azure-linux-extensions/AzureEnhancedMonitor

How to enable Azure Enhanced Monitoring on Linux VM

This is an instruction about how to enable Azure Enhanced Monitoring(AEM) on Azure Linux VM.

Install Azure CLI

First of all, you need to to install Azure CLI

NOTE This feature is currently on developing. You need to install it from github by running the following command.

npm -g install git+https://github.com/yuezh/azure-xplat-cli.git#dev

Configure Azure Enhanced Monitoring

1. Login with your Azure account

   azure login
   

2. Switch to azure resource management mode

   azure config mode arm
   

3. Enable Azure Enhanced Monitoring

   azure vm enable-aem <resource-group-name> <vm-name>
   

4. Verify that the Azure Enhanced Monitoring is active on the Azure Linux VM. Check if the file /var/lib/AzureEnhancedMonitor/PerfCounters exists. If exists, display information collected by AEM with:

   cat /var/lib/AzureEnhancedMonitor/PerfCounters
   

   Then you will get output like:

   2;cpu;Current Hw Frequency;;0;2194.659;MHz;60;1444036656;saplnxmon;
   2;cpu;Max Hw Frequency;;0;2194.659;MHz;0;1444036656;saplnxmon;
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