Azure Monitor - Log Analytics (part 4 of 4)

By Ashwin Venugopal -

 




To read part 1, please click here
To read part 2, please click here
To read part 3, please click here



Advanced Settings for Log Analytics

Firstly, you have open Log Analytics Overview page while selecting Windows, Linux or other sources to get to the advanced settings page. Its various menu options are listed below:

Connected Sources

Here, you can easily attach non-Azure Windows and Linux servers, Azure Storage, and System Center Operations Manager.
  • Windows Servers- helps you to attach a non-Azure Windows based VM to the workspace. 
  • Linux Servers- It is as same as the Windows Servers except for the wget command to download and install the application without any user interaction.
  • Azure Storage- It provides a list of all the Azure Storage accounts connected as well as the documentation link having the instruction to connect with the storage account. 
  • System Center- It allows you to connect System Center Operations Manager management groups or the entire deployment to your workspace with the help of just a few clicks instead of connecting each server individually.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

The Data option

This section helps you to recognize the data to be imported from connected servers. Its different fields are as follows:
  • Windows Event Logs- Here you can search all the various logs that can be seen in the Windows Event viewer, along with the items to be included in the Log Analytics workspace like Application, Setup, and System logs.
  • Windows Performance Counters- It contains the list of all the Linux performance counters that will be included by default and the polling interval for those counters who uses it.
  • IIS Logs- It confirms if the W3C format IIS log files will be ingested from Windows web servers or not.
  • Custom Fields- It contains the list of all the added custom fields along with the logs they belong to as well as their data types. 
  • Custom Logs- It permits you add custom logs that you can't add by using other data sources.  

Computer Groups

This area contains all the custom computer groups that's created and offers a way to create your own. These groups can be easily used to create queries referencing a specific set of servers that can be readily changed without changing the query itself. The various fields under its group are:
  • Saved Groups- This page contains all the added custom groups with instructions to create a computer group from a query.
  • Active Directory- By selecting the Import Active Directory group memberships from computers checkbox you can import the groups from Active Directory. 
  • WSUS- By selecting the Import WSUS group memberships checkbox you can import the groups from Windows Server Update Service.
  • SCCM- By selecting the Import Configuration Manager collection memberships checkbox you can import the groups from SCCM. 






To read part 1, please click here
To read part 2, please click here
To read part 3, please click here








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