Chainguard Container for dogstatsd

Standalone DogStatsD image for custom metrics collection

Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.

Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/dogstatsd:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

Chaingaurd's DogStatsD container image is comparable to the DogStatsD image maintained by Datadog. Like most other Chainguard container images, the DogStatsD image contains only the dependencies it needs to function, and doesn't run as root or include things like a package manager.

Getting started

You can deploy a standalone DogStatsD instance that connects to Datadog using a daemonset like the following:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: dogstatsd
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: dogstatsd
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: dogstatsd
      name: dogstatsd
    spec:
      containers:
      - image: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/dogstatsd:latest
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        name: dogstatsd
        env:
          - name: DD_API_KEY
            value: ___value___
          - name: DD_DOGSTATSD_SOCKET
            value: "/socket/statsd.socket"
          - name: DD_ENABLE_METADATA_COLLECTION
            value: "false"
          - name: DD_HOSTNAME
            valueFrom:
              fieldRef:
                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
        volumeMounts:
          - name: dsdsocket
            mountPath: /socket
      volumes:
        - hostPath:
            path: /var/run/dogstatsd
          name: dsdsocket

You will need to set env variables like DD_API_KEY and DD_DD_URL (for the Datadog intake URL). You can refer to the DogStatsD documentation for more information.

NOTE: If you face issues connecting to kubelet, you will need the right RBAC permissions along with this env:

- name: DD_KUBERNETES_KUBELET_HOST
  valueFrom:
    fieldRef:
      fieldPath: status.hostIP

Documentation and resources

• Upstream Documentation

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