---
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title: DataDog Agent setup
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---
Datadog Agent doesn't support custom path prefix, so for this reason it's required to use [VMAuth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) or any other
reverse proxy to append `/insert/datadog` path prefix to all Datadog API logs requests.

In case of [VMAuth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) your config should look like:

```yaml
unauthorized_user:
  url_map:
    - src_paths:
        - "/api/v2/logs"
      url_prefix: "`<victoria-logs-base-url>`/insert/datadog/"
```

To start ingesting logs from DataDog agent please specify a custom URL instead of default one for sending collected logs to [VictoriaLogs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/):

```yaml
logs_enabled: true
logs_config:
  logs_dd_url: `<vmauth-base-url>`
  use_http: true
```

While using [Serverless DataDog plugin](https://github.com/DataDog/serverless-plugin-datadog) please set VictoriaLogs endpoint using `LOGS_DD_URL` environment variable:

```yaml
custom:
  datadog:
    apiKey: fakekey                 # Set any key, otherwise plugin fails
provider:
  environment:
    LOGS_DD_URL: `<vmauth-base-url>`/   # VictoriaLogs endpoint for DataDog
```

Substitute the `<vmauth-base-url>` address with the real address of VMAuth proxy.

See also:

- [Data ingestion troubleshooting](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/#troubleshooting).
- [How to query VictoriaLogs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/).
- [Docker-compose demo for Datadog integration with VictoriaLogs](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog).