Camunda 7 + Datadog Integration (Windows)

 🎯 Objective

Integrate Camunda 7 Run with Datadog for:

• Log monitoring
• Application performance monitoring (APM)

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🧩 Architecture Overview

Camunda Run → Log File → Datadog Agent → Datadog UI
Camunda Run → Java Agent (APM) → Datadog APM

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✅ Step 1: Create Datadog Account

• Sign up at: https://app.datadoghq.com
• Copy API Key

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✅ Step 2: Install Datadog Agent (Windows)

Option: Using MSI Installer

1. Download:

   datadog-agent-7-latest.amd64.msi
   

2. Run installer:
   • Enter API Key
   • Select site: datadoghq.com

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✅ Step 3: Verify Installation

Run:

& "C:\Program Files\Datadog\Datadog Agent\bin\agent.exe" status

Expected:

Agent running

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✅ Step 4: Enable Logs + APM

Open:

C:\ProgramData\Datadog\datadog.yaml

Update:

logs_enabled: true

apm_config:
  enabled: true

Restart Agent:

Stop-Service datadogagent -Force
Start-Service datadogagent

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✅ Step 5: Configure Camunda Logging

📁 Create local log directory

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\camunda-logs" -Force

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⚙️ Update Camunda config

File:

camunda-bpm-run-7.23.0\configuration\default.yml

Add:

logging:
  file:
    name: C:/camunda-logs/camunda-run.log
  level:
    root: INFO
    org.camunda.bpm: INFO

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🔄 Restart Camunda

start.bat

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🔍 Verify logs

Get-Content "C:\camunda-logs\camunda-run.log" -Tail 20

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✅ Step 6: Configure Datadog Log Collection

📁 Create config directory

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\ProgramData\Datadog\conf.d\camunda.d" -Force

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📄 Create config file

notepad "C:\ProgramData\Datadog\conf.d\camunda.d\conf.yaml"

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✏️ Add configuration

logs:
  - type: file
    path: C:\camunda-logs\camunda-run.log
    service: camunda7
    source: java
    tags:
      - env:local
      - app:camunda

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🔄 Restart Datadog Agent

Stop-Service datadogagent -Force
Start-Service datadogagent

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✅ Step 7: Verify Logs in Datadog

• Go to Logs → Explorer
• Search:

service:camunda7

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✅ Step 8: Setup Java APM (Tracing)

📥 Download Datadog Java Agent

https://dtdg.co/latest-java-tracer

Place at:

C:\datadog\dd-java-agent.jar

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⚙️ Update Camunda start.bat

Add:

set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -javaagent:C:\datadog\dd-java-agent.jar -Ddd.service=camunda7 -Ddd.env=local -Ddd.version=1.0 -Ddd.logs.injection=true -Ddd.trace.enabled=true

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🔄 Restart Camunda

start.bat

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✅ Step 9: Verify APM

• Go to APM → Services
• Look for:

camunda7

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🎯 Final Outcome

You now have:

✅ Camunda logs in Datadog
✅ Real-time monitoring
✅ APM tracing for performance
✅ End-to-end observability

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