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Azure Storage Account Monitoring

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Host Template: Azure Storage Account Monitoring

This host template is one of 31 developed by Opsview to provide the most comprehensive Azure monitoring in the industry.

Azure Storage Account is Microsoft's storage solution for the cloud. It allows optimized storage for massive amounts of unstructured data. This may include text or binary data, such as images, video or audio.

This Host Template allows you to monitor all the metrics you need to efficiently run Azure Storage Accounts on Microsoft Azure. After installation, you'll be able to check the used capacity in bytes, the percentage availability for the storage service as well as the average end-to-end latency amongst many other metrics.

This Host Template includes the following Service Checks for Azure Storage Account Monitoring:

Service Check Name Description Default Thresholds (Warning, Critical) UOM
Azure - Storage Account - Capacity The Account used capacity, in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Availability The percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] availability=30:,10: %
Azure - Storage Account - Bytes The amount of ingress/egress data, in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Latency The average latency/end-to-end latency used by Azure Storage to process a successsful request in milliseconds [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A ms
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Capacity The amount of storage used by the storage account's Blob service in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Availability The percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] availability=30:,10: %
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Count The number of Blob/containers in the storage account's Blob service [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A N/A
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Bytes The amount of ingress/egress data, in bytes [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Latency The average latency/end-to-end latency used by Azure Storage to process a successsful request in milliseconds [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] N/A ms
Azure - Storage Account - Table Capacity The amount of storage used by the storage account's Table service in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Table Availability The percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] availability=30:,10: %
Azure - Storage Account - Table Count The number of table/table entities in the storage account's Table service [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A N/A
Azure - Storage Account - Table Bytes The amount of ingress/egress data, in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Table Latency The average latency/end-to-end latency used by Azure Storage to process a successsful request in milliseconds [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A ms
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Capacity The amount of storage used by the storage account's Queue service in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Availability The percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] availability=30:,10: %
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Count The number of queue/queue messages in the storage account's Queue service [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A N/A
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Bytes The amount of ingress/egress data, in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Latency The average latency/end-to-end latency used by Azure Storage to process a successsful request in milliseconds [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A ms
Azure - Storage Account - File Capacity The amount of storage used by the storage account's File service in bytes [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - File Availability The percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] availability=30:,10: %
Azure - Storage Account - File Count The number of file/file shares in the storage account's File service [Default Timespan = 120mins, Default Check Interval = 60mins] N/A N/A
Azure - Storage Account - File Bytes The amount of ingress/egress data, in bytes [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] N/A B
Azure - Storage Account - File Latency The average latency/end-to-end latency used by Azure Storage to process a successsful request in milliseconds [Default Timespan = 1440mins, Default Check Interval = 1440mins] N/A ms

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 Nagios thresholds here.

Azure Storage Account Monitoring Usage Instructions

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

Azure Add Subscription Step 1

Azure Add Subscription Step 2

Repeat these steps for each subscription you wish to monitor.

Step 1: Add this Host Template

Add the Cloud - Azure - Storage Accounts 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.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables required for this Host Template

The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance when you import the Opspack:

AZURE_CREDENTIALS

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

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--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_RESOURCE_DETAILS

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

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--resource-group Arg1 Resource Group Name of the Azure resource group to be monitored
--resource-name Arg2 Resource Name Name of the Azure resource to be monitored

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Variables to Hosts.

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 - Storage Account - Capacity Az.Storage.Acc.Capacity
Azure - Storage Account - Availability Az.Storage.Acc.Availability
Azure - Storage Account - Bytes Az.Storage.Acc.Bytes
Azure - Storage Account - Latency Az.Storage.Acc.Latency
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Capacity Az.Storage.Acc.Blob.Capacity
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Availability Az.Storage.Acc.Blob.Availability
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Count Az.Storage.Acc.Blob.Count
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Bytes Az.Storage.Acc.Blob.Bytes
Azure - Storage Account - Blob Latency Az.Storage.Acc.Blob.Latency
Azure - Storage Account - Table Capacity Az.Storage.Acc.Table.Capacity
Azure - Storage Account - Table Availability Az.Storage.Acc.Table.Availability
Azure - Storage Account - Table Count Az.Storage.Acc.Table.Count
Azure - Storage Account - Table Bytes Az.Storage.Acc.Table.Bytes
Azure - Storage Account - Table Latency Az.Storage.Acc.Table.Latency
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Capacity Az.Storage.Acc.Queue.Capacity
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Availability Az.Storage.Acc.Queue.Availability
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Count Az.Storage.Acc.Queue.Count
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Bytes Az.Storage.Acc.Queue.Bytes
Azure - Storage Account - Queue Latency Az.Storage.Acc.Queue.Latency
Azure - Storage Account - File Capacity Az.Storage.Acc.File.Capacity
Azure - Storage Account - File Availability Az.Storage.Acc.File.Availability
Azure - Storage Account - File Count Az.Storage.Acc.File.Count
Azure - Storage Account - File Bytes Az.Storage.Acc.File.Bytes
Azure - Storage Account - File Latency Az.Storage.Acc.File.Latency

Step 3: Apply changes and the system will now be monitored

Azure Storage Accounts Service Checks