Cloudsmith is happy to announce an integration with Datadog to help our customers monitor their Cloudsmith account.

Datadog is an observability service for cloud-scale apps, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services through a SaaS based data analytics platform. At Cloudsmith we are big fans of Datadog and use it to monitor and visualize how our system is performing across a range of services and tools.

The Datadog Cloudsmith Integration, allows users to monitor their storage, bandwidth, and token usage in Datadog. This metric data is crucial in monitoring your consumption and mitigating against getting an unexpected overage bill- the Datadog Cloudsmith integration is another way for you and your team to monitor this.

Metrics Available

The following metrics will be tracked by the Datadog Cloudsmith integration:

Metric Name

Metric Type

Description

cloudsmith.storage_used

percent

The percentage of storage used

cloudsmith.bandwidth_used

percent

The percentage of bandwidth used

cloudsmith.token_count

item

The number of tokens in an Organization

cloudsmith.token_bandwidth_total

byte

The total bandwidth used by tokens

cloudsmith.token_download_total

item

The total downloads used by tokens

Install Cloudsmith Datadog Integration

The Cloudsmith check is a Community Integration- follow these steps to install and configure your Cloudsmith integration.

Datadog Agent

First things first you need to install the Datadog Agent.

The Datadog Agent is software that runs on your hosts. It collects events and metrics from hosts and sends them to Datadog, where you can analyze your monitoring and performance data. To install the datadog agent, follow the steps here.

Cloudsmith Datadog Integration Installation

The Cloudsmith check is a Community Integration and is not included in the Datadog Agent package, so you need to install it.

For Agent v7.21+ / v6.21+, follow the instructions below to install the Cloudsmith check on your host. Run the following command to install the Cloudsmith Agent integration:

datadog-agent integration install -t datadog-cloudsmith==<INTEGRATION_VERSION>

Configuration

Configure your integration similar to core integrations. The Cloudsmith integration has 3 configuration values:

Config Name

Config Description

url

This is the url to the Cloudsmith API and will not change (https://api.cloudsmith.io/v1)

cloudsmith_api_key

Your Cloudsmith API key

organization

The Organization that you are monitoring

Follow these steps to configure your Cloudsmith integration:

2. Restart the Agent

Validation

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for cloudsmith under the Checks section.

View your Cloudsmith Dashboard in Datadog

Datadog dashboards enable you to efficiently monitor your infrastructure and integrations by displaying and tracking key metrics. Once the Agent is installed with the Cloudsmith check, you can use the metrics in any datadog dashboard.

To make life easier for you, the Cloudsmith Datadog Integration comes with it’s own dashboard allowing you to monitor your Cloudsmith accounts storage, bandwidth, and token usage.

Install the Datadog Integration

Log into Datadog and from the side bar select Integrations->integrations and select the Cloudsmith integration.

Open the Configuration tab and select Install Integration.

The Cloudsmith Dashboard can be viewed by following these instructions:

Select your installed Cloudsmith dashboard- it will be listed as Cloudsmith Overview.

The dashboard above tracks tokens and consumption usage in an Organization:

To Sum it Up

The Datadog Cloudsmith Integration is a simple and effective visualisation tool for monitoring your token, storage and bandwidth usage- never be surprised by an unexpected overage and give yourself time to change your settings before you reach your limit. If you identify a limit that is approaching a threshold, then you can quickly and easily adjust your limits at anytime within the Cloudsmith UI.

If you already use Datadog to monitor your tools and services, this tool is for you!