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
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:

Add Subscription to Application

Add Subscription to Application

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.

Note

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:

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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
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
--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
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
Azure - Health Availability Status Az.Health.Availability.Status
["Opsview On-Premises"] ["Opsview > Opspacks"] ["User Guide", "Technical Reference"]

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