Configure Azure Metrics inputs for the Splunk Add on for Microsoft Azure - splunk/splunk-add-on-microsoft-azure GitHub Wiki

Warning

This functionality has moved to the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services.

Before you enable inputs, complete the previous steps in the configuration process:

Configure your inputs on the Splunk platform instance responsible for collecting data for this add-on, usually a heavy forwarder. You can configure inputs using Splunk Web, which is a best practice, or by using the configuration files.

Configure inputs using Splunk Web

Configure your inputs using Splunk Web on the Splunk platform instance responsible for collecting data for this add-on, usually a heavy forwarder.

  1. In the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Azure, click Inputs.
  2. Click Create New Input and then select Azure Metrics.
  3. Enter the Name, Interval, Index, Azure App Account, Tenant ID, Environment, and other parameters using the information in the input parameter table below.

Configure inputs using configuration files

Configure your inputs using the configuration files on the Splunk platform instance responsible for collecting data for this add-on, usually a heavy forwarder.

  1. Create or modify a file named inputs.conf under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/TA-MS-AAD/local.
  2. Add the following stanza:
[azure_metrics://<input_stanza_name>]
azure_app_account = <value>
environment = <value>
index = <value>
interval = <value>
metric_statistics = <value>
namespaces = <value>
number_of_threads = <value>
preferred_time_aggregation = <value>
source_type = <value>
subscription_id = <value>
tenant_id = <value>
  1. Save and restart the Splunk platform.

Verify that the value listed for azure_app_account matches the account entry in ta_ms_aad_account.conf.

Input Parameters

Each attribute in the following table corresponds to a field in Splunk Web.

Attribute Corresponding field in Splunk Web Description
[azure_metrics://input_stanza_name] Name A friendly name for your input.
azure_app_account Azure Account The Azure App account from which you want to gather data.
environment Environment The Azure environment. Valid options are public and gov.
tenant_id Tenant ID The Azure Active Directory Tenant ID (a.k.a. Directory ID)
subscription_id Subscription ID The Azure Subscription containing the resources to query metrics.
source_type Metric Sourcetype The sourcetype to use for this input.
metric_statistics Metric Statistics The type of statistic to gather. Valid options are average, minimum, maximum, total, and count.
namespaces Namespaces Comma-separated list of metric namespaces to query. Refer to the following resource for supported Namespaces: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/metrics-supported
Example: Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
number_of_threads Number of Threads The number of threads used to download metric data in parallel.
preferred_time_aggregation Preferred Time Aggregation The preferred aggregation type. If the preferred time period is not available for a specific metric in the namespace, the next available time grain will be used. Valid options are PT1M, PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, PT1H, PT6H, PT12H, and PT1D.
interval Interval The number of seconds to wait before the Splunk platform runs the command again.
index Index The index in which to store Azure data.

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