Temporal

Configure Prometheus Endpoint with Certificate Authentication

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securityUpdated Mar 3, 2026

The Temporal Cloud-Datadog integration requires configuring the Temporal Cloud Prometheus endpoint URL and uploading certificates for secure authentication. Proper certificate management is essential for maintaining metrics flow.

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How to detect:

If certificates are not properly configured, expired, or invalid, the Datadog integration will fail to authenticate with Temporal Cloud's Prometheus endpoints, resulting in missing metrics and dashboard gaps.

Recommended action:

1. During initial setup, configure the Temporal Cloud Prometheus endpoint URL in Datadog according to the documentation. 2. Upload the required certificates for secure authentication to the Datadog integration configuration. 3. Verify that the crawler successfully connects and begins fetching metrics data. 4. Implement certificate expiration monitoring to prevent authentication failures. 5. Establish a process for certificate rotation before expiration to maintain continuous metrics collection. 6. If metrics stop flowing, verify certificate validity and configuration as a first troubleshooting step.