File Activity on a Live Dashboard
Files.com sends uploads, downloads, automation runs, user actions, and API calls into Datadog the moment they happen, so your team can build live dashboards on file activity right next to everything else they watch.
Stream Every Files.com File-Activity Event Into Datadog
Files.com keeps a record of everything that happens to your files — every upload, download, automation run, and user action. This integration sends that record straight into Datadog as it happens, so file activity shows up on the same dashboards and monitors your team already runs across the rest of the stack.
Why Teams Stream Files.com Into Datadog
Your team already sends app and server logs into Datadog. File movement is usually the gap — an SFTP job that fails mid-batch overnight, a partner upload that kicks off other work, an automation shuffling files between systems. Files.com becomes a Datadog log source, sending its own activity in so file events sit right beside the rest of your monitoring.
Sends Straight to Datadog
Files.com sends events directly into Datadog through its HTTP Logs API, secured with an API key. There's no Datadog agent to install, no forwarder to run, and nothing extra to keep maintained in between.
You Choose Which Logs Stream
Everything streams by default. If you only want some of it, pick what each Datadog instance gets — transfer events to one, automation runs to another.
A Tamper-Proof Record Behind the Stream
The events come from the Files.com audit log, which can't be edited and is kept for 7+ years. Datadog does the charts and alerts; Files.com holds the original, trustworthy record.
One Feed for Both Ops and Security
The same stream carries transfers, automation results, and login activity. So the ops team watching throughput and the security team watching for odd downloads both work from one source.
The Control Datadog Watches but Doesn't Provide
Datadog reads the events; it doesn't decide who can touch which files or keep the record of what they did. Files.com does that part — access folder by folder, every action written to a record that can't be changed, and the same company logins your team already uses.
Give People Access to Only Their Folders
Hand each team, project, or person the exact folders they need. The person you see on a Datadog dashboard is the same account Files.com controls access for.
A Record of Everything That Happens
Every login, upload, download, and permission change is written to a record that can’t be altered and is kept for 7+ years — the same record each event sent to Datadog traces back to.
The Same Logins Your Company Already Uses
People sign in with your company login through SSO, SAML, and SCIM. When someone leaves, you cut their file access in one place.
Delivery That's Encrypted and Logged
The stream to Datadog is encrypted and runs with an API key. Files.com also logs the act of sending, so if a delivery fails you can see it and look into it.
Connect Datadog the Way That Fits Your Workload
Live Stream Into Datadog
The main way most teams use this. Files.com sends each event into Datadog the moment it happens, ready for dashboards, monitors, and log analytics. This is an Enterprise-plan feature; it isn't on Starter or Power.
Drop Log Files in a Folder
Instead of a live stream, Files.com can write log files to a folder on a schedule you set, from every 5 minutes up to every 6 hours. Useful for batch ingest, a long-term archive, or a locked-down network — alongside the live feed.
What Teams Build With Datadog on Files.com
Watch the Nightly Batch
A scheduled SFTP job moves data every night. Files.com sends each transfer to Datadog, so the ops dashboard tracks timing, throughput, and errors — and a monitor fires the moment the batch doesn't show up.
Catch Someone Pulling Too Many Files
Files.com download events flow into Datadog, where a monitor can flag one account suddenly pulling far more files than usual — a possible sign of data walking out the door, right next to the rest of your monitoring.
Watch Your Automations
Every automation run goes to Datadog with whether it worked. So a job that breaks or gets stuck shows up as an alert instead of failing quietly.
Dig Into a Failed Transfer
When a partner delivery is corrupt or late, your ops team jumps from the failed transfer in Datadog straight into the surrounding app and server logs — same screen, no tool-hopping.
Files.com Features That Pair With Datadog
Audit Log
The 7+ year record that can't be altered — the trustworthy source every event sent to Datadog comes from.
Learn MoreAutomations & Workflows
Every automation run is an event you can watch in Datadog — so a job that breaks shows up instead of failing quietly.
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Amazon SNS
Send file events to Amazon SNS to kick off other systems at the same time you're watching them in Datadog — one stream, two jobs.
Learn MoreFrequently Asked: Datadog on Files.com
What buyers ask about how Files.com connects to Datadog, what it costs, and what the integration actually does.
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