Obtaining Honeycomb API Key

Click here to login to your honeycomb account. From the top left corner, select the environment you want to send data to, and click the Settings configuration gear icon to go to the settings page. Select the API Keys tab and create/copy an API Key.

Make sure the API Key is permitted to Send Events to Honeycomb.

API Keys settings page in Honeycomb

Configuring Honeycomb Backend

  • Name: Choose a name for this backend (e.g. Honeycomb).
  • API Key: Insert the API Key from the previous step in the API Key field.
  • Endpoint - Choose one of the endpoints in the dropdown (api.honeycomb.io is the US instance, api.eu1.honeycomb.io is EU instance)