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Resource Manager template samples for agents in Azure Monitor

This article includes sample Azure Resource Manager templates to deploy and configure the Azure Monitor agent, the legacy Log Analytics agent and diagnostic extension for virtual machines in Azure Monitor. Each sample includes a template file and a parameters file with sample values to provide to the template.

Note

See Azure Resource Manager samples for Azure Monitor for a list of samples that are available and guidance on deploying them in your Azure subscription.

Azure Monitor agent

The samples in this section install the Azure Monitor agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines and Azure Arc-enabled servers.

Prerequisites

To use the templates below, you'll need:

Permissions required

Built-in Role Scope(s) Reason
  • Virtual machines, virtual machine scale sets
  • Arc-enabled servers
To deploy agent extension
Any role that includes the action Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*
  • Subscription and/or
  • Resource group and/or
  • An existing data collection rule
To deploy ARM templates

Azure Windows virtual machine

The following sample installs the Azure Monitor agent on an Azure Windows virtual machine. Use the appropriate template below based on your chosen authentication method.

param vmName string
param location string
param userAssignedManagedIdentity string

resource windowsAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.0'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    enableAutomaticUpgrade: true
    settings: {
      authentication: {
        managedIdentity: {
          'identifier-name': 'mi_res_id'
          'identifier-value': userAssignedManagedIdentity
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Parameter file
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-windows-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "eastus"
    },
    "userAssignedManagedIdentity": {
      "value": "/subscriptions/<my-subscription-id>/resourceGroups/<my-resource-group>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<my-user-assigned-identity>"
    }
  }
}

System-assigned managed identity

Template file
param vmName string
param location string

resource windowsAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.0'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    enableAutomaticUpgrade: true
  }
}
Parameter file
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-windows-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "eastus"
    }
  }
}

Azure Linux virtual machine

The following sample installs the Azure Monitor agent on an Azure Linux virtual machine. Use the appropriate template below based on your chosen authentication method.

Template file
param vmName string
param location string
param userAssignedManagedIdentity string

resource linuxAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.21'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    enableAutomaticUpgrade: true
    settings: {
      authentication: {
        managedIdentity: {
          'identifier-name': 'mi_res_id'
          'identifier-value': userAssignedManagedIdentity
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Parameter file
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-linux-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "eastus"
    },
    "userAssignedManagedIdentity": {
      "value": "/subscriptions/<my-subscription-id>/resourceGroups/<my-resource-group>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<my-user-assigned-identity>"
    }
  }
}

System-assigned managed identity

Template file
param vmName string
param location string

resource linuxAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.21'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    enableAutomaticUpgrade: true
  }
}
Parameter file
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-linux-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "eastus"
    }
  }
}

Azure Arc-enabled Windows server

The following sample installs the Azure Monitor agent on an Azure Arc-enabled Windows server.

Template file

param vmName string
param location string

resource windowsAgent 'Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/extensions@2021-12-10-preview' = {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
      "vmName": {
        "value": "my-windows-vm"
      },
      "location": {
        "value": "eastus"
      }
  }
}

Azure Arc-enabled Linux server

The following sample installs the Azure Monitor agent on an Azure Arc-enabled Linux server.

Template file

param vmName string
param location string

resource linuxAgent 'Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/extensions@2021-12-10-preview'= {
  name: '${vmName}/AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
    type: 'AzureMonitorLinuxAgent'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-linux-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "eastus"
    }
  }
}

Log Analytics agent

The samples in this section install the legacy Log Analytics agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines in Azure and connect it to a Log Analytics workspace.

Windows

The following sample installs the Log Analytics agent on an Azure virtual machine. This is done by enabling the Log Analytics virtual machine extension for Windows.

Template file

@description('Name of the virtual machine.')
param vmName string

@description('Location of the virtual machine')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Id of the workspace.')
param workspaceId string

@description('Primary or secondary workspace key.')
param workspaceKey string

resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2021-11-01' = {
  name: vmName
  location: location
  properties:{}
}

resource logAnalyticsAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  parent: vm
  name: 'Microsoft.Insights.LogAnalyticsAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring'
    type: 'MicrosoftMonitoringAgent'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.0'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    settings: {
      workspaceId: workspaceId
    }
    protectedSettings: {
      workspaceKey: workspaceKey
    }
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-windows-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "westus"
    },
    "workspaceId": {
      "value": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "workspaceKey": {
      "value": "Tse-gj9CemT6A80urYa2hwtjvA5axv1xobXgKR17kbVdtacU6cEf+SNo2TdHGVKTsZHZd1W9QKRXfh+$fVY9dA=="
    }
  }
}

Linux

The following sample installs the Log Analytics agent on a Linux Azure virtual machine. This is done by enabling the Log Analytics virtual machine extension for Linux.

Template file

@description('Name of the virtual machine.')
param vmName string

@description('Location of the virtual machine')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Id of the workspace.')
param workspaceId string

@description('Primary or secondary workspace key.')
param workspaceKey string

resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2021-11-01' = {
  name: vmName
  location: location
}

resource logAnalyticsAgent 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  parent: vm
  name: 'Microsoft.Insights.LogAnalyticsAgent'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring'
    type: 'OmsAgentForLinux'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.7'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    settings: {
      workspaceId: workspaceId
    }
    protectedSettings: {
      workspaceKey: workspaceKey
    }
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-linux-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "westus"
    },
    "workspaceId": {
      "value": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "workspaceKey": {
      "value": "Tse-gj9CemT6A80urYa2hwtjvA5axv1xobXgKR17kbVdtacU6cEf+SNo2TdHGVKTsZHZd1W9QKRXfh+$fVY9dA=="
    }
  }
}

Diagnostic extension

The samples in this section install the diagnostic extension on Windows and Linux virtual machines in Azure and configure it for data collection.

Windows

The following sample enables and configures the diagnostic extension on an Azure virtual machine. For details on the configuration, see Windows diagnostics extension schema.

Template file

@description('Name of the virtual machine.')
param vmName string

@description('Location for the virtual machine.')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Name of the storage account.')
param storageAccountName string

@description('Resource ID of the storage account.')
param storageAccountId string

@description('Resource ID of the workspace.')
param workspaceResourceId string

resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2021-11-01' = {
  name: vmName
  location: location
}

resource vmDiagnosticsSettings 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  parent: vm
  name: 'Microsoft.Insights.VMDiagnosticsSettings'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Diagnostics'
    type: 'IaaSDiagnostics'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.5'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    settings: {
      WadCfg: {
        DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration: {
          overallQuotaInMB: 10000
          DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs: {
            scheduledTransferLogLevelFilter: 'Error'
          }
          PerformanceCounters: {
            scheduledTransferPeriod: 'PT1M'
            sinks: 'AzureMonitorSink'
            PerformanceCounterConfiguration: [
              {
                counterSpecifier: '\\Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time'
                sampleRate: 'PT1M'
                unit: 'percent'
              }
            ]
          }
          WindowsEventLog: {
            scheduledTransferPeriod: 'PT5M'
            DataSource: [
              {
                name: 'System!*[System[Provider[@Name=\'Microsoft Antimalware\']]]'
              }
              {
                name: 'System!*[System[Provider[@Name=\'NTFS\'] and (EventID=55)]]'
              }
              {
                name: 'System!*[System[Provider[@Name=\'disk\'] and (EventID=7 or EventID=52 or EventID=55)]]'
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        SinksConfig: {
          Sink: [
            {
              name: 'AzureMonitorSink'
              AzureMonitor: {
                ResourceId: workspaceResourceId
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
      storageAccount: storageAccountName
    }
    protectedSettings: {
      storageAccountName: storageAccountName
      storageAccountKey: listkeys(storageAccountId, '2021-08-01').key1
      storageAccountEndPoint: 'https://${environment().suffixes.storage}'
    }
  }
}

resource managedIdentity 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  parent: vm
  name: 'ManagedIdentityExtensionForWindows'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.ManagedIdentity'
    type: 'ManagedIdentityExtensionForWindows'
    typeHandlerVersion: '1.0'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    settings: {
      port: 50342
    }
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
      "vmName": {
        "value": "my-windows-vm"
      },
      "location": {
        "value": "westus"
      },
      "storageAccountName": {
        "value": "mystorageaccount"
      },
      "storageAccountId": {
        "value": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/my-windows-vm"
      },
      "workspaceResourceId": {
        "value": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/my-workspace"
      }
  }
}

Linux

The following sample enables and configures the diagnostic extension on a Linux Azure virtual machine. For details on the configuration, see Windows diagnostics extension schema.

Template file

@description('Name of the virtual machine.')
param vmName string

@description('Resource ID of the virtual machine.')
param vmId string

@description('Location for the virtual machine.')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Name of the storage account.')
param storageAccountName string

@description('Resource ID of the storage account.')
param storageSasToken string

@description('URL of the event hub.')
param eventHubUrl string

resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2021-11-01' = {
  name: vmName
  location: location
}

resource vmDiagnosticsSettings 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-11-01' = {
  parent: vm
  name: 'Microsoft.Insights.VMDiagnosticsSettings'
  location: location
  properties: {
    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Diagnostics'
    type: 'LinuxDiagnostic'
    typeHandlerVersion: '3.0'
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
    settings: {
      StorageAccount: storageAccountName
      ladCfg: {
        sampleRateInSeconds: 15
        diagnosticMonitorConfiguration: {
          performanceCounters: {
            sinks: 'MyMetricEventHub,MyJsonMetricsBlob'
            performanceCounterConfiguration: [
              {
                unit: 'Percent'
                type: 'builtin'
                counter: 'PercentProcessorTime'
                counterSpecifier: '/builtin/Processor/PercentProcessorTime'
                annotation: [
                  {
                    locale: 'en-us'
                    displayName: 'Aggregate CPU %utilization'
                  }
                ]
                condition: 'IsAggregate=TRUE'
                class: 'Processor'
              }
              {
                unit: 'Bytes'
                type: 'builtin'
                counter: 'UsedSpace'
                counterSpecifier: '/builtin/FileSystem/UsedSpace'
                annotation: [
                  {
                    locale: 'en-us'
                    displayName: 'Used disk space on /'
                  }
                ]
                condition: 'Name="/"'
                class: 'Filesystem'
              }
            ]
          }
          metrics: {
            metricAggregation: [
              {
                scheduledTransferPeriod: 'PT1H'
              }
              {
                scheduledTransferPeriod: 'PT1M'
              }
            ]
            resourceId: vmId
          }
          eventVolume: 'Large'
          syslogEvents: {
            sinks: 'MySyslogJsonBlob,MyLoggingEventHub'
            syslogEventConfiguration: {
              LOG_USER: 'LOG_INFO'
            }
          }
        }
      }
      perfCfg: [
        {
          query: 'SELECT PercentProcessorTime, PercentIdleTime FROM SCX_ProcessorStatisticalInformation WHERE Name=\'_TOTAL\''
          table: 'LinuxCpu'
          frequency: 60
          sinks: 'MyLinuxCpuJsonBlob,MyLinuxCpuEventHub'
        }
      ]
      fileLogs: [
        {
          file: '/var/log/myladtestlog'
          table: 'MyLadTestLog'
          sinks: 'MyFilelogJsonBlob,MyLoggingEventHub'
        }
      ]
    }
    protectedSettings: {
      storageAccountName: 'yourdiagstgacct'
      storageAccountSasToken: storageSasToken
      sinksConfig: {
        sink: [
          {
            name: 'MySyslogJsonBlob'
            type: 'JsonBlob'
          }
          {
            name: 'MyFilelogJsonBlob'
            type: 'JsonBlob'
          }
          {
            name: 'MyLinuxCpuJsonBlob'
            type: 'JsonBlob'
          }
          {
            name: 'MyJsonMetricsBlob'
            type: 'JsonBlob'
          }
          {
            name: 'MyLinuxCpuEventHub'
            type: 'EventHub'
            sasURL: eventHubUrl
          }
          {
            name: 'MyMetricEventHub'
            type: 'EventHub'
            sasURL: eventHubUrl
          }
          {
            name: 'MyLoggingEventHub'
            type: 'EventHub'
            sasURL: eventHubUrl
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Parameter file

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vmName": {
      "value": "my-linux-vm"
    },
    "vmId": {
      "value": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/my-linux-vm"
    },
    "location": {
      "value": "westus"
    },
    "storageAccountName": {
      "value": "mystorageaccount"
    },
    "storageSasToken": {
      "value": "?sv=2019-10-10&ss=bfqt&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacupx&se=2020-04-26T23:06:44Z&st=2020-04-26T15:06:44Z&spr=https&sig=1QpoTvrrEW6VN2taweUq1BsaGkhDMnFGTfWakucZl4%3D"
    },
    "eventHubUrl": {
      "value": "https://my-eventhub-namespace.servicebus.windows.net/my-eventhub?sr=my-eventhub-namespace.servicebus.windows.net%2fmy-eventhub&sig=4VEGPTg8jxUAbTcyeF2kwOr8XZdfgTdMWEQWnVaMSqw=&skn=manage"
    }
  }
}

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