How to setup an alert for ubuntu 22.04 VM deployed in azure exceeding 80 % of usage ?

Question

Hello,

I want to set up an alert to be triggered when the usage amount of my Ubuntu 22.04 VM deployed in my Azure cloud instance exceed 80%. However, I can't find any option in the alert tab of the VM's monitoring section. Is it possible to do it ? If it is, how can I achieve such task ?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Yacine

Answer 1

Hello, @TAZDAIT, Yacine !

How do I set up an alert for my VM when it exceeds X% of usage?

A common task for a VM is to set up an alert when more than a certain amount of resources have been used. You can do this by going to your VM resource and under Monitoring, click on Alerts (80% usage is a preset alert you can select):

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/tutorial-monitor-vm-alert-recommended

1. From the menu for the VM, select Alerts in the Monitoring section. Select View + set up.
2. Expand each of the alert rules to see its details. By default, the severity for each is Informational. You might want to change to another severity such as Error.
3. Select Save to create the alert rules.

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