API request examples for creating Data Collection Rules (DCRs)

This article presents some examples of API requests and responses for creating Data Collection Rules (DCRs) and DCR Associations (DCRAs) for use with the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA).

Syslog/CEF

The following examples are for DCRs using the AMA to collect Syslog and CEF messages.

Syslog/CEF DCR

These examples are of the API request and response for creating a DCR.

Syslog/CEF DCR creation request URL and header

Example:

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules/Contoso-DCR-01?api-version=2022-06-01

Syslog/CEF DCR creation request body

The following is an example of a DCR creation request. For each stream—you can have several in one DCR—change the value of the "Streams" field according to the source of the messages you want to ingest:

Log source	"Streams" field value
Syslog	"Microsoft-Syslog"
CEF	"Microsoft-CommonSecurityLog"
Cisco ASA	"Microsoft-CiscoAsa"

{
  "location": "centralus",
  "kind": "Linux",
  "properties": {
    "dataSources": {
      "syslog": [
        {
          "name": "localsSyslog",
          "streams": [
            "Microsoft-Syslog"
          ],
          "facilityNames": [
            "auth",
            "local0",
            "local1",
            "local2",
            "local3",
            "syslog"
          ],
          "logLevels": [
            "Critical",
            "Alert",
            "Emergency"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "authprivSyslog",
          "streams": [
            "Microsoft-Syslog"
          ],
          "facilityNames": [
            "authpriv"
          ],
          "logLevels": [
            "Error",
            "Alert",
            "Critical",
            "Emergency"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "destinations": {
      "logAnalytics": [
        {
          "workspaceResourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/Contoso",
          "workspaceId": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
          "name": "DataCollectionEvent"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dataFlows": [
      {
        "streams": [
          "Microsoft-Syslog"
        ],
        "destinations": [
          "DataCollectionEvent"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Syslog/CEF DCR creation response

Here's the response you should receive according to the sample request above:

  {
    "properties": {
      "immutableId": "dcr-0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
      "dataSources": {
        "syslog": [
          {
            "streams": [
              "Microsoft-Syslog"
            ],
            "facilityNames": [
              "auth",
              "local0",
              "local1",
              "local2",
              "local3",
              "syslog"
            ],
            "logLevels": [
              "Critical",
              "Alert",
              "Emergency"
            ],
            "name": "localsSyslog"
          },
          {
            "streams": [
              "Microsoft-Syslog"
            ],
            "facilityNames": [
              "authpriv"
            ],
            "logLevels": [
              "Error",
              "Alert",
              "Critical",
              "Emergency"
            ],
            "name": "authprivSyslog"
          }
        ]
      },
      "destinations": {
        "logAnalytics": [
          {
            "workspaceResourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/Contoso",
            "workspaceId": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
            "name": "DataCollectionEvent"
          }
        ]
      },
      "dataFlows": [
        {
          "streams": [
            "Microsoft-Syslog"
          ],
          "destinations": [
            "DataCollectionEvent"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
    },
    "location": "centralus",
    "kind": "Linux",
    "id": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules/Contoso-DCR-01",
    "name": "Contoso-DCR-01",
    "type": "Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules",
    "etag": "\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\"",
    "systemData": {
    }
  }

Syslog/CEF DCRA

Syslog/CEF DCRA creation request URL and header

PUT 
https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/LogForwarder-VM-1/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRuleAssociations/contoso-dcr-assoc?api-version=2022-06-01

Syslog/CEF DCRA creation request body

{
  "properties": {
    "dataCollectionRuleId": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules/Contoso-DCR-01"
  }
}

Syslog/CEF DCRA creation response

{
    "properties": {
      "dataCollectionRuleId": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules/Contoso-DCR-01"
    },
    "id": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/LogForwarder-VM-1/providers/Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRuleAssociations/contoso-dcr-assoc",
    "name": "contoso-dcr-assoc",
    "type": "Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRuleAssociations",
    "etag": "\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\"",
    "systemData": {
    }
  }