Host Template: Cloud - Azure - Container Service Managed Clusters

Overview Copied

Azure Container Service Managed Clusters allow you to quickly deploy production ready Kubernetes, DC/OS and Docker Swarm clusters. Azure Container Service manages hosted environments, making it quick and easy to deploy and manage containerised applications. It also eliminates the difficulty of ongoing operations and maintenance by provisioning, upgrading and scaling resources on demand without taking applications offline.

This Host Template allows you to monitor all the metrics you need to efficiently run Azure Container Service Managed Clusters on Microsoft Azure. After installation, you’ll be able to check the number of pods in the Ready state, the status of nodes, as well as the allocatable memory and CPU cores in the managed cluster.

This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:

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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 - Container Service Managed Clusters 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:

• AZURE_CREDENTIALS
• AZURE_RESOURCE_DETAILS

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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:

Additional Information Copied

Please note, it can take a long time for all the associated metrics to be made available via Azure. This means that these Service Checks may not return results if the Cluster resource was created recently. For some of the Cluster Metrics you may have to wait over 6 hours after creation.

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.

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AZURE_RESOURCE_DETAILS Copied

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your Azure Resource Details.

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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:

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