Amazon PrivateLink

Overview

AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and your on-premises networks.

Enable this integration to monitor the health and performance of your VPC endpoints or endpoint services with Datadog.

Important: If you would like to send telemetry data to Datadog through PrivateLink, follow these instructions.

Setup

Installation

If you haven’t already, set up the Amazon Web Services integration first.

Metric collection

  1. In the AWS integration page, ensure that PrivateLinkEndPoints and PrivateLinkServices are enabled under the Metric Collection tab.
  2. Install the Datadog - AWS PrivateLink integration.

Data Collected

Metrics

aws.privatelinkendpoints.active_connections
(gauge)
The number of concurrent active connections. This includes connections in the SYN_SENT and ESTABLISHED states.
aws.privatelinkendpoints.bytes_processed
(count)
The number of bytes exchanged between endpoints and endpoint services aggregated in both directions.
aws.privatelinkendpoints.new_connections
(count)
The number of new connections established through the endpoint.
aws.privatelinkendpoints.packets_dropped
(count)
The number of packets dropped by the endpoint.
aws.privatelinkendpoints.rst_packets_received
(count)
The number of RST packets received by the endpoint.
aws.privatelinkservices.active_connections
(gauge)
The number of active connections from clients to targets through the endpoints.
aws.privatelinkservices.bytes_processed
(count)
The number of bytes exchanged between endpoint services and endpoints in both directions.
aws.privatelinkservices.endpoints_count
(gauge)
The number of endpoints connected to the endpoint service.
aws.privatelinkservices.new_connections
(count)
The number of new connections established from clients to targets through the endpoints.
aws.privatelinkservices.rst_packets_sent
(count)
The number of RST packets sent to endpoints by the endpoint service.

Events

The AWS PrivateLink integration does not include any events.

Service Checks

The AWS PrivateLink integration does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.

Further reading

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