Automation for Azure resources

Automation helps you reduce manual intervention while performing certain actions. For instance, you can use Site24x7's Azure automation feature to run specific resources only during particular time windows like business hours.

Required conditions:

The custom application used to create a Site24x7 Azure monitor should have a Contributor role over the resource. Only then can the custom application trigger an event in Azure.

How to setup Azure Automation

Follow the steps below to set up Azure Automation:

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Choose Admin from the left navigation pane and then click IT Automation Templates (+).
3. Click Add Automation Templates on the top right corner of the page.
4. Choose the appropriate Azure action type from the Type drop-down menu.
5. Enter the name for the Automation Template in the Display Name field.
6. Select the automated action you want to perform through this Automation Template in the Choose the Action to be Automated field.
7. Select the monitors from the Destination Monitors drop-down menu.
   This drop-down menu will list all the monitors belonging to the monitors that support automation actions. If this drop-down field is empty, make sure you have added monitors of the selected Azure resource type.
8. Toggle the Send the Automation Result via Email option to Yes to receive email notifications.
9. Click Save.

Once the Automation template has been successfully added, you can either schedule the IT Automation to run periodically or map the Automation Template to an existing Azure resource monitor.

List of Azure automations supported:

Related links

• Site24x7 IT Automation
• Azure monitoring
• List of Azure monitoring services