diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/README.md b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/README.md
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+# Datadog Agent -> Remap -> Blackhole
+
+This soak tests Datadog agent source feeding into the blackhole sink through a
+non-trivial remap transform. It is a straight pipe otherwise.
+
+## Method
+
+Lading `http_gen` is used to generate log load into vector. There is no sink
+outside of vector.
diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
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+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/kubernetes" {
+  version     = "2.5.1"
+  constraints = "~> 2.5.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:wg+6NFJUKrwccLZQPkJTgdRMgh709ZX+sBuJ9IlJoNU=",
+    "zh:05f42363a1bdf1858bfdb56dc55509a066a640d05ef62e0fddcf7cc4d97a0dfa",
+    "zh:2b974bebbc7823f759159fcf1efe0717930b7756f643ff1551e2d633a6651d10",
+    "zh:329817c534ae807ae88030f78e5c1ad1f124e9d5d7ae2830229a6d18ba7dd22e",
+    "zh:3c41ea252ded2788d7c47d613e9c1a6543d61e67905f9b1ebc8be23df556e844",
+    "zh:3fdff88596baf4f76dc64e016a5f7ba455b8b0b46b45e124e03074746f6a4d1b",
+    "zh:480819de824ab56074c4fcb9ebc5d7c7d44dda5fe6e9a3bc0b858b795f74ad41",
+    "zh:498fa4b9a5e73afe7560fe4540553a4e1e6a5691acc9384f0ebee32af0afe698",
+    "zh:6dfb17f21cc3dfd5096a1cf0d01603527213b127dade411f79c524d2bddc78b9",
+    "zh:b5132f132af0b0927d9cad126909d375aad2c11abed896a345529f1a2680eda8",
+    "zh:c0fc51da9dff350d29d3887660e8d390b2402ee415c190e17dbcf271d2234c16",
+    "zh:dfb1c8dd3409c7b09e2ffeeeadfa41cad076cc06b0d95a303ee096c01e9e68cf",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/template" {
+  version = "2.2.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:94qn780bi1qjrbC3uQtjJh3Wkfwd5+tTtJHOb7KTg9w=",
+    "zh:01702196f0a0492ec07917db7aaa595843d8f171dc195f4c988d2ffca2a06386",
+    "zh:09aae3da826ba3d7df69efeb25d146a1de0d03e951d35019a0f80e4f58c89b53",
+    "zh:09ba83c0625b6fe0a954da6fbd0c355ac0b7f07f86c91a2a97849140fea49603",
+    "zh:0e3a6c8e16f17f19010accd0844187d524580d9fdb0731f675ffcf4afba03d16",
+    "zh:45f2c594b6f2f34ea663704cc72048b212fe7d16fb4cfd959365fa997228a776",
+    "zh:77ea3e5a0446784d77114b5e851c970a3dde1e08fa6de38210b8385d7605d451",
+    "zh:8a154388f3708e3df5a69122a23bdfaf760a523788a5081976b3d5616f7d30ae",
+    "zh:992843002f2db5a11e626b3fc23dc0c87ad3729b3b3cff08e32ffb3df97edbde",
+    "zh:ad906f4cebd3ec5e43d5cd6dc8f4c5c9cc3b33d2243c89c5fc18f97f7277b51d",
+    "zh:c979425ddb256511137ecd093e23283234da0154b7fa8b21c2687182d9aea8b2",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/http_gen.toml b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/http_gen.toml
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+worker_threads = 2
+prometheus_addr = "0.0.0.0:9090"
+
+[targets.vector]
+target_uri = "http://vector:8282/v1/input"
+bytes_per_second = "500 Mb"
+parallel_connections = 10
+method.type = "Post"
+method.variant = "DatadogLog"
+method.maximum_prebuild_cache_size_bytes = "256 Mb"
+[targets.vector.headers]
+dd-api-key = "DEADBEEF"
diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/main.tf b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/main.tf
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+# Set up the providers needed to run this soak and other terraform related
+# business. Here we only require 'kubernetes' to interact with the soak
+# minikube.
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    kubernetes = {
+      version = "~> 2.5.0"
+      source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Rig the kubernetes provider to communicate with minikube. The details of
+# adjusting `~/.kube/config` are addressed by the soak control scripts.
+provider "kubernetes" {
+  config_path = "~/.kube/config"
+}
+
+# Setup background monitoring details. These are needed by the soak control to
+# understand what vector et al's running behavior is.
+module "monitoring" {
+  source        = "../../common/terraform/modules/monitoring"
+  type         = var.type
+  vector_image = var.vector_image
+}
+
+# Setup the soak pieces
+#
+# This soak config sets up a vector soak with lading/http-gen feeding into vector,
+# lading/http-blackhole receiving.
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "soak" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "soak"
+  }
+}
+
+module "vector" {
+  source       = "../../common/terraform/modules/vector"
+  type         = var.type
+  vector_image = var.vector_image
+  test_name    = "datadog_agent_remap_datadog_logs"
+  vector-toml  = file("${path.module}/vector.toml")
+  namespace    = kubernetes_namespace.soak.metadata[0].name
+}
+module "http-gen" {
+  source        = "../../common/terraform/modules/lading_http_gen"
+  type          = var.type
+  http-gen-toml = file("${path.module}/http_gen.toml")
+  namespace     = kubernetes_namespace.soak.metadata[0].name
+}
diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/variables.tf b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/variables.tf
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+variable "type" {
+  description = "The type of the vector install, whether 'baseline' or 'comparison'"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "vector_image" {
+  description = "The image of vector to use in this investigation"
+  type        = string
+}
diff --git a/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/vector.toml b/soaks/datadog_agent_vrl_blackhole/terraform/vector.toml
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+data_dir = "/var/lib/vector"
+
+##
+## Sources
+##
+
+[sources.internal_metrics]
+type = "internal_metrics"
+
+[sources.datadog_agent]
+type = "datadog_agent"
+acknowledgements = false
+address = "0.0.0.0:8282"
+
+##
+## Transforms
+##
+
+[transforms.remap]
+type = "remap"
+inputs = ["datadog_agent"]
+source = '''
+.hostname = "vector"
+
+if .status == "warning" {
+  .thing = upcase(.hostname)
+} else if .status == "notice" {
+  .thung = downcase(.hostname)
+} else {
+  .nong = upcase(.hostname)
+}
+
+.matches = { "name": .message, "num": "2" }
+.origin, .err = .hostname + "/" + .matches.name + "/" + .matches.num
+del(.hostname)
+'''
+
+##
+## Sinks
+##
+
+[sinks.prometheus]
+type = "prometheus_exporter"
+inputs = ["internal_metrics"]
+address = "0.0.0.0:9090"
+
+[sinks.blackhole]
+type = "blackhole"
+inputs = ["remap"]