Docker Scout metrics exporter — Datadog sample project
If you don't have a Datadog server set up, you can run a sample project using Docker Compose.
Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).
If you don't have a Datadog server set up, you can run a sample project using Docker Compose. The sample includes a Datadog agent, running as a container, that scrapes metrics for a Docker organization enrolled in Docker Scout. This sample project assumes that you have a Datadog account, an API key, and a Datadog site.
Clone the starter template for bootstrapping a Datadog Compose service for scraping the Docker Scout metrics endpoint
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ git clone git@github.com:dockersamples/scout-metrics-exporter.git
$ cd scout-metrics-exporter/datadog
```
Create a Docker access token and store it in a plain text file at /datadog/token under the template directory.
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```plaintexttitletoken
$ echo $DOCKER_PAT > ./token
```
In the /datadog/compose.yaml file, update the DD_API_KEY and DD_SITE environment variables with the values for your Datadog deployment.
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yamlhl_lines5-6
datadog-agent:
container_name: datadog-agent
image: gcr.io/datadoghq/agent:7
environment:
- DD_API_KEY=${DD_API_KEY} # e.g. 1b6b3a42...
- DD_SITE=${DD_SITE} # e.g. datadoghq.com
- DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
- ./conf.yaml:/etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/openmetrics.d/conf.yaml:ro
- ./token:/var/run/secrets/scout-metrics-exporter/token:ro
```
The volumes section mounts the Docker socket from the host to the container. This is required to obtain an accurate hostname when running as a container (more details here).
It also mounts the agent's config file and the Docker access token.
Edit the /datadog/config.yaml file by replacing the placeholder in the openmetrics_endpoint property with the namespace of the Docker organization that you want to collect metrics for.
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yamlhl_lines2
instances:
- openmetrics_endpoint: "https://api.scout.docker.com/v1/exporter/org/<<ORG>>/metrics"
namespace: "scout-metrics-exporter"
# ...
```
Start the Compose services. …
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