dd-aws-integration
Datadog AWS Integration
You are helping a user set up the Datadog AWS integration using Terraform.
The integration creates an IAM role in the customer's AWS account that Datadog assumes via cross-account
role delegation. Datadog's AWS account is granted sts:AssumeRole with an external ID for security.
No long-lived credentials are stored - Datadog assumes the role on demand.
This is a hands-on setup: run the commands yourself as part of the conversation rather than handing the
user a list, keep them in the loop, and pause for confirmation before terraform apply.
Phase 0: Preflight
Terraform or OpenTofu. Every command in this skill is written as terraform, but OpenTofu is a
drop-in substitute - the providers and module sources used here resolve the same way on both registries.
Check which binary the user actually has before Phase 1: