Edge Delta Azure App Insights Output
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Overview
The Azure AppInsight output will stream analytics and insights to your Azure endpoint.
Example
- name: app-insights
type: azure
endpoint: https://dc.services.visualstudio.com/v2/track
api_key: '{{ Env "TEST_AZURE_APIKEY" }}'
- name: app-insights-with-base-type
type: azure
endpoint: https://dc.services.visualstudio.com/v2/track
api_key: '{{ Env "TEST_AZURE_APIKEY" }}'
base_type: EventData
Parameters
name
Required
Enter a descriptive name for the output or integration.
For outputs, this name will be used to map this destination to a workflow.
name: app-insights
integration_name
Optional
This parameter refers to the organization-level integration created in the Integrations page.
If you need to add multiple instances of the same integration into the config, then you can add a custom name to each instance via the name parameter. In this situation, the name should be used to refer to the specific instance of the destination in the workflows.
integration_name: orgs-azureappinsight
type: azure
Required
Enter azure.
type: azure
api_key
Optional
Enter the AppInsight’s instrumentation key.
api_key: '{{ Env "TEST_AZURE_APIKEY" }}'
endpoint
Optional
Enter the Azure AppInsight endpoint.
endpoint: https://dc.services.visualstudio.com/v2/track
base_type
Optional
This parameter indicates where to funnel data. To funnel data into a tracing index, enter MessageData
. To funnel data into an event index, enter EventData
.
base_type: EventData
features
Optional
This parameter defines which data types to stream to the destination. If you do not provide a value, then all will be set. To learn more, see the following section on supported feature types.
features: metric
buffer_ttl
Optional
Enter a length of time to retry failed streaming data. After this length of time is reached, the failed streaming data will no longer be tried.
buffer_ttl: 2h
buffer_path
Optional
Enter a folder path to temporarily store failed streaming data. The failed streaming data will be retried until the data reaches its destinations or until the Buffer TTL value is reached. If you enter a path that does not exist, then the agent will create directories, as needed.
buffer_path: /var/log/edgedelta/pushbuffer/
buffer_max_bytesize
Optional
Enter the maximum size of failed streaming data that you want to retry. If the failed streaming data is larger than this size, then the failed streaming data will not be retried.
buffer_max_bytesize: 100MB
Supported Features
See Streaming Features.
Feature Type | Supported? |
---|---|
Log | Yes |
Metrics | Yes |
Alert as event | No |
Alert as log | No |
Health | No |
Dimensions as attribute | Yes |
Send as is | No |
Send as JSON | No |
Custom tags | No |
EDAC enrichment | No |
Message template | No |
outgoing_bytes.sum | Yes |
outgoing__raw_bytes.sum | Yes |
outgoing_lines.count | Yes |
output buffering to disk | No |