To get started, click the button below and fill in the form on Azure Portal. The Azure resources required to get activity logs streaming into your Datadog account will be deployed for you.

Alternatively, Datadog provides automated scripts you can use for sending Azure activity logs and Azure platform logs (including resource logs).

Azure activity logs

Follow these steps to run the script that creates and configures the Azure resources required to stream activity logs into your Datadog account. These resources include activity log diagnostic settings, Azure Functions, Event Hub namespaces, and Event Hubs.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your Cloud Shell.

2. Run the command below to download the automation script into your Cloud Shell environment.

(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-serverless-functions/master/azure/eventhub_log_forwarder/activity_logs_deploy.ps1", "activity_logs_deploy.ps1")

You can also view the contents of the script.

3. Invoke the script by running the command below, while replacing <API_KEY>, with your Datadog API token, and <SUBSCRIPTION_ID>, with your Azure Subscription ID. Add Optional Parameters to configure your deployment.

./activity_logs_deploy.ps1 -ApiKey <API_KEY> -SubscriptionId <SUBSCRIPTION_ID> 

Azure platform logs

To send Azure platform logs (including resource logs), you can deploy an Event Hub and log forwarder function pair. After deploying, create diagnostic settings for each of the log sources to stream logs to Datadog.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your Cloud Shell.

2. Run the Powershell command below to download the automation script into your Cloud Shell environment.

   (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-serverless-functions/master/azure/eventhub_log_forwarder/resource_deploy.ps1", "resource_deploy.ps1")

   

You can also view the contents of the script.

3. Invoke the script by running the Powershell command below, replacing <API_KEY>, with your Datadog API token, and <SUBSCRIPTION_ID>, with your Azure Subscription ID. You can also add other optional parameters to configure your deployment. See Optional Parameters.

   ./resource_deploy.ps1 -ApiKey <API_KEY> -SubscriptionId <SUBSCRIPTION_ID> 

   

4. Create diagnostic settings for all Azure resources sending logs to Datadog. Configure these diagnostic settings to stream to the Event Hub you just created.

All of the Azure resources deployed for the Platform Logs pipeline contain its ResourceGroup-Location appended to its default name. For example, datadog-eventhub-westus. However, you can alter this convention by overriding the parameter.

Note: Resources can only stream to Event Hubs in the same Azure region, so you need to replicate step 2 for each region you want to stream resource logs from.

Set up both activity and resource logs

To stream both activity logs and resource logs, run the first script including the optional parameter -ResourceGroupLocation <REGION>. Activity logs are a subscription-level source, so you can create your pipeline for them in any region. Once this is deployed, send resource logs through the same Event Hub by adding diagnostic settings on your resources in westus.

Note: This integration does not collect events.

Optional parameters

Note: Ensure that your custom resource names are unique when you customize the following parameters. Validate that the resource name does not already exist within your list of other Azure resources.

Installation errors? See [Automated log collection][1] for common error cases.

This section describes the manual setup process to forward your Azure logs to Datadog:

1. Create an Azure Event Hub.
2. Set up the Datadog-Azure function with an Event hub trigger to forward logs to Datadog.
3. Create diagnostic settings to forward your Azure Activity logs, resource logs, or both to your Event Hub.

The instructions below walk through a basic, initial setup using the Azure Portal. All of these steps can be performed with the CLI, Powershell, or resource templates by referring to the Azure documentation.

Create an Azure Event Hub

Create an Event Hubs namespace

If you already have an Event Hubs namespace configured with an Event Hub connection string, skip to Add an Event Hub to your Event Hubs namespace.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the Event Hubs overview and click Create.
2. Fill in the Project Details and Instance Details sections as desired.
   Note: If you plan to collect Azure resource logs, the Event Hub must be in the same Location as the resource you want to collect logs from. For activity logs or other account-wide log sources, you can choose any region.
3. Click Review + create to validate the resource. If validation is successful, click Create.

See the Azure Event Hubs Quickstart for additional information.

Add an Event Hub to your Event Hubs namespace

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your new or existing Event Hubs namespace.
2. Click + Event Hub.
3. Configure the Basics and Capture tabs as desired.
4. Click Review + create to validate the resource. If validation is successful, click Create.

Configure shared access

1. In the detail page of your Event Hub, click Shared access policies under the Settings tab to the left.
2. Click + Add.
3. Provide a policy name and select Listen.
4. Copy the Connection string-primary key value and keep it somewhere safe. This is needed to allow the Datadog-Azure function to communicate with the Event Hub.

Create the Datadog-Azure function

Create a function app

If you already have a function app configured with an Event Hub connection string, skip to Add a new function to your Function App using the Event Hub trigger template.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the Function App overview and click Create.
2. In the Instance Details section, configure the following settings: a. Select the Code radio button b. For Runtime stack, select Node.js c. For Version, select 18 LTS.
3. Configure other settings as desired.
4. Click Review + create to validate the resource. If validation is successful, click Create.

See Azure Event Hubs trigger for Azure Functions for more information.

Configure your function app with the Event Hub connection string

1. In the detail page of your function app, click Environment variables under the Settings tab to the left.
2. In the App settings tab, provide a name for the connection string.
3. Paste the value obtained earlier from the Configure shared access section.
4. Click Apply.

Note: If you don’t want to paste your Datadog API key value directly into the function’s code, create an additional environment variable for the Datadog API key value.

Add a new function to your Function App using the Event Hub trigger template

1. Select your new or existing function app from the Function App overview.
2. Under the Functions tab, click Create.
3. For the Development environment field, select Develop in portal.
4. Under Select a template, choose Azure Event Hub trigger.
5. Under Event Hub connection, select your namespace and Event Hub.
6. Click Create.

See Getting started with Azure functions for more information.

Point your Event Hub trigger to Datadog

1. On the detail page of your Event Hub trigger function, click Code + Test under the Developer side menu.
2. Add the Datadog-Azure Function code to the function’s index.js file.
3. Add your Datadog API key through a DD_API_KEY environment variable, or copy it into the function code by replacing <DATADOG_API_KEY> on line 21.
4. If you’re not using the Datadog US1 site, set your Datadog site with a DD_SITE environment variable under the configuration tab of your function app, or copy the site parameter into the function code on line 22.
5. Save the function.
6. Click Integration under the Developer side menu.
7. Click Azure Event Hubs under Trigger and inputs.
8. Confirm the following settings are in place:
   a. Event hub connection is set to the name of your connection string environment variable.
   b. Event parameter name is set to eventHubMessages.
   c. Event hub name is set to the name of your Event Hub.
   d. Event hub cardinality is set to Many.
   e. Event hub data type is left empty.
9. To validate your setup, click Code + Test under the Developer side menu.
10. Click Test/Run and enter a test message in valid JSON format.
11. Find your test message in the Datadog Log Explorer.

Create diagnostic settings

Activity logs

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the Activity log.
2. Click Export Activity Logs.
3. Click + Add diagnostic setting.
4. Under Categories, select the categories of logs you want to send to Datadog.
5. Under Destination details, select Stream to an event hub.
6. Set the Event hub namespace and Event hub name with the names of the Event Hub namespace and Event Hub name, respectively, that were used to create your Event Hub trigger.
7. For Event hub policy name, you can select RootManageSharedAccessKey if desired. Optionally, create your own shared access policy at the Event Hub namespace level:
   a. In the Event Hub namespace, click Shared access policies under the Settings tab to the left.
   b. Click + Add.
   c. Provide a policy name and select Send or Manage.
   d. Click Save.
   e. Return to the diagnostic setting page and select your shared access policy for the Event hub policy name field. You may need to refresh the page.
   Note: See Authorizing access to Event Hubs resources using Shared Access Signatures for more information.
8. Verify your setup is correct by checking the Datadog Log Explorer for your activity logs.

See Diagnostic settings in Azure monitor for more information.

Resource logs

Configure your Azure resources to forward their logs to the Event Hub with a diagnostic setting.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the resource that you want to forward logs to Datadog.
2. In the Monitoring section of the resource blade, click Diagnostic settings.
3. Click Add diagnostic setting.
4. Provide a name and select the sources of the data you want to forward..
5. Under Destination details, select Stream to an event hub.
6. Set the Event hub namespace and Event hub name with the names of the Event Hub namespace and Event Hub name, respectively, that were used to create your Event Hub trigger.
7. For Event hub policy name, you can select RootManageSharedAccessKey if desired. Optionally, create your own shared access policy at the Event Hub namespace level:
   a. In the Event Hub namespace, click Shared access policies under the Settings tab to the left.
   b. Click + Add.
   c. Provide a policy name and select Send or Manage.
   d. Click Save.
   e. Return to the diagnostic setting page and select your shared access policy for the Event hub policy name field. You may need to refresh the page.
   Note: See Authorizing access to Event Hubs resources using Shared Access Signatures for more information.
8. Click Save.
9. Verify your setup is correct by checking the Datadog Log Explorer for logs from this resource.

See Diagnostic settings in Azure monitor for more information.

Datadog recommends using the Event Hub setup for Azure log collection. However, you can also follow the steps in this section to forward all of your Azure App Services logs from Azure Blob Storage:

1. If you haven’t already set up Azure Blob Storage, use one of the following methods to get started:
   • Azure portal
   • Azure Storage Explorer
   • Azure CLI
   • Powershell
2. Set up the Datadog-Azure Function to forward logs from Blob Storage using the instructions below.
3. Configure your Azure App Services to forward their logs to Blob Storage.

Create a function app

If you already have a function app configured for this purpose, skip to Add a new function to your Function App using the Event Hub trigger template.

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the Function App overview and click Create.
2. In the Instance Details section, configure the following settings:
   a. Select the Code radio button
   b. For Runtime stack, select Node.js
   c. For Version, select 18 LTS.
   d. For Operating System, select Windows.
3. Configure other settings as desired.
4. Click Review + create to validate the resource. If validation is successful, click Create.

Add a new function to your Function App using the Azure Blob Storage trigger template

1. Select your new or existing function app from the Function App overview.
2. Under the Functions tab, click Create.
3. For the Development environment field, select Develop in portal.
4. Under Select a template, choose Azure Blob storage trigger.
5. Select your Storage account connection. Note: See Configure a connection string for an Azure storage account for more information.
6. Click Create.

See Getting started with Azure Functions for more information.

Point your Blob Storage trigger to Datadog

1. On the detail page of your Event Hub trigger function, click Code + Test under the Developer side menu.
2. Add the Datadog-Azure Function code to the function’s index.js file.
3. Add your Datadog API key with a DD_API_KEY environment variable, or copy it into the function code by replacing <DATADOG_API_KEY> on line 20.
4. If you’re not using the Datadog US1 site, set your Datadog site with a DD_SITE environment variable under the configuration tab of your function app, or copy the site parameter into the function code on line 21.
5. Save the function.
6. Click Integration under the Developer side menu.
7. Click Azure Blob Storage under Trigger and inputs.
8. Set the Blob Parameter Name to blobContent and click Save.
9. Verify your setup is correct by checking the Datadog Log Explorer for logs from this resource.