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Prerequisites​

Centreon Plugin​

Install this plugin on each needed poller:

yum install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Azure-Management-Resource-Api

Perl dependencies (for 'api' custom mode)​

By installing the plugin, some perl depencies will be installed :

JSON::XS
DateTime
Digest::MD5
Digest::SHA
LWP::UserAgent
LWP::Protocol::https
IO::Socket::SSL
URI
HTTP::ProxyPAC

The login and access token handling will be made by the plugin itself.

Azure CLI 2.0 (for 'azcli' custom mode)​

The CLI needs at least Python version 2.7 (https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/blob/dev/doc/install_linux_prerequisites.md).

On CentOS/RedHat, install with following commands:

(As root)
# rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
# echo -e "[azure-cli]\nname=Azure CLI\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo
# yum install azure-cli
(As centreon-engine)
# az login

The shell should prompt:

To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code CWT4WQZAD to authenticate.

Go to https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the given code.

Log in with your account credentials. You should use a service account. Application is not yet supported.

The command line should now show:

[
{
"cloudName": "AzureCloud",
"id": "0ef83f3a-d83e-2039-d930-309df93acd93d",
"isDefault": true,
"name": "N/A(tenant level account)",
"state": "Enabled",
"tenantId": "0ef83f3a-03cd-2039-d930-90fd39ecd048",
"user": {
"name": "email@mycompany.onmicrosoft.com",
"type": "user"
}
}
]

You now have a hidden azure directory where your token is stored in an accessTokens.json file.

Centreon Configuration​

Create a new host​

Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:

FieldValue
Host nameName of the host
AliasHost description
IPHost IP Address
Monitored fromMonitoring Poller to use
Host Multiple TemplatesCloud-Azure-Management-Resource-custom

Click on the Save button.

Set host macros​

The following macros must be configured on host.

Common macros​

MacroDescription
AZURERESOURCEGROUPResource group

'api' custom mode macros​

MacroDescription
AZURECUSTOMMODECustom mode 'api'
AZURESUBSCRIPTIONSubscription ID
AZURETENANTTenant ID
AZURECLIENTIDClient ID
AZURECLIENTSECRETClient secret

'azcli' custom mode macros​

MacroDescription
AZURECUSTOMMODECustom mode 'azcli'
AZURESUBSCRIPTIONSubscription ID

Click on the Save button.

Available metrics​

Go to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring-and-diagnostics/monitoring-supported-metrics to see the description of return metrics for this Azure service.