Datadog with YAML

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YAML parameters for Datadog

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List with common parameters for all Buddy actions

Name	Type	Description
action `Required`	String	The name of the action.
type `Required`	String	The type of the action. Should be set to `DATADOG`.
integration `Required`	String	The ID of the integration.
alert_type `Required`	String	The type of the alert. Can be one of `SUCCESS`, `WARNING` or `ERROR`.
title	String	The title of the posted event.
content	String	The content of the posted event.
aggregation_key	String	An arbitrary string to use for aggregation, max length of 100 characters. If you specify a key, all events using that key will be grouped together in the Event Stream.
host	String	The Host name to associate with the event. Any tags associated with the host will also be applied to this event.
tags	String[]	The list of tags to apply to the event.
region	String	The Datadog region. Can be one of `US1`, `US3`, `US5`, `EU1`, `AP1`, `US1_FED`. If not set, the default is `US1`.

YAML example for Datadog

yaml
actions:
- action: "Datadog Action"
  type: "DATADOG"
  trigger_time: "ON_EVERY_EXECUTION"
  host: "$host"
  title: "Something big happened!"
  content: "And let me tell you all about it here!"
  tags:
  - "version:1"
  - "application:web"
  region: "EU1"
  integration: "my_integration"
  alert_type: "warning"
  variables:
  - key: "host"
    value: "linux"

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