# Datadog APM Receiver

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| Status        |           |
| ------------- |-----------|
| Stability     | [alpha]: traces   |
| Distributions | [contrib], [sumo] |
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[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
[sumo]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-otel-collector
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## Overview
Accepts traces in the Datadog APM format.
### Supported Datadog APIs

- v0.3 (msgpack and json)
- v0.4 (msgpack and json)
- v0.5 (msgpack custom format)
- v0.6
- v0.7
## Configuration

Example:

```yaml
receivers:
  datadog:
    endpoint: localhost:8126
    read_timeout: 60s
```
### read_timeout (Optional)
The read timeout of the HTTP Server

Default: 60s

### HTTP Service Config

All config params here are valid as well

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/config/confighttp#server-configuration

### Default Attributes

- `dd.span.Resource`: The datadog resource name (as distinct from the span name)