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Private actions allow your Datadog workflows and apps to interact with services hosted on your private network without exposing them to the public internet. To use private actions, you must install a private action runner on a host in your network and pair the runner with a connection.
The recommended way to install a private action runner is through the Datadog Agent (version 7.77.0 or later). This method supports Linux, Windows, and Kubernetes environments. Alternatively, you can install the runner as a standalone Docker container or Kubernetes deployment. See Use Private Actions for installation instructions.
When you first start the runner, it generates a private key for authentication with Datadog’s servers. This private key is never accessible by Datadog and ensures you exclusive access. Datadog uses a public key derived from the private key as the means to authenticate specific runners.
How it works
The private action runner continuously polls for tasks from your Datadog account, executes them by interacting with your internal service, and reports the result back to Datadog.
Monitor your Private Action Runners with Datadog Metrics
While setting up your Private Action Runners, you can enable observability metrics to monitor your runners’ health and private action usage. These metrics can be used in Datadog products like Dashboards and Monitors. To get started quickly, you can use the provided out-of-the-box Dashboard.
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