Kong

Host

To configure this check for an Agent running on a host:

Metric collection

1. Add this configuration block to your kong.d/conf.yaml file in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory to start gathering your Kong Metrics. See the sample kong.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

   init_config:
   
   instances:
     ## @param kong_status_url - string - required
     ## URL where Kong exposes its status.
     #
     - kong_status_url: http://localhost:8001/status/
   

   Alternatively, on Agent 7+ a more modern implementation can be used:

   init_config:
   
   instances:
     ## @param openmetrics_endpoint - string - required
     ## The URL exposing metrics in the OpenMetrics format.
     #
     - openmetrics_endpoint: http://localhost:8001/metrics
   

2. Restart the Agent.

Log collection

Available for Agent versions >6.0

Kong access logs are generated by NGINX, so the default location is the same as for NGINX files.

1. Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent, enable it in your datadog.yaml file:

   logs_enabled: true
   

2. Add this configuration block to your kong.d/conf.yaml file to start collecting your Kong Logs:

   logs:
     - type: file
       path: /var/log/nginx/access.log
       service: '<SERVICE>'
       source: kong
   
     - type: file
       path: /var/log/nginx/error.log
       service: '<SERVICE>'
       source: kong
   

   Change the path and service parameter values and configure them for your environment. See the sample kong.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

3. Restart the Agent.

Containerized

For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying the parameters below.

Metric collection

Log collection

Available for Agent versions >6.0

Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent. To enable it, see Kubernetes log collection documentation.