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Azure Monitor

Microsoft Azure

Synopsis

Creates an Azure Monitor collector that simultaneously gathers alerts, logs, and metrics from Azure. A single device runs all three collection types concurrently, each maintaining its own checkpoint for incremental updates. Collection types that are not configured are skipped automatically.

Schema

- id: <numeric>
name: <string>
description: <string>
type: azmon
tags: <string[]>
pipelines: <pipeline[]>
status: <boolean>
properties:
tenant_id: <string>
client_id: <string>
client_secret: <string>
event_frequency: <numeric>

Configuration

The following fields are used to define the device.

Device

FieldRequiredDefaultDescription
idYUnique identifier
nameYDevice name
descriptionN-Optional description
typeYMust be azmon
tagsN-Optional tags
pipelinesN-Optional pre-processor pipelines
statusNtrueEnable/disable the device

Authentication

All collection types share a single set of credentials.

FieldRequiredDefaultDescription
tenant_idYAzure tenant ID
client_idYAzure client ID
client_secretYAzure client secret

Collection

FieldRequiredDefaultDescription
event_frequencyN300Interval in seconds between collection cycles

Details

Collection Architecture

Each device instance runs alerts, logs, and metrics collection concurrently via separate goroutines within a single collection cycle. After all three goroutines complete, the collector waits for event_frequency seconds before starting the next cycle. Each collection type maintains its own checkpoint keyed by device ID and type, so a failure in one type does not affect the others' progress.

Examples

Basic

The minimum configuration that establishes connectivity. At least one definition must be configured for collection to occur:

devices:
- id: 1
name: azmon
type: azmon
properties:
tenant_id: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
client_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111"
client_secret: "your-client-secret"

Custom Collection Interval

Reducing the collection interval for near-real-time monitoring:

devices:
- id: 2
name: azmon_frequent
type: azmon
properties:
tenant_id: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
client_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111"
client_secret: "your-client-secret"
event_frequency: 60