Monitoring
By now, you know that monitoring is something inevitable regardless of which WAF pillar we are dealing with. Basically, we need insights into component failures, why the component failed, and when it failed. We have already seen how Azure Advisor and Azure Monitor play a crucial role in capturing the recommendations and insights related to the pillars of the WAF.
The following key points should be considered for monitoring the reliability of applications:
- Use Application Insights to validate the availability of applications to ensure the availability metrics are met.
- Collect application logs using Azure Monitor so that we can troubleshoot any application-related failures.
- Ensure all application components are monitored and data ingested to a centralized location such as Azure Log Analytics.
- All key metrics should be captured and plotted on dashboards for the applications and infrastructure teams to monitor. You can use Azure Workbooks or Grafana to...
