Chapter 1: Implementing Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
This book will cover all of the exam objectives for the AZ-303 exam. When relevant, you will be provided with extra information and further reading guidance about the different topics of this book.
This chapter introduces the first objective, which is going to cover Implement Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring. It will cover the various aspects of Azure Monitor. You will learn how to create and analyze metrics and alerts and how to create a baseline for resources. We are going to look at how to create action groups and how to configure diagnostic settings on resources. We are going to cover Azure Log Analytics and how to utilize log search query functions; finally, we will look at monitoring security events, networking, and cost management.
Being able to monitor all aspects of your solution is important for service health, security, reliability, and costs. With so much data available, it’s important to know how to set up alerts and query logs effectively.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Understanding Azure Monitor
- Creating and analyzing metrics and alerts
- Creating a baseline for resources
- Configuring diagnostic settings on resources
- Viewing alerts in Log Analytics
- Utilizing log search query functions
- Using Network Watcher
- Monitoring security
- Managing costs
