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Azure Recovery

Pack Assets​

Templates​

The Centreon Monitoring Connector Azure Recovery brings a host template:

  • Cloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Backup-custom

It brings the following service templates:

Service AliasService TemplateService DescriptionDefault
Backup-Items-StatusCloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Backup-Items-Status-ApiCheck items backup state for a given vaultX
Backup-Jobs-StatusCloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Backup-Jobs-Status-ApiCheck backup jobs state for a given vaultX
Replication-HealthCloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Replication-Health-ApiCheck replication and failover health for a given vaultX

Discovery rules​

The Centreon Monitoring Connector Azure Recovery includes a Host Discovery provider to automatically discover the Azure instances of a given subscription and add them to the Centreon configuration. This provider is named Microsoft Azure Recovery Vaults:

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This discovery feature is only compatible with the api custom mode. azcli is not supported.

More information about discovering hosts automatically is available on the dedicated page.

Collected metrics & status​

Metric NameUnit
Backup item status

Prerequisites​

Please find all the prerequisites needed for Centreon to get information from Azure on the dedicated page.

Setup​

  1. Install the package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Azure Recovery resources:
yum install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Api
  1. On the Centreon web interface, on page Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager, install the Azure Recovery Centreon Monitoring Connector.

Configuration​

Host​

  • Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
  • In the IP Address/DNS field, set the following IP address: 127.0.0.1.
  • Apply the Cloud-Azure-Management-Recovery-Backup-custom template to the host.
  • Once the template is applied, fill in the corresponding macros. Some macros are mandatory. These mandatory macros differ depending on the custom mode used.
MandatoryMacroDescription
XAZUREAPICUSTOMMODECustom mode api
XAZUREVAULTNAMEBackup vault name
XAZURECLIENTIDClient ID
XAZURECLIENTSECRETClient secret
XAZURERESOURCEGROUPResource group name
XAZURESUBSCRIPTIONSubscription ID
XAZURETENANTTenant ID
PROXYURLProxy URL

How to check in the CLI that the configuration is OK and what are the main options for?​

Once the plugin is installed, log into your Centreon poller's CLI using the centreon-engine user account (su - centreon-engine) and test the plugin by running the following command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_azure_management_recovery_api.pl \
    --plugin=cloud::azure::management::recovery::plugin \
    --mode=backup-jobs-status \
    --custommode='api' \
    --resource-group='GPBACK1234' \
    --subscription='xxxxxxxxx' \
    --tenant='xxxxxxxxx' \
    --client-id='xxxxxxxxx' \
    --client-secret='xxxxxxxxx' \
    --proxyurl='' \
    --vault-name='vault123' \
    --warning-status='' \
    --critical-status='%\{status\} eq "Failed"' \
    --warning-total-completed='' \
    --critical-total-completed='' \
    --warning-total-failed='' \
    --critical-total-failed='' \
    --warning-total-inprogress='' \
    --critical-total-inprogress=''

The expected command output is shown below:

OK: Backup Job 'backupjob456' Status 'Completed' [Duration: 41m 12s]

All available options for a given mode can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_azure_management_recovery_api.pl \
    --plugin=cloud::azure::management::recovery::plugin \
    --mode=backup-jobs-status \
    --help

All available modes can be displayed by adding the --list-mode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_azure_management_recovery_api.pl \
    --plugin=cloud::azure::management::recovery::plugin \
    --list-mode

Troubleshooting​

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for the API-based plugins in this chapter.