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Terraform module to provision all the necessary infrastructure to deploy Datadog Lambda forwarders

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Usage

For a complete example, see examples/complete.

For automated tests of the complete example using bats and Terratest (which tests and deploys the example on AWS), see test.

To enable Datadog forwarder for RDS Enhanced monitoring:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_rds_enabled = true
}

To enable Datadog forwarder for a CloudTrail S3 bucket:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_log_enabled = true
  s3_buckets            = ["cloudtrail-audit-bucket"]
  s3_bucket_kms_arns    = ["arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:1234567890:key/b204f3d2-1111-2222-94333332-4444ccc222"]
}

To enable Datadog forwarder for a S3 bucket with prefix:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_log_enabled = true
  s3_buckets_with_prefixes = {
    MyBucketWithPrefix = {bucket_name = "my-bucket-with-prefix", bucket_prefix = "events/"}
    AnotherWithPrefix  = {bucket_name = "another-with-prefix", bucket_prefix = "records/"}
  }
  s3_bucket_kms_arns       = ["arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:1234567890:key/b204f3d2-1111-2222-94333332-4444ccc222"]
}

To enable Datadog forwarder for RDS authentication CloudWatch logs:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_log_enabled = true
  cloudwatch_forwarder_log_groups = {
    postgres = {
      name           = "/aws/rds/cluster/pg-main/postgresql"
      filter_pattern = ""
    }
  }
}

To enable Datadog forwarder for VPC Flow Logs CloudWatch logs:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_vpc_logs_enabled   = true
  vpclogs_cloudwatch_log_group = "/aws/vpc/flowlogs/vpc1"
}

To use a local copy of the lambda code you can specify the artifact url:

module "datadog_lambda_forwarder" {
  source = "cloudposse/datadog-lambda-forwarder/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"

  forwarder_rds_enabled      = true
  forwarder_rds_artifact_url = file("${path.module}/function.zip")
}

Important

In Cloud Posse's examples, we avoid pinning modules to specific versions to prevent discrepancies between the documentation and the latest released versions. However, for your own projects, we strongly advise pinning each module to the exact version you're using. This practice ensures the stability of your infrastructure. Additionally, we recommend implementing a systematic approach for updating versions to avoid unexpected changes.

Examples

Here is an example of using this module:

Makefile Targets

Available targets:

  help                                Help screen
  help/all                            Display help for all targets
  help/short                          This help short screen
  lint                                Lint terraform code

Requirements

Name Version
terraform >= 1.3.0
archive >= 2.2.0
aws >= 3.0

Providers

Name Version
archive >= 2.2.0
aws >= 3.0

Modules

Name Source Version
cloudwatch_event cloudposse/cloudwatch-events/aws 0.6.1
forwarder_log_artifact cloudposse/module-artifact/external 0.8.0
forwarder_log_label cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
forwarder_log_s3_label cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
forwarder_rds_artifact cloudposse/module-artifact/external 0.8.0
forwarder_rds_label cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
forwarder_vpclogs_artifact cloudposse/module-artifact/external 0.8.0
forwarder_vpclogs_label cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0
tags_cache_s3_bucket cloudposse/s3-bucket/aws 4.2.0
this cloudposse/label/null 0.25.0

Resources

Name Type
aws_cloudwatch_log_group.forwarder_log resource
aws_cloudwatch_log_group.forwarder_rds resource
aws_cloudwatch_log_group.forwarder_vpclogs resource
aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter resource
aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.datadog_log_subscription_filter_rds resource
aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.datadog_log_subscription_filter_vpclogs resource
aws_iam_policy.datadog_custom_policy resource
aws_iam_policy.lambda_forwarder_log resource
aws_iam_policy.lambda_forwarder_log_s3 resource
aws_iam_policy.lambda_forwarder_rds resource
aws_iam_policy.lambda_forwarder_vpclogs resource
aws_iam_role.lambda_forwarder_log resource
aws_iam_role.lambda_forwarder_rds resource
aws_iam_role.lambda_forwarder_vpclogs resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.datadog_s3 resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.lambda_forwarder_log resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.lambda_forwarder_rds resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.lambda_forwarder_vpclogs resource
aws_lambda_function.forwarder_log resource
aws_lambda_function.forwarder_rds resource
aws_lambda_function.forwarder_vpclogs resource
aws_lambda_permission.allow_eventbridge resource
aws_lambda_permission.allow_s3_bucket resource
aws_lambda_permission.cloudwatch_enhanced_rds_monitoring resource
aws_lambda_permission.cloudwatch_groups resource
aws_lambda_permission.cloudwatch_vpclogs resource
aws_s3_bucket_notification.s3_bucket_notification resource
aws_s3_bucket_notification.s3_bucket_notification_with_prefixes resource
archive_file.forwarder_rds data source
archive_file.forwarder_vpclogs data source
aws_caller_identity.current data source
aws_iam_policy_document.assume_role data source
aws_iam_policy_document.lambda_default data source
aws_iam_policy_document.s3_log_bucket data source
aws_partition.current data source
aws_region.current data source
aws_ssm_parameter.api_key data source

Inputs

Name Description Type Default Required
additional_tag_map Additional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id.
This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags
and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.
map(string) {} no
api_key_ssm_arn ARN of the SSM parameter for the Datadog API key.
Passing this removes the need to fetch the key from the SSM parameter store.
This could be the case if the SSM Key is in a different region than the lambda.
string null no
attributes ID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id,
in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the
end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter
and treated as a single ID element.
list(string) [] no
cloudwatch_forwarder_event_patterns Map of title => CloudWatch Event patterns to forward to Datadog. Event structure from here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/CloudWatchEventsandEventPatterns.html#CloudWatchEventsPatterns
Example:
hcl
cloudwatch_forwarder_event_rules = {
"guardduty" = {
source = ["aws.guardduty"]
detail-type = ["GuardDuty Finding"]
}
"ec2-terminated" = {
source = ["aws.ec2"]
detail-type = ["EC2 Instance State-change Notification"]
detail = {
state = ["terminated"]
}
}
}
map(object({
version = optional(list(string))
id = optional(list(string))
detail-type = optional(list(string))
source = optional(list(string))
account = optional(list(string))
time = optional(list(string))
region = optional(list(string))
resources = optional(list(string))
detail = optional(map(list(string)))
}))
{} no
cloudwatch_forwarder_log_groups Map of CloudWatch Log Groups with a filter pattern that the Lambda forwarder will send logs from. For example: { mysql1 = { name = "/aws/rds/maincluster", filter_pattern = "" }
map(object({
name = string
filter_pattern = string
}))
{} no
context Single object for setting entire context at once.
See description of individual variables for details.
Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.
Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,
except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.
any
{
"additional_tag_map": {},
"attributes": [],
"delimiter": null,
"descriptor_formats": {},
"enabled": true,
"environment": null,
"id_length_limit": null,
"label_key_case": null,
"label_order": [],
"label_value_case": null,
"labels_as_tags": [
"unset"
],
"name": null,
"namespace": null,
"regex_replace_chars": null,
"stage": null,
"tags": {},
"tenant": null
}
no
datadog_forwarder_lambda_environment_variables Map of environment variables to pass to the Lambda Function map(string) {} no
dd_api_key_kms_ciphertext_blob CiphertextBlob stored in environment variable DD_KMS_API_KEY used by the lambda function, along with the KMS key, to decrypt Datadog API key string "" no
dd_api_key_source One of: ARN for AWS Secrets Manager (asm) to retrieve the Datadog (DD) api key, ARN for the KMS (kms) key used to decrypt the ciphertext_blob of the api key, or the name of the SSM (ssm) parameter used to retrieve the Datadog API key
object({
resource = string
identifier = string
})
{
"identifier": "",
"resource": ""
}
no
dd_artifact_filename The Datadog artifact filename minus extension string "aws-dd-forwarder" no
dd_forwarder_version Version tag of Datadog lambdas to use. https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-serverless-functions/releases string "3.116.0" no
dd_module_name The Datadog GitHub repository name string "datadog-serverless-functions" no
dd_tags A list of Datadog tags to apply to all logs forwarded to Datadog list(string) [] no
dd_tags_map A map of Datadog tags to apply to all logs forwarded to Datadog. This will override dd_tags. map(string) {} no
delimiter Delimiter to be used between ID elements.
Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.
string null no
descriptor_formats Describe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map.
Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form
{<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>}
(Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)
format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function.
labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function.
Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be
identical to how they appear in id.
Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).
any {} no
enabled Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources bool null no
environment ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT' string null no
forwarder_iam_path Path to the IAM roles and policies created string "/" no
forwarder_lambda_datadog_host Datadog Site to send data to. Possible values are datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com and ddog-gov.com string "datadoghq.com" no
forwarder_lambda_debug_enabled Whether to enable or disable debug for the Lambda forwarder bool false no
forwarder_log_artifact_url The URL for the code of the Datadog forwarder for Logs. It can be a local file, URL or git repo string null no
forwarder_log_enabled Flag to enable or disable Datadog log forwarder bool false no
forwarder_log_layers List of Lambda Layer Version ARNs (maximum of 5) to attach to Datadog log forwarder lambda function list(string) [] no
forwarder_log_retention_days Number of days to retain Datadog forwarder lambda execution logs. One of [0 1 3 5 7 14 30 60 90 120 150 180 365 400 545 731 1827 3653] number 14 no
forwarder_rds_artifact_url The URL for the code of the Datadog forwarder for RDS. It can be a local file, url or git repo string null no
forwarder_rds_enabled Flag to enable or disable Datadog RDS enhanced monitoring forwarder bool false no
forwarder_rds_filter_pattern Filter pattern for Lambda forwarder RDS string "" no
forwarder_rds_layers List of Lambda Layer Version ARNs (maximum of 5) to attach to Datadog RDS enhanced monitoring lambda function list(string) [] no
forwarder_use_cache_bucket Flag to enable or disable the cache bucket for lambda tags and failed events. See https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/guide/forwarder/?tab=cloudformation#upgrade-an-older-version-to-31060. Recommended for forwarder versions 3.106 and higher. bool true no
forwarder_vpc_logs_artifact_url The URL for the code of the Datadog forwarder for VPC Logs. It can be a local file, url or git repo string null no
forwarder_vpc_logs_enabled Flag to enable or disable Datadog VPC flow log forwarder bool false no
forwarder_vpc_logs_layers List of Lambda Layer Version ARNs (maximum of 5) to attach to Datadog VPC flow log forwarder lambda function list(string) [] no
forwarder_vpclogs_filter_pattern Filter pattern for Lambda forwarder VPC Logs string "" no
id_length_limit Limit id to this many characters (minimum 6).
Set to 0 for unlimited length.
Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0.
Does not affect id_full.
number null no
kms_key_id Optional KMS key ID to encrypt Datadog Lambda function logs string null no
label_key_case Controls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.
Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper.
Default value: title.
string null no
label_order The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id.
Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"].
You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.
list(string) null no
label_value_case Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id,
set as tag values, and output by this module individually.
Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation).
Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs.
Default value: lower.
string null no
labels_as_tags Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output.
Default is to include all labels.
Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.
Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.
Notes:
The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name.
Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be
changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.
set(string)
[
"default"
]
no
lambda_custom_policy_name Additional IAM policy document that can optionally be passed and merged with the created policy document string "DatadogForwarderCustomPolicy" no
lambda_memory_size Amount of memory in MB your Lambda Function can use at runtime number 128 no
lambda_policy_source_json Additional IAM policy document that can optionally be passed and merged with the created policy document string "" no
lambda_reserved_concurrent_executions Amount of reserved concurrent executions for the lambda function. A value of 0 disables Lambda from being triggered and -1 removes any concurrency limitations. Defaults to Unreserved Concurrency Limits -1 number -1 no
lambda_runtime Runtime environment for Datadog Lambda string "python3.11" no
lambda_timeout Amount of time your Datadog Lambda Function has to run in seconds number 120 no
log_permissions_boundary ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the lambda-log role managed by this module. string null no
name ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'.
This is the only ID element not also included as a tag.
The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.
string null no
namespace ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique string null no
rds_permissions_boundary ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the lambda-rds role managed by this module. string null no
regex_replace_chars Terraform regular expression (regex) string.
Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements.
If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.
string null no
s3_bucket_kms_arns List of KMS key ARNs for s3 bucket encryption list(string) [] no
s3_buckets The names of S3 buckets to forward logs to Datadog list(string) [] no
s3_buckets_with_prefixes The names S3 buckets and prefix to forward logs to Datadog map(object({ bucket_name : string, bucket_prefix : string })) {} no
security_group_ids List of security group IDs to use when the Lambda Function runs in a VPC list(string) null no
stage ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release' string null no
subnet_ids List of subnet IDs to use when deploying the Lambda Function in a VPC list(string) null no
tags Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}).
Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.
map(string) {} no
tenant ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for string null no
tracing_config_mode Can be either PassThrough or Active. If PassThrough, Lambda will only trace the request from an upstream service if it contains a tracing header with 'sampled=1'. If Active, Lambda will respect any tracing header it receives from an upstream service string "PassThrough" no
vpc_logs_permissions_boundary ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the lambda-vpc-logs role managed by this module. string null no
vpclogs_cloudwatch_log_group The name of the CloudWatch Log Group for VPC flow logs string null no

Outputs

Name Description
lambda_forwarder_log_function_arn Datadog Lambda forwarder CloudWatch/S3 function ARN
lambda_forwarder_log_function_name Datadog Lambda forwarder CloudWatch/S3 function name
lambda_forwarder_rds_enhanced_monitoring_function_name Datadog Lambda forwarder RDS Enhanced Monitoring function name
lambda_forwarder_rds_function_arn Datadog Lambda forwarder RDS Enhanced Monitoring function ARN
lambda_forwarder_vpc_log_function_arn Datadog Lambda forwarder VPC Flow Logs function ARN
lambda_forwarder_vpc_log_function_name Datadog Lambda forwarder VPC Flow Logs function name

Related Projects

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References

For additional context, refer to some of these links.

  • Terraform Standard Module Structure - HashiCorp's standard module structure is a file and directory layout we recommend for reusable modules distributed in separate repositories.
  • Terraform Module Requirements - HashiCorp's guidance on all the requirements for publishing a module. Meeting the requirements for publishing a module is extremely easy.
  • Terraform random_integer Resource - The resource random_integer generates random values from a given range, described by the min and max attributes of a given resource.
  • Terraform Version Pinning - The required_version setting can be used to constrain which versions of the Terraform CLI can be used with your configuration

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