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Create a critical asset

POSThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assetshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets

Overview

Create a new critical asset.

OAuth apps require the security_monitoring_critical_assets_write authorization scope to access this endpoint.

Request

Body Data (required)

The definition of the new critical asset.

Field
Type
Description
data [required]
object

Object for a single critical asset.

Response

OK

Response object containing a single critical asset.

Field
Type
Description
data
object

The critical asset's properties.

Code Example

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/configuration/critical_assets" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "enabled": true,
      "query": "security:monitoring",
      "rule_query": "type:(log_detection OR signal_correlation OR workload_security OR application_security) source:cloudtrail",
      "severity": "increase",
      "tags": [
        "team:database",
        "source:cloudtrail"
      ]
    },
    "type": "critical_assets"
  }
}
EOF