Host Template: Cloud - Azure - Health Availability Status
Overview Copied
Azure Health Availability Status allows you to monitor the health statuses of your Azure resources, allowing you to easily view the status of your resources.
This Host Template allows you to monitor the status of your Azure resources. For a full list of supported resources, see: Resource types and health checks in Azure resource health
This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:
Service Check Name | Description | Default Thresholds (Metric: Warning, Critical) | UOM |
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Azure - Health Availability Status | The health status of all Azure resources in a given resource group [Default Timespan = 5mins, Default Check Interval = 5mins] |
N/A | NA |
Note
The “Default Timespan” given for these Service Checks refers to the time period we use when retrieving metrics from Azure.
Note
See details about Monitoring Plugin thresholds here.
Prerequisites for monitoring Copied
Provide Subscription Access Copied
To use this Host Template you will need to provide access to the subscription you wish to monitor. Navigate to the Subscriptions section and select your Subscription.
In the Subscription to be monitored, click Access Control (IAM).
Then click the Add button, select the required role and select the application, once for each of the following roles:
- Reader
Repeat these steps for each subscription you wish to monitor.
Usage Instructions Copied
Please review the overall Cloud - Azure Opspack documentation for details on prerequisites, known issues, and other necessary configurations that apply to all Host Templates in the Opspack.
Add this Host Template Copied
Add the Cloud - Azure - Health Availability Status Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host. If the resource you’re monitoring has no hostname or public IP, then open the Advanced settings pane and change Host Check Command to Always assumed to be UP.
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For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.
Add and configure Variables Copied
The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance alongside the Host Template:
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For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.
Apply Changes Copied
Apply Changes and the system will now be monitored:
Available Variables Copied
AZURE_CREDENTIALS Copied
The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your Azure Credentials.
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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N/A (Opsview UI Only) | Value | Credentials | The credentials for your Azure Subscription |
--subscription-id |
Arg1 | Subscription ID | The Subscription ID of your Azure Subscription |
--client-id |
Arg2 | Client ID | The Client ID of your Azure Subscription |
--secret-key |
Arg3 | Secret Key | The Secret Key of your Azure Subscription |
--tenant-id |
Arg4 | Tenant ID | The Tenant ID of your Azure Subscription |
AZURE_HEALTH_AVAILABILITY_RESOURCE_GROUP Copied
Set the value of this variable to the name of the Azure Resource Group you want to monitor. You can have multiple host variables to monitor the status of multiple Azure Resource Groups.
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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--resource-group |
Value | Health Availability Resource Group | The Resource Group to monitor |
AZURE_HEALTH_AVAILABILITY_SETTINGS Copied
This variable is optional. By default it shows the status of all resources in your Resources Group. Add this variable if you would like to limit the number of resources shown in the UI.
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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N/A (Opsview UI Only) | Value | Health Availability Settings | The settings for Azure Health Availability |
--resource-limit |
Arg1 | Resource Limit | The number of resources to show. By default shows the status of all resources that are not available. |
Plugin help Copied
Plugin: check_azure
Secure Args
This plugin uses the Secure Args feature for argument passing.
For mode-specific help, run the plugin with the -h -m <mode>
flags. This will list the required and optional Variable Arguments for that mode.
The appropriate mode for each Service Check is listed here:
Service Check Name | Mode |
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Azure - Health Availability Status | Az.Health.Availability.Status |