Azure Monitor - Log Analytics (part 2 of 4)

By Ashwin Venugopal -

 



To read part 1, please click here
To read part 3, please click here
To read part 4, please click here


Exploring the Overview Page

You may have created your Log Analytics workspace by any means, but the further work will be done only on Azure Portal:
  1. Open the portal and go to the Log Analytics Solution page.
  2. Locate your new Analytics workspace for Azure Sentinel and click on it which will take you to the overview screen.
  3. The Essentials list present at the top of the page will help you to review the following-    

  • Resource group- it is where the workspace resides and by selecting [change] you can move to another one.
  • Status- it should show Active.
  • Location- it is the Azure location where the workspace resides.
  • Subscription name- it is the subscription this resource is associated with.
  • Subscription ID- it is a unique GUID for the preceding subscription and is useful while calling Microsoft for technical support.
  • Workspace name- it's the name of the Log Analytics workspace.
  • Workspace ID- it's the GUID for the workspace and is useful when calling Microsoft for technical support.
  • Pricing tier- the pricing tier for the workpspace.
  • Management services- view the activity log for the workspace.
  • Access control mode- permissions can be given to access the information in this workspace.

Managing the Permissions of the Workspace

Azure offers three main levels of access to resources:

  • Owner- Highest level of access to resources.
  • Contributor- Can create and modify resources, but can't grant or revoke access.
  • Reader- Can view all resources.

 These permissions can be granted at four different levels:

  • Subscription- It's the highest level of access and applies to all resources within the subscription.
  • Resource group- Applies to the specific resource group, which may contain multiple workspaces. 
  • Workspace- Applies only to the specific workspace.
  • Table level RBAC- Applies to individual tables within the log. 

You can apply the permissions with the help of built-in roles or create your own custom role for a particular access. Some of the built-in user roles are given below:

  • Engineering developing new queries and data connectors-  

  1. Azure Sentinel Contributor- helps you to create and edit dashboards, analytics rules, and other Azure Sentinel resources. 
  2. Log Analytics Reader- it offers read-only visibility to all Azure resources and Azure Sentinel logs.

  • Analysts running daily operations-

  1. Azure Sentinel Responder- it helps you to manage incidents, view data, workbooks, and other Azure Sentinel resources. 
  2. Log Analytics Reader- offers read-only visibility to all Azure resources as well as Azure Sentinel logs.

For additional permissions, you can provide minimal permissions and apply them only for  particular resources which is also safer than providing  broad and excessive permissions. 



To read part 1, please click here
To read part 3, please click here
To read part 4, please click here

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