Azure Log Analytics Workspace Monitoring Integration

Azure Log Analytics workspaces enable you to collect log data from various data sources, including your VMs and other Azure resources.

With Site24x7's integration, you can now monitor your Azure Log Analytics workspace, configure thresholds, and receive alerts about critical issues.

Setup and configuration
Supported metrics
Threshold configuration
IT Automation
Configuration Rules

Setup and configuration

You can add an Azure Log Analytics workspace while adding a new monitor or you can add it to an existing Azure monitor. Follow these steps to add the service.

Supported metrics

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
% Available Memory	The average memory available	Average	Count
% Available Swap Space	The average swap space available	Average	Count
% Committed Bytes In Use	The average committed bytes in use	Average	Count
% DPC Time	The average deferred procedure call (DPC) time	Average	Count
% Free Inodes	The average number of free inodes	Average	Count
% Free Space	The average free space	Average	Count
% Idle Time	The average idle time	Average	Count
% Interrupt Time	The average interrupt time	Average	Count
% IO Wait Time	The average IO wait time	Average	Count
% Nice Time	The average nice time	Average	Count
% Privileged Time	The average privileged time	Average	Count
% Processor Time	The average processor time	Average	Count
% Used Inodes	The average inodes used	Average	Count
% Used Memory	The average memory used	Average	Count
% Used Space	The average space used	Average	Count
% Used Swap Space	The average swap space used	Average	Count
% User Time	The average user time	Average	Count
Available MBytes	The average data available	Average	Count
Available MBytes Memory	The average memory available	Average	Count
Available MBytes Swap	The average swap available	Average	Count
Avg. Disk sec/Read	The average time taken for a disk read in seconds	Average	Count
Avg. Disk sec/Transfer	The average time taken for a disk transfer in seconds	Average	Count
Avg. Disk sec/Write	The average time taken for a disk write in seconds	Average	Count
Bytes Received/sec	The average value of the bytes received	Average	Count
Bytes Sent/sec	The average value of the bytes sent	Average	Count
Bytes Total/sec	The average value of the total bytes	Average	Count
Current Disk Queue Length	The average current disk queue length	Average	Count
Disk Read Bytes/sec	The average disk read bytes	Average	Count
Disk Reads/sec	The average disk reads	Average	Count
Disk Transfers/sec	The average disk transfers	Average	Count
Disk Write Bytes/sec	The average disk write bytes	Average	Count
Disk Writes/sec	The average disk writes	Average	Count
Free Megabytes	The average free megabytes	Average	Count
Free Physical Memory	The average free physical memory	Average	Count
Free Space in Paging Files	The average free space in paging files	Average	Count
Free Virtual Memory	The average free virtual memory	Average	Count
Logical Disk Bytes/sec	The average logical disk bytes	Average	Count
Page Reads/sec	The average page reads	Average	Count
Page Writes/sec	The average page writes	Average	Count
Pages/sec	The average number of pages	Average	Count
Pct Privileged Time	The average privileged time percentage	Average	Count
Pct User Time	The average user time percentage	Average	Count
Physical Disk Bytes/sec	The average physical disk bytes	Average	Count
Processes	The average number of processes	Average	Count
Processor Queue Length	The average processor queue length	Average	Count
Size Stored in Paging Files	The average size stored in paging files	Average	Count
Total Bytes	The average total bytes	Average	Count
Total Bytes Received	The average total bytes received	Average	Count
Total Bytes Transmitted	The average total bytes transmitted	Average	Count
Total Collisions	The average total collisions	Average	Count
Total Packets Received	The average number of total packets received	Average	Count
Total Packets Transmitted	The average number of total packets transmitted	Average	Count
Total Rx Errors	The average number of total errors received	Average	Count
Total Tx Errors	The average number of total errors transmitted	Average	Count
Uptime	The average uptime	Average	Count
Used MBytes Swap Space	The average swap space used in megabytes	Average	Count
Used Memory KBytes	The average memory used in kilobytes	Average	Count
Used Memory MBytes	The average memory used in megabytes	Average	Count
Users	The average number of users	Average	Count
Virtual Shared Memory	The average virtual shared memory	Average	Count
Event	The average number of events	Average	Count
Heartbeat	The total heartbeat count	Total	Count
Update	The average update count	Average	Count

Threshold configuration

Global configuration

In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select the Threshold and Availability (+) tab from the drop-down menu.
Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
For Monitor Type, select Azure Log Analytics Workspace.

You can now set the threshold values for all the metrics listed above.

Monitor-level configuration

In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure Log Analytics Workspace from the drop-down menu.
Choose a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon .
Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Azure Log Analytics Workspace Monitor page.
You can set the threshold values for the metrics by selecting Threshold and Availability.

You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.

IT Automation

Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools that automatically resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention.

How to configure IT Automation for a monitor

Configuration Rules

With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can set parameters like Threshold Profile, Notification Profile, Tags, and Monitor Group for multiple monitors.

How to add a Configuration Rule