Azure Storage Blob

Introduction

Azure Storage Blob is a scalable, durable, and secure object storage solution provided by Microsoft Azure for storing unstructured data such as documents, images, videos, backups, and logs.Azure Storage Blob Monitoring helps ensure the reliability, performance, and availability of your blob storage services. It enables you to track critical metrics such as read/write operations, latency, storage capacity, request rates, and error counts.

Getting Started

Compatibility

The Azure Storage Blob O11ySource supports Azure Storage Blob Services within standard lifecycle support.

Data Collection Method

Telemetry data for Azure Storage Blob comprises various metrics that monitor event processing performance, resource utilization, and operational health. Our internal agent, deployed within the vuSmartMaps environment, collects these metrics using a pull method.

Prerequisites

Dependent Configuration

To configure this O11ySource, create a 'credential' of type 'azure' under the 'Definition' tab.

Inputs for Configuring Data Source

• ** Resource Name**: Enter the Resource Name of Azure Storage
• Resource ID: A unique identifier for the Azure Storage.
• Credential: Client ID, Client Secret, Subscription ID and Tenant ID associated to the credential.
• Period (in seconds): Time interval for polling data from the Azure App Gateway. Period should be between 60 seconds – 3000 seconds.
• Account Name: Enter the Account Name of Azure Storage
• Account Key: Enter the Account Key of Azure Storage

Firewall Requirement

To collect data from this O11ySource, ensure the following ports are opened:

Source IP	Destination IP	Destination Port	Protocol	Direction
vuSmartMaps IP	Azure Monitor IP	443*	TCP	Outbound

*Before providing the firewall requirements, please update the port based on the customer environment.

Configuring the Target

Health and performance metrics of Azure Storage Blob are collected through Azure Monitor service. Thus, Azure Monitor must be enabled in your Azure account. Azure Storage Blob Services should have available instances for which monitoring is enabled. To configure the access key, navigate to your Storage Account in the Azure portal, go to Security + Networking, select Access keys, and update the access key in the UI accordingly. An IAM role or user with the following permissions to access Azure Storage Blob metrics through Azure Monitor:

• Grant the Azure AD application, for which you've obtained the Client ID and Client Secret, the "Reader" role or a custom role specifically assigned with the Microsoft.Insights/metrics/read permission.

Configuration Steps

• Enable the O11ySource.
• Select the sources tab and press the + button to add a new instance that has to be monitored.
• Provide the required configurations:
• *Resource Name
• *Period (in seconds)
• *Credential
• *Resource ID
• Click Save to close the data source window.

Metrics Collected

Name	Description	Data Type
@timestamp	Original timestamp of the agent in string format	String
timestamp	Precise timestamp of the agent with milliseconds	DateTime64(3)
resource_group	Resource group in Azure	String
subscription_id	Azure subscription identifier	String
resource_name	Name of the Azure resource (Azure Management API)	String
name	Metric name of the Azure resource(e.g., capacity, requests etc.)	String
minimum	Minimum value of the metric over the period	UInt64
maximum	Maximum value of the metric over the period	UInt64
total	Total value of the metric over the period	UInt64
average	Average value of the metric over the period	Float64
namespace	logical container that organizes and manages related resources	String
count	Indicate the number of occurrences or events of a specific type within a given time frame.	UInt64
target	refers to a specific Azure resource or service instance being monitored	String
resource_region	Specifies the Azure geographic location where the CDN WAF resource is deployed and hosted.	String