Overview

This quickstart covers the following:

1. Start CloudPrem locally using Docker.
2. Verify the cluster status.
3. Send a “Hello World” log.
4. View the log in the Datadog Log Explorer.

Prerequisites

• Ask for the CloudPrem Preview.
• Datadog API Key: Get your API key.
• Docker: Install Docker.

Step 1: Start CloudPrem

Run the following command in your terminal to start a local CloudPrem instance. Replace <YOUR_API_KEY> with your actual Datadog API Key.

export DD_API_KEY="<YOUR_API_KEY>"
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"

docker run -d \
  --name cloudprem \
  -v $(pwd)/qwdata:/quickwit/qwdata \
  -e DD_SITE=${DD_SITE} \
  -e DD_API_KEY=${DD_API_KEY} \
  -p 127.0.0.1:7280:7280 \
  datadog/cloudprem run

Step 2: Verify status in the CloudPrem console

In Datadog, go to the CloudPrem console and check that your cluster is connected. You should see the connected status.

In the CloudPrem console, you can edit the cluster metadata and rename your cluster to demo.

Step 3: Send a log

In your terminal, send a “Hello World” log entry directly to your local CloudPrem instance using the API:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:7280/api/v2/logs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
  -d '[
    {
      "message": "Hello world from CloudPrem",
      "level": "info",
      "service": "demo"
    }
  ]'

Step 4: Explore logs

1. Go to the Datadog Log Explorer.
2. On the left facet panel, select the checkbox for your index under CLOUDPREM INDEXES.
3. You should see your “Hello world from CloudPrem” log entry.

Next steps

With CloudPrem running, you can:

• Send logs with the Datadog Agent to automatically collect logs from your containers.
• Send logs with Observability Pipelines.