---
title: Create a monitor configuration policy
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Monitors
---

# Create a monitor configuration policy{% #create-a-monitor-configuration-policy %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                             |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/monitor/policy      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/monitor/policy      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/monitor/policy  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy |

### Overview

Create a monitor configuration policy. This endpoint requires the `monitor_config_policy_write` permission.

### Request

#### Body Data (required)

Create a monitor configuration policy request body.

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| Parent field | Field                              | Type          | Description                                                                              |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data [*required*]             | object        | A monitor configuration policy data.                                                     |
| data         | attributes [*required*]       | object        | Policy and policy type for a monitor configuration policy.                               |
| attributes   | policy [*required*]           |  <oneOf> | Configuration for the policy.                                                            |
| policy       | Option 1                           | object        | Tag attributes of a monitor configuration policy.                                        |
| Option 1     | tag_key [*required*]          | string        | The key of the tag.                                                                      |
| Option 1     | tag_key_required [*required*] | boolean       | If a tag key is required for monitor creation.                                           |
| Option 1     | valid_tag_values [*required*] | [string]      | Valid values for the tag.                                                                |
| attributes   | policy_type [*required*]      | enum          | The monitor configuration policy type. Allowed enum values: `tag`                        |
| data         | type [*required*]             | enum          | Monitor configuration policy resource type. Allowed enum values: `monitor-config-policy` |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "policy_type": "tag",
      "policy": {
        "tag_key": "examplemonitor",
        "tag_key_required": false,
        "valid_tag_values": [
          "prod",
          "staging"
        ]
      }
    },
    "type": "monitor-config-policy"
  }
}
```

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### Response

{% tab title="200" %}
OK
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Response for retrieving a monitor configuration policy.

| Parent field | Field            | Type          | Description                                                                              |
| ------------ | ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data             | object        | A monitor configuration policy data.                                                     |
| data         | attributes       | object        | Policy and policy type for a monitor configuration policy.                               |
| attributes   | policy           |  <oneOf> | Configuration for the policy.                                                            |
| policy       | Option 1         | object        | Tag attributes of a monitor configuration policy.                                        |
| Option 1     | tag_key          | string        | The key of the tag.                                                                      |
| Option 1     | tag_key_required | boolean       | If a tag key is required for monitor creation.                                           |
| Option 1     | valid_tag_values | [string]      | Valid values for the tag.                                                                |
| attributes   | policy_type      | enum          | The monitor configuration policy type. Allowed enum values: `tag`                        |
| data         | id               | string        | ID of this monitor configuration policy.                                                 |
| data         | type             | enum          | Monitor configuration policy resource type. Allowed enum values: `monitor-config-policy` |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "policy": {
        "tag_key": "datacenter",
        "tag_key_required": true,
        "valid_tag_values": [
          "prod",
          "staging"
        ]
      },
      "policy_type": "tag"
    },
    "id": "00000000-0000-1234-0000-000000000000",
    "type": "monitor-config-policy"
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="400" %}
Bad Request
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="403" %}
Forbidden
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="429" %}
Too many requests
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                          \## default
# 
 \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/policy" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "policy": {
        "tag_key": "datacenter",
        "tag_key_required": true,
        "valid_tag_values": [
          "prod",
          "staging"
        ]
      },
      "policy_type": "tag"
    },
    "type": "monitor-config-policy"
  }
}
EOF 
                        
##### 

```go
// Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	body := datadogV2.MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest{
				PolicyType: datadogV2.MONITORCONFIGPOLICYTYPE_TAG,
				Policy: datadogV2.MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest{
					MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest: &datadogV2.MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest{
						TagKey:         "examplemonitor",
						TagKeyRequired: false,
						ValidTagValues: []string{
							"prod",
							"staging",
						},
					}},
			},
			Type: datadogV2.MONITORCONFIGPOLICYRESOURCETYPE_MONITOR_CONFIG_POLICY,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewMonitorsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.CreateMonitorConfigPolicy(ctx, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `MonitorsApi.CreateMonitorConfigPolicy`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `MonitorsApi.CreateMonitorConfigPolicy`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.MonitorsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorConfigPolicyType;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    MonitorsApi apiInstance = new MonitorsApi(defaultClient);

    MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest body =
        new MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest()
            .data(
                new MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData()
                    .attributes(
                        new MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest()
                            .policyType(MonitorConfigPolicyType.TAG)
                            .policy(
                                new MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest(
                                    new MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest()
                                        .tagKey("examplemonitor")
                                        .tagKeyRequired(false)
                                        .validTagValues(Arrays.asList("prod", "staging")))))
                    .type(MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType.MONITOR_CONFIG_POLICY));

    try {
      MonitorConfigPolicyResponse result = apiInstance.createMonitorConfigPolicy(body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling MonitorsApi#createMonitorConfigPolicy");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```python
"""
Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.monitors_api import MonitorsApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_attribute_create_request import (
    MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_create_data import MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_create_request import MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_resource_type import MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_tag_policy_create_request import (
    MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.monitor_config_policy_type import MonitorConfigPolicyType

body = MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest(
    data=MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData(
        attributes=MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest(
            policy_type=MonitorConfigPolicyType.TAG,
            policy=MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest(
                tag_key="examplemonitor",
                tag_key_required=False,
                valid_tag_values=[
                    "prod",
                    "staging",
                ],
            ),
        ),
        type=MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType.MONITOR_CONFIG_POLICY,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = MonitorsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.create_monitor_config_policy(body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorsAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest.new({
      policy_type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyType::TAG,
      policy: DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest.new({
        tag_key: "examplemonitor",
        tag_key_required: false,
        valid_tag_values: [
          "prod",
          "staging",
        ],
      }),
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType::MONITOR_CONFIG_POLICY,
  }),
})
p api_instance.create_monitor_config_policy(body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```rust
// Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_monitors::MonitorsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::MonitorConfigPolicyType;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body = MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest::new(MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData::new(
        MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest::new(
            MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest::MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest(
                Box::new(MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest::new(
                    "examplemonitor".to_string(),
                    false,
                    vec!["prod".to_string(), "staging".to_string()],
                )),
            ),
            MonitorConfigPolicyType::TAG,
        ),
        MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType::MONITOR_CONFIG_POLICY,
    ));
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = MonitorsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.create_monitor_config_policy(body).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Create a monitor configuration policy returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.MonitorsApi(configuration);

const params: v2.MonitorsApiCreateMonitorConfigPolicyRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        policyType: "tag",
        policy: {
          tagKey: "examplemonitor",
          tagKeyRequired: false,
          validTagValues: ["prod", "staging"],
        },
      },
      type: "monitor-config-policy",
    },
  },
};

apiInstance
  .createMonitorConfigPolicy(params)
  .then((data: v2.MonitorConfigPolicyResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
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