Container Monitoring in Azure Monitor without Log Analytics Agent

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Container Monitoring in Azure Monitor without Log Analytics Agent

Neel 0

We have some Docker containers running on RHEL 8 Azure VM. I want to get the metrics from the container to Log Analytics Workspace. (As per this document we have to install the Log Analytics Agent to get the container metrics)

My Question: Can we get the container metrics without installing Log Analytics Agent only with Azure Monitor agent on VM As Log Analytics Agent is soon going to be deprecated?

Document link : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/containers Msft document suggestion : Install and use Docker with a Log Analytics agent. Based on your operating system and Docker orchestrator, you can use the following methods to configure your agent.

For standalone hosts: On supported Linux operating systems, install and run Docker and then install and configure the Log Analytics agent for Linux.

Lionelmesi 0 Reputation points

2023-03-08T07:01:23.89+00:00

Very intresting

Lionelmesi 0 Reputation points

2023-03-08T07:01:23.89+00:00

Very intresting

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AnuragSingh-MSFT 12,556

@Neel Thank you for posting this question here.

The doc referenced in the question points to legacy or soon to be retired feature, as mentioned in the question. To enable container insights monitoring using the newer solution, the workload will have to be migrated to Kubernetes. Please see the following link for more details - Steps to transition to new container insights.

I am not sure if your workload is running as a stand along container on VM or if it is part of one of the container orchestration systems. If it is standalone, currently the AMA does not have the capability to monitor the container itself - you could use it to monitor the underlying VM though. However, if you are using one of the following supported environments, the container insights with newer agent can be used for monitoring the workload -

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster
- Azure Stack or on-premises
- AKS engine
- Red Hat OpenShift version 4.x

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Please click Accept answer and Yes if the answer helped so that it can help others in the community looking for help on similar topics.

Neel 0 Reputation points

2023-03-03T05:41:53.2033333+00:00

@AnuragSingh-MSFT thanks for your response. We are using stand-alone docker running containers on Vm. As per you comments it doesn’t support in AMA. May I know if thi feature is plan to release in future releases of AMA.?

Also please suggest the best approach to monitor containers inside stand-alone VM.

looking forward to hear from you
AnuragSingh-MSFT 12,556 Reputation points

2023-03-03T05:53:19.6566667+00:00

Neel, thank you for the additional details that you are using container on a stand-along VM.

Please give me some time to gather some information about available monitoring solutions for this context and I will update it here.
Neel 0 Reputation points

2023-03-06T20:43:08.3233333+00:00

Hey @AnuragSingh-MSFT i am waiting for your response on this. As we need to plan to implement the same in our project asap. So I request please suggest the best solution to implement docker container monitoring way.
AnuragSingh-MSFT 12,556 Reputation points

2023-03-07T04:47:39.0833333+00:00

Neel, I am sorry for the delay here. I am in active discussion with the team about this feature and will get back soon with an update.
AnuragSingh-MSFT 12,556 Reputation points

2023-03-08T06:57:43.2233333+00:00

Neel, I got confirmation that the standalone docker container monitoring is not possible and there is no plan for it for now. To enable monitoring, the migration to k8s is required.
Neel 0 Reputation points

2023-03-08T07:03:06.7966667+00:00

@AnuragSingh-MSFT we are planning to implement monitoring for Terraform Enterprise. It doesn’t support the k8s or other container orchestration in the product support. So we have to stick with standalone container.

Please suggest the best solution to implement container monitoring for standalone docker containers.
AnuragSingh-MSFT 12,556 Reputation points

2023-03-10T08:21:00.4366667+00:00
Neel, since the container insights feature cannot be enabled, in this scenario a mix of monitoring solution can be used:

For the code running in container, the monitoring can be enabled through Applicationinsights through SDK mode.

The VM itself which will host the container, can be monitored using Azure Monitor Agent

Prometheus can be used to collect docker metrics and these can be consumed by Azure Monitor through Prometheus. The following link has overview

Collect Docker metrics with Prometheus

Collect Prometheus metrics with Container insights

Hope this helps.

Container Monitoring in Azure Monitor without Log Analytics Agent

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