This template creates a metric alert rule that monitors the CPU Percentage metric of a virtual machine using a static threshold condition type.
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Parameters
Parameter Name | Description |
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alertName | Name of the alert |
alertDescription | Description of alert |
alertSeverity | Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4} |
isEnabled | Specifies whether the alert is enabled |
resourceId | Full Resource ID of the resource emitting the metric that will be used for the comparison. For example /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroups/ResourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/VM_xyz |
metricName | Name of the metric used in the comparison to activate the alert. |
operator | Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value. |
threshold | The threshold value at which the alert is activated. |
timeAggregation | How the data that is collected should be combined over time. |
windowSize | Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format. |
evaluationFrequency | how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format |
Use the template
PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroup -Name <resource-group-name> -Location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstall and configure Azure PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName <resource-group-name> -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/quickstarts/microsoft.insights/monitoring-static-metric-alert/azuredeploy.json
Command line
az group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstall and Configure the Azure Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface
az group deployment create --resource-group <my-resource-group> --template-uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/quickstarts/microsoft.insights/monitoring-static-metric-alert/azuredeploy.json