp
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-traces

# This declares the endpoint where your agents connects for
# sending processes (e.g. the value of "url" in the process
# configuration section).
frontend processes-forwarder
    bind *:3836
    mode tcp
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-processes

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending Logs (e.g the value of "logs.config.logs_dd_url")
# If sending logs with use_http: true
frontend logs_http_frontend
    bind *:3837
    mode http
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-logs-http

# If sending logs with use_tcp: true
# frontend logs_frontend
#    bind *:10514
#    mode tcp
#    option tcplog
#    default_backend datadog-logs


# This is the Datadog server. In effect any TCP request coming
# to the forwarder frontends defined above are proxied to
# Datadog's public endpoints.
backend datadog-metrics
    balance roundrobin
    mode http
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-api
    mode http
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 api.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership api.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-flare
    mode http
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 flare.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership flare.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-traces
    balance roundrobin
    mode tcp
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 trace.agent.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership trace.agent.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-processes
    balance roundrobin
    mode tcp
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 process.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership process.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-logs-http
    balance roundrobin
    mode http
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com:443  check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server datadog agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

    Note: Download the certificate with the following command: * sudo apt-get install ca-certificates (Debian, Ubuntu) * yum install ca-certificates (CentOS, Redhat) The file might be located at /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt for CentOS, Redhat.

    HAProxy 1.8 and newer allow DNS service discovery to detect server changes and automatically apply them to your configuration. If you are using older version of HAProxy, you have to reload or restart HAProxy. It is recommended to have a cron job that reloads HAProxy every 10 minutes (usually doing something like service haproxy reload) to force a refresh of HAProxy’s DNS cache, in case app.datadoghq.com fails over to another IP.

    # Basic configuration
global
    log 127.0.0.1 local0
    maxconn 4096
    stats socket /tmp/haproxy

# Some sane defaults
defaults
    log     global
    option  dontlognull
    retries 3
    option  redispatch
    timeout client 5s
    timeout server 5s
    timeout connect 5s

# This declares a view into HAProxy statistics, on port 3833
# You do not need credentials to view this page and you can
# turn it off once you are done with setup.
listen stats
    bind *:3833
    mode http
    stats enable
    stats uri /

# This section is to reload DNS Records
# Replace <DNS_SERVER_IP> and <DNS_SECONDARY_SERVER_IP> with your DNS Server IP addresses.
# For HAProxy 1.8 and newer
resolvers my-dns
    nameserver dns1 <DNS_SERVER_IP>:53
    nameserver dns2 <DNS_SECONDARY_SERVER_IP>:53
    resolve_retries 3
    timeout resolve 2s
    timeout retry 1s
    accepted_payload_size 8192
    hold valid 10s
    hold obsolete 60s

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending metrics (e.g. the value of "dd_url").
frontend metrics-forwarder
    bind *:3834
    mode http
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-metrics

    use_backend datadog-api if { path_beg -i  /api/v1/validate }
    use_backend datadog-flare if { path_beg -i  /support/flare/ }

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending traces (e.g. the value of "endpoint" in the APM
# configuration section).
frontend traces-forwarder
    bind *:3835
    mode tcp
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-traces

# This declares the endpoint where your agents connects for
# sending processes (e.g. the value of "url" in the process
# configuration section).
frontend processes-forwarder
    bind *:3836
    mode tcp
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-processes

# This declares the endpoint where your Agents connects for
# sending Logs (e.g the value of "logs.config.logs_dd_url")
# If sending logs with use_http: true
frontend logs_http_frontend
    bind *:3837
    mode http
    option tcplog
    default_backend datadog-logs-http

# This is the Datadog server. In effect any TCP request coming
# to the forwarder frontends defined above are proxied to
# Datadog's public endpoints.
backend datadog-metrics
    balance roundrobin
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-api
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 api.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership api.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-flare
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 flare.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership flare.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-traces
    balance roundrobin
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 trace.agent.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership trace.agent.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-processes
    balance roundrobin
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 process.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server mothership process.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

backend datadog-logs-http
    balance roundrobin
    # The following configuration is for HAProxy 1.8 and newer
    server-template mothership 5 agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.eu:443  check port 443 ssl verify none check resolvers my-dns init-addr none resolve-prefer ipv4
    # Uncomment the following configuration for older HAProxy versions
    # server datadog agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.eu:443 check port 443 ssl verify none

    Note: Download the certificate with the following command:

    • sudo apt-get install ca-certificates (Debian, Ubuntu)
    • yum install ca-certificates (CentOS, Redhat)

    The file might be located at /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt for CentOS, Redhat.

    HAProxy 1.8 and newer allow DNS service discovery to detect server changes and automatically apply them to your configuration. If you are using older version of HAProxy, you have to reload or restart HAProxy. It is recommended to have a cron job that reloads HAProxy every 10 minutes (usually doing something like service haproxy reload) to force a refresh of HAProxy’s DNS cache, in case app.datadoghq.eu fails over to another IP.

    Datadog Agent configuration

      Edit each Agent to point to HAProxy by setting its dd_url to the address of HAProxy (e.g. haproxy.example.com). This dd_url setting can be found in the datadog.yaml file.

      dd_url: http://haproxy.example.com:3834

      To send traces, processes and logs through the proxy, setup the following in the datadog.yaml file:

      apm_config:
    apm_dd_url: http://haproxy.example.com:3835

process_config:
    process_dd_url: http://haproxy.example.com:3836

logs_config:
    use_http: true
    logs_dd_url: http://haproxy.example.com:3837

      Then edit the datadog.yaml Agent configuration file and set skip_ssl_validation to true. This is needed to make the Agent ignore the discrepancy between the hostname on the SSL certificate (app.datadoghq.com or app.datadoghq.eu) and your HAProxy hostname:

      skip_ssl_validation: true

      Finally restart the Agent.

      To verify that everything is working properly, review the HAProxy statistics at http://haproxy.example.com:3833 as well as the Infrastructure Overview.

      Edit each Agent to point to HAProxy by setting its dd_url to the address of HAProxy (e.g. haproxy.example.com). This dd_url setting can be found in the datadog.conf file.

      dd_url: http://haproxy.example.com:3834

      To send traces or processes through the proxy, setup the following in the datadog.conf file:

      [trace.api]
endpoint = http://haproxy.example.com:3835

[process.api]
endpoint = http://haproxy.example.com:3836

      Edit your supervisor configuration to disable SSL certificate verification. This is needed to prevent Python from complaining about the discrepancy between the hostname on the SSL certificate (app.datadoghq.com) and your HAProxy hostname. The supervisor configuration found at:

      • /etc/dd-agent/supervisor_ddagent.conf on Debian-based systems
      • /etc/dd-agent/supervisor.conf on Red Hat-based systems
      • /opt/local/datadog/supervisord/supervisord.conf on SmartOS
      • /usr/local/etc/datadog/supervisord/supervisord.conf on FreeBSD
      • ~/.datadog-agent/supervisord/supervisord.conf on macOS

      Assuming that the supervisor file is found at <SUP_FILE>

      sed -i 's/ddagent.py/ddagent.py --sslcheck=0/' <SUP_FILE>

      For the Windows Agent, edit your configuration file datadog.conf and add this option:

      skip_ssl_validation: yes

      Finally restart the Agent.

      To verify that everything is working properly, review the HAProxy statistics at http://haproxy.example.com:3833 as well as the Infrastructure Overview.

      Using NGINX as a Proxy

      NGINX is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy, and HTTP cache. You can also use NGINX as a proxy for your Datadog Agents:

      agent ---> nginx ---> Datadog

      Proxy forwarding with NGINX

      NGINX configuration

      This example nginx.conf can be used to proxy Agent traffic to Datadog. The last server block in this configuration does TLS wrapping to ensure internal plaintext logs are encrypted between your proxy and Datadog’s log intake API endpoint:

      user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}
# HTTP Proxy for Datadog Agent
http {
    server {
        listen 3834; #listen for metrics
        access_log off;

        location /api/v1/validate {
            proxy_pass https://api.datadoghq.com:443/api/v1/validate;
        }
        location /support/flare/ {
            proxy_pass https://flare.datadoghq.com:443/support/flare/;
        }
        location / {
            proxy_pass https://haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.com:443/;
        }
    }
}
# TCP Proxy for Datadog Agent
stream {
    server {
        listen 3835; #listen for traces
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass trace.agent.datadoghq.com:443;
    }
    server {
        listen 3836; #listen for processes
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass process.datadoghq.com:443;
    }
    server {
        listen 3837; #listen for logs with use_http: true
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com:443;
    }
}
      user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}
# HTTP Proxy for Datadog Agent
http {
    server {
        listen 3834; #listen for metrics
        access_log off;

        location /api/v1/validate {
            proxy_pass https://api.datadoghq.eu:443/api/v1/validate;
        }
        location /support/flare/ {
            proxy_pass https://flare.datadoghq.eu:443/support/flare/;
        }
        location / {
            proxy_pass https://haproxy-app.agent.datadoghq.eu:443/;
        }
    }
}
# TCP Proxy for Datadog Agent
stream {
    server {
        listen 3835; #listen for traces
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass trace.agent.datadoghq.eu:443;
    }
    server {
        listen 3836; #listen for processes
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass process.datadoghq.eu:443;
    }
    server {
        listen 3837; #listen for logs with use_http: true
        proxy_ssl on;
        proxy_pass agent-http-intake.logs.datadoghq.eu:443;
    }
}

      Datadog Agent configuration

      To use the Datadog Agent v6/7.16+ as the logs collector, instruct the Agent to use the newly created proxy instead of establishing a connection directly with the logs intake by updating datadog.yaml:

      logs_config:
  logs_no_ssl: true
  logs_dd_url: "<PROXY_SERVER_DOMAIN>:3837"
  use_http: true

      When sending logs over TCP, refer to TCP Proxy for Logs page.

      Using the Agent as a Proxy

      This feature is only available for Agent v5

      It is recommended to use an actual proxy (a web proxy or HAProxy) to forward your traffic to Datadog, however if those options aren’t available to you, it is possible to configure an instance of Agent v5 to serve as a proxy.

      1. Designate one node running datadog-agent as the proxy. In this example assume that the proxy name is proxy-node. This node must be able to reach https://app.datadoghq.com.

      2. Verify SSL connectivity on proxy-node:

        curl -v https://app.datadoghq.com/account/login 2>&1 | grep "200 OK"

      3. Allow non-local traffic on proxy-node by changing the following line in datadog.conf. # non_local_traffic: no should read non_local_traffic: yes.

      4. Make sure proxy-node can be reached from the other nodes over port 17123. Start the Agent on the proxy-node and run on the other nodes:

        curl -v http://proxy-node:17123/status 2>&1 | grep "200 OK"

      5. Update non-proxy nodes to forward to proxy-node. Change the following line in datadog.conf from:

        dd_url: https://app.datadoghq.com to dd_url: http://proxy-node:17123

      6. Verify on the Infrastructure page that all nodes report data to Datadog.

      Further Reading

      Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

      Collect your logsDOCUMENTATION more more Collect your processesDOCUMENTATION more more Collect your tracesDOCUMENTATION more more
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