Datadog - Microsandbox

<Note> This recipe ships data emitted by [`msb-metrics`](/observability/msb-metrics). See the msb-metrics page for the flag reference, metric names, and deployment constraints. </Note>

The recommended path is to point msb-metrics at the Datadog Agent with OTLP ingestion enabled. The agent handles temporality conversion, metric translation, and shipping to Datadog's backend.

<Steps> <Step title="Enable OTLP on the Datadog Agent"> Edit `datadog.yaml` to enable the OTLP receiver on standard ports:

```yaml
otlp_config:
  receiver:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
      http:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
```

Restart the agent.

</Step> <Step title="Point msb-metrics at the agent"> ```sh msb-metrics otel --endpoint=http://localhost:4317 ``` </Step> <Step title="Verify"> Boot a sandbox and open Datadog → **Metrics → Explorer**. Query `microsandbox.cpu.utilization`. Sandbox identity (`sandbox.name`, `sandbox.id`) and any resource attributes (`service.name`, etc.) appear as tags. </Step> </Steps>

Direct OTLP intake

Datadog also exposes a direct OTLP HTTP intake at https://otlp.datadoghq.com/v1/metrics (region-specific) that avoids the agent. It expects delta temporality for metrics, while msb-metrics emits cumulative values, so direct intake needs a temporality conversion step.

If you need direct intake, put an otel-collector with the cumulativetodelta processor between msb-metrics and Datadog. Otherwise, stick with the agent path above, which converts temporality for you.