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title: "Connecting Datadog"
description: "Connect Datadog so Indent can pull logs, metrics, traces, and monitors during investigations."
---

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# Connecting Datadog

Datadog gives Indent live production context, so it can
[investigate incidents](/working-with-indent/investigating-incidents) without you copying from
another tab.

## Connect Datadog

1. **Find Datadog**

   Open [**Settings → Integrations**](https://app.indent.com/settings/integrations) and find Datadog.
2. **Choose your site**

   Choose your Datadog site: US1, US3, US5, EU1, AP1, or AP2.
3. **Authenticate**

   Datadog connects through its hosted MCP server, with three options:

- **OAuth** — the default. You're redirected to Datadog to authorize access.
- **Access token** — a personal or service access token.
- **API and application keys** — set your `DD_API_KEY` and `DD_APPLICATION_KEY`. This option is organization-only.

Datadog connects at organization or personal scope, except the API-and-application-keys option,
which is organization-only. See [Connecting MCP servers](/connecting/mcp-servers) for how scopes
work.

Source: https://docs.indent.com/connecting/datadog/index.mdx