K6 cloud and datadog debug

Grafana k6 Cloud Support
1

Hello,

We run k6 cloud and I am trying to get the Datadog integration working. Is there a way to debug the config, because at the moment it all runs fine, but I see no metrics in Datadog

Documentation says that if the config is wrong it will be ignored, so it’s a bit tricky to figure what went wrong.

Here is my config

export const options = {
stages: [
{ duration: “2m”, target: 100 },
{ duration: “5m”, target: 100 },
{ duration: “2m”, target: 200 },
{ duration: “5m”, target: 200 },
{ duration: “5m”, target: 600 },
{ duration: “1m”, target: 600 },
{ duration: “5m”, target: 50 }
],
thresholds: {
‘http_req_duration’: [‘p(90)<1000’]
},
ext: {
loadimpact: {
name: ‘Test’,
projectID: XXX,
vus: 600,
duration: ‘25m’,
distribution: {
“amazon:ie:dublin”: { loadZone: “amazon:ie:dublin”, percent: 50 },
“amazon:se:stockholm”: { loadZone: “amazon:se:stockholm”, percent: 50 },
},
apm: [
{
provider: “datadog”,
apiKey: __ENV.API_KEY,
appKey: __ENV.APP_KEY,
region: “eu”,
includeDefaultMetrics: true,
includeTestRunId: true
},
]
},
},
};

2

Hey @nonak,

If you are running your script on the k6 Cloud directly (from script editor), the reason might be the __ENV.* variables. They’re not translated to their values yet, unless you’re running k6 -o cloud or k6 cloud locally.

You might find debugging info in the Logs tab, while your test is running.

For the moment, I suggest you replace the environment variables with their values and test again. Also note that API and App key for us region cannot be used for eu.

3

Ok thank you. I run “k6 cloud” locally, and I outputted the value in logs just to make sure, and it shows correctly, so I am pretty sure they are passed.

I am only using the API and App key from eu to eu.

4

May I know your test id? You can also message me.
Upon chat over Slack, the issue was found and fixed by enabling APM on the subscription.

5

Thank you very much, indeed the metrics are now showing correctly in Datadog

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