pup (Datadog CLI)

Pup CLI for Datadog API operations. Supports OAuth2 and API key auth.

Quick Reference

Task	Command
Search error logs	pup logs search --query "status:error" --from 1h
List monitors	pup monitors list
Create downtime	pup downtime create --file downtime.json
Find slow traces	pup traces search --query="@duration:>500000000" --from="1h"
List incidents	pup incidents list
Query metrics	pup metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{*}"
List hosts	pup infrastructure hosts list
Check SLOs	pup slos list
On-call teams	pup on-call teams list
Security signals	pup security signals list --query "*" --from 24h
Inspect runtime values	pup debugger probes create --service my-svc --env prod --probe-location "com.example.MyClass:myMethod" or "com.example.MyClass:myMethod(String, int)"
Find probe-able methods	pup symdb search --service my-svc --query MyController --view probe-locations
Check auth	pup auth status
Refresh token	pup auth refresh

Prerequisites

# Install pup via Homebrew (recommended)
brew tap datadog-labs/pack
brew install pup

Auth

pup auth login          # OAuth2 browser flow (recommended)
pup auth status         # Check token validity
pup auth refresh        # Refresh expired token (no browser)
pup auth logout         # Clear credentials

⚠️ Tokens expire (~1 hour). If a command fails with 401/403 mid-conversation:

pup auth refresh        # Try refresh first
pup auth login          # If refresh fails, full re-auth

Headless/CI (no browser)

# Use env vars or:
export DD_API_KEY=your-api-key
export DD_APP_KEY=your-app-key
export DD_SITE=datadoghq.com    # or datadoghq.eu, etc.

Command Reference

Monitors

pup monitors list --limit 10
pup monitors list --tags "env:prod"
pup monitors get 12345
pup monitors search --query "High CPU"
pup monitors create --file monitor.json
pup monitors update 12345 --file monitor.json
pup monitors delete 12345

Logs

pup logs search --query "status:error" --from 1h
pup logs search --query "service:payment-api" --from 1h --limit 100
pup logs search --query "@http.status_code:5*" --from 24h
pup logs aggregate --query "service:api" --compute count --from 1h

Metrics

pup metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{*}" --from 1h
pup metrics query --query "sum:trace.express.request.hits{service:api}" --from 1h
pup metrics list --filter "system.*"

APM / Services

pup apm services list --env production
pup apm services stats --env production
pup apm services operations --env production --service my-service
pup apm services resources --env production --service my-service --name http.request
pup apm dependencies list --env production

Traces

# Search traces (duration in nanoseconds: 1s = 1000000000)
pup traces search --query="service:api-gateway" --from="1h"
pup traces search --query="service:api @duration:>1000000000" --from="1h"
pup traces search --query="service:api status:error" --from="1h"
pup traces aggregate --query="service:api" --compute="avg(@duration)" --group-by="resource_name" --from="1h"

Incidents

pup incidents list
pup incidents list --limit 20
pup incidents get <incident-id>

Dashboards

pup dashboards list
pup dashboards get abc-123
pup dashboards create --file dashboard.json
pup dashboards update abc-123 --file dashboard.json
pup dashboards delete abc-123

SLOs

pup slos list
pup slos get slo-123
pup slos status slo-123 --from 30d --to now
pup slos create --file slo.json

Synthetics

pup synthetics tests list
pup synthetics tests get abc-123
pup synthetics tests search --text "login"
pup synthetics locations list

Downtimes

pup downtime list
pup downtime get abc-123-def
pup downtime create --file downtime.json
pup downtime cancel abc-123-def

Infrastructure / Hosts

pup infrastructure hosts list
pup infrastructure hosts list --filter "env:prod"
pup infrastructure hosts list --count 100
pup infrastructure hosts get <host-id>

Events

pup events list --from 24h
pup events list --tags "source:deploy" --from 24h
pup events search --query "deploy" --from 24h
pup events get <event-id>

Users / Teams

pup users list
pup users get <user-id>
pup on-call teams list
pup on-call teams get <team-id>

Security

pup security signals list --query "*" --from 24h
pup security signals list --query "severity:critical" --from 24h
pup security rules list

Live Debugger

# Check service context (verify env has active instances)
pup debugger context my-svc
pup debugger context my-svc --env prod

# Find probe-able methods in a service
pup symdb search --service my-svc --query MyController --view probe-locations

# Place a log probe with capture expressions
# --probe-location accepts TYPE:METHOD or TYPE:METHOD(arg1, arg2, ...) with optional signature
pup debugger probes create --service my-svc --env prod \
  --probe-location "com.example.MyController:handleRequest" \
  --capture "request.id" --capture "request.headers" \
  --ttl 1h

# With method signature (useful when the method is overloaded)
pup debugger probes create --service my-svc --env prod \
  --probe-location "com.example.MyController:handleRequest(String, HttpHeaders)" \
  --capture "request.id" --ttl 1h

# Watch probe events — compact output
pup debugger probes watch <PROBE_ID> --fields "message,captures,timestamp" --timeout 60 --limit 10 --wait 5

# Watch — template message only
pup debugger probes watch <PROBE_ID> --fields "message" --limit 10

# List and delete probes
pup debugger probes list --service my-svc
pup debugger probes delete <PROBE_ID>

Service Catalog

pup service-catalog list
pup service-catalog get <service-name>

Notebooks

pup notebooks list
pup notebooks get 12345
pup notebooks create --file notebook.json

Observability Pipelines

pup obs-pipelines list
pup obs-pipelines get <pipeline-id>
pup obs-pipelines create --file pipeline.json
pup obs-pipelines update <pipeline-id> --file pipeline.json
pup obs-pipelines delete <pipeline-id>
pup obs-pipelines validate --file pipeline.json

LLM Observability

pup llm-obs projects list
pup llm-obs projects create --file project.json
pup llm-obs experiments list
pup llm-obs experiments list --filter-project-id <project-id>
pup llm-obs experiments list --filter-dataset-id <dataset-id>
pup llm-obs experiments create --file experiment.json
pup llm-obs experiments update <experiment-id> --file experiment.json
pup llm-obs experiments delete --file delete-request.json
pup llm-obs datasets list --project-id <project-id>
pup llm-obs datasets create --project-id <project-id> --file dataset.json

Reference Tables

pup reference-tables list
pup reference-tables get <table-id>
pup reference-tables create --file table.json
pup reference-tables batch-query --file query.json

Cost Cloud Configs

# AWS CUR configs
pup costs datadog aws-config list
pup costs datadog aws-config get <account-id>
pup costs datadog aws-config create --file config.json
pup costs datadog aws-config delete <account-id>

# Azure UC configs
pup costs datadog azure-config list
pup costs datadog azure-config get <account-id>
pup costs datadog azure-config create --file config.json
pup costs datadog azure-config delete <account-id>

# GCP usage cost configs
pup costs datadog gcp-config list
pup costs datadog gcp-config get <account-id>
pup costs datadog gcp-config create --file config.json
pup costs datadog gcp-config delete <account-id>

Subcommand Discovery

pup --help              # List all commands
pup <command> --help    # Command-specific help

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Fix
401 Unauthorized	Token expired	pup auth refresh
403 Forbidden	Missing scope	Check app key permissions
404 Not Found	Wrong ID/resource	Verify resource exists
Rate limited	Too many requests	Add delays between calls

Install

# Homebrew (recommended)
brew tap datadog-labs/pack
brew install pup

# Or build from source
cargo install --git https://github.com/DataDog/pup

Verify Installation

pup --version
pup auth status

Sites

Site	DD_SITE value
US1 (default)	datadoghq.com
US3	us3.datadoghq.com
US5	us5.datadoghq.com
EU1	datadoghq.eu
AP1	ap1.datadoghq.com
US1-FED	ddog-gov.com