--- title: Create a critical asset description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Security Monitoring --- # Create a critical asset{% #create-a-critical-asset %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets | ### Overview Create a new critical asset. OAuth apps require the `security_monitoring_critical_assets_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#security-monitoring) to access this endpoint. ### Request #### Body Data (required) The definition of the new critical asset. {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Object for a single critical asset. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Object containing the attributes of the critical asset to be created. | | attributes | enabled | boolean | Whether the critical asset is enabled. Defaults to `true` if not specified. | | attributes | query [*required*] | string | The query for the critical asset. It uses the same syntax as the queries to search signals in the Signals Explorer. | | attributes | rule_query [*required*] | string | The rule query of the critical asset, with the same syntax as the search bar for detection rules. This determines which rules this critical asset will apply to. | | attributes | severity [*required*] | enum | Severity associated with this critical asset. Either an explicit severity can be set, or the severity can be increased or decreased, or the severity can be left unchanged (no-op). Allowed enum values: `info,low,medium,high,critical,increase,decrease,no-op` | | attributes | tags | [string] | List of tags associated with the critical asset. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | The type of the resource. The value should always be `critical_assets`. Allowed enum values: `critical_assets` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "type": "critical_assets", "attributes": { "query": "host:examplesecuritymonitoring", "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", "severity": "decrease", "tags": [ "team:security", "env:test" ] } } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="200" %} OK {% tab title="Model" %} Response object containing a single critical asset. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data | object | The critical asset's properties. | | data | attributes | object | The attributes of the critical asset. | | attributes | creation_author_id | int64 | ID of user who created the critical asset. | | attributes | creation_date | int64 | A Unix millisecond timestamp given the creation date of the critical asset. | | attributes | creator | object | A user. | | creator | handle | string | The handle of the user. | | creator | name | string | The name of the user. | | attributes | enabled | boolean | Whether the critical asset is enabled. | | attributes | query | string | The query for the critical asset. It uses the same syntax as the queries to search signals in the Signals Explorer. | | attributes | rule_query | string | The rule query of the critical asset, with the same syntax as the search bar for detection rules. This determines which rules this critical asset will apply to. | | attributes | severity | enum | Severity associated with this critical asset. Either an explicit severity can be set, or the severity can be increased or decreased, or the severity can be left unchanged (no-op). Allowed enum values: `info,low,medium,high,critical,increase,decrease,no-op` | | attributes | tags | [string] | List of tags associated with the critical asset. | | attributes | update_author_id | int64 | ID of user who updated the critical asset. | | attributes | update_date | int64 | A Unix millisecond timestamp given the update date of the critical asset. | | attributes | updater | object | A user. | | updater | handle | string | The handle of the user. | | updater | name | string | The name of the user. | | attributes | version | int32 | The version of the critical asset; it starts at 1, and is incremented at each update. | | data | id | string | The ID of the critical asset. | | data | type | enum | The type of the resource. The value should always be `critical_assets`. Allowed enum values: `critical_assets` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "creation_author_id": 367742, "creation_date": "integer", "creator": { "handle": "john.doe@datadoghq.com", "name": "John Doe" }, "enabled": true, "query": "security:monitoring", "rule_query": "type:log_detection source:cloudtrail", "severity": "increase", "tags": [ "team:database", "source:cloudtrail" ], "update_author_id": 367743, "update_date": "integer", "updater": { "handle": "john.doe@datadoghq.com", "name": "John Doe" }, "version": 2 }, "id": "4e2435a5-6670-4b8f-baff-46083cd1c250", "type": "critical_assets" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Bad Request {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="403" %} Not Authorized {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="409" %} Conflict {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \ -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": { "enabled": true, "query": "security:monitoring", "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", "severity": "increase", "tags": [ "team:database", "source:cloudtrail" ] }, "type": "critical_assets" } } EOF ##### ```go // Create a critical asset 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.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest{ Data: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData{ Type: datadogV2.SECURITYMONITORINGCRITICALASSETTYPE_CRITICAL_ASSETS, Attributes: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes{ Query: "host:examplesecuritymonitoring", RuleQuery: "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", Severity: datadogV2.SECURITYMONITORINGCRITICALASSETSEVERITY_DECREASE, Tags: []string{ "team:security", "env:test", }, }, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewSecurityMonitoringApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.CreateSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset(ctx, body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SecurityMonitoringApi.CreateSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SecurityMonitoringApi.CreateSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset`:\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="" DD_APP_KEY="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Create a critical asset returns "OK" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.SecurityMonitoringApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType; import java.util.Arrays; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); SecurityMonitoringApi apiInstance = new SecurityMonitoringApi(defaultClient); SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest body = new SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest() .data( new SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData() .type(SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType.CRITICAL_ASSETS) .attributes( new SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes() .query("host:examplesecuritymonitoring") .ruleQuery( "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR" + " application_security) source:cloudtrail") .severity(SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity.DECREASE) .tags(Arrays.asList("team:security", "env:test")))); try { SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetResponse result = apiInstance.createSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset(body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println( "Exception when calling SecurityMonitoringApi#createSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset"); 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="" DD_APP_KEY="" java "Example.java" ##### ```python """ Create a critical asset returns "OK" response """ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.security_monitoring_api import SecurityMonitoringApi from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_critical_asset_create_attributes import ( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_critical_asset_create_data import ( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_critical_asset_create_request import ( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_critical_asset_severity import ( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_critical_asset_type import SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType body = SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest( data=SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData( type=SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType.CRITICAL_ASSETS, attributes=SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes( query="host:examplesecuritymonitoring", rule_query="type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", severity=SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity.DECREASE, tags=[ "team:security", "env:test", ], ), ), ) configuration = Configuration() with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = SecurityMonitoringApi(api_client) response = api_instance.create_security_monitoring_critical_asset(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="" DD_APP_KEY="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Create a critical asset returns "OK" response require "datadog_api_client" api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringAPI.new body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData.new({ type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType::CRITICAL_ASSETS, attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes.new({ query: "host:examplesecuritymonitoring", rule_query: "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", severity: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity::DECREASE, tags: [ "team:security", "env:test", ], }), }), }) p api_instance.create_security_monitoring_critical_asset(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="" DD_APP_KEY="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```rust // Create a critical asset returns "OK" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_security_monitoring::SecurityMonitoringAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let body = SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateRequest::new( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateData::new( SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetCreateAttributes::new( "host:examplesecuritymonitoring".to_string(), "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail".to_string(), SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetSeverity::DECREASE, ).tags(vec!["team:security".to_string(), "env:test".to_string()]), SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetType::CRITICAL_ASSETS, ), ); let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); let api = SecurityMonitoringAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.create_security_monitoring_critical_asset(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="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ##### ```typescript /** * Create a critical asset returns "OK" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); const apiInstance = new v2.SecurityMonitoringApi(configuration); const params: v2.SecurityMonitoringApiCreateSecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetRequest = { body: { data: { type: "critical_assets", attributes: { query: "host:examplesecuritymonitoring", ruleQuery: "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail", severity: "decrease", tags: ["team:security", "env:test"], }, }, }, }; apiInstance .createSecurityMonitoringCriticalAsset(params) .then((data: v2.SecurityMonitoringCriticalAssetResponse) => { 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="" DD_APP_KEY="" tsc "example.ts" {% /tab %}