How to link automation account to Log Analytics workspace

Question

I a have created a new automation account and Log Analytics workspace, but there is no way to link them. I have found some steps, but the option from update management is not availible anymore.

Answer 1

Hi @Userss12 ,

In case, you are still looking for an answer -

If you want to link LAW as a "linked resource" in your Automation account, Azure CLI can be used now that most of the features have been deprecated.

Sample Command -

az monitor log-analytics workspace linked-service create -g myresourcegroupname -n automation --workspace-name myloganalyticsname --write-access-resource-id resourceIDofAutomationAccount

More details - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/monitor/log-analytics/workspace/linked-service?view=azure-cli-latest#az-monitor-log-analytics-workspace-linked-service-create

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Answer 2

You can create diagnostic settings on the Azure Automation Account using this guide:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-manage-send-joblogs-log-analytics

Once you have set this up, selecting all the diagnostic information you want to pipe to Log Analytics it should start to populate the workspace with data when your jobs start triggering.

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Answer 3

Hi @Userss12 ,

Incase you are still looking for this information -
If you want to associate LAW as a "linked resource" to Automation Account, it can be done via Azure CLI as all the other features have now been deprecated.

Sample command -

az monitor log-analytics workspace linked-service create -g myresourcegroupname -n automation --workspace-name myloganalyticsname --write-access-resource-id resourceidofAA

For more details, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/monitor/log-analytics/workspace/linked-service?view=azure-cli-latest#az-monitor-log-analytics-workspace-linked-service-create

If you find my answer helpful, please consider marking it as the ‘Answer’ and giving it an ‘Upvote’ using the thumbs-up option. This can also benefit other community members who may have the same question.

Thanks,

Karni.G