Azure Subscriptions Test

An Azure subscription is the basic unit where all resources are contained. It also defines several limits within Azure, such as number of cores, resources, etc.

In order to help administrators to keep track of the resources allocated to the target subscription and the resources that remain inactive and are not available for use, the eG Enterprise provides you with the Azure Subscriptions test.

This test helps administrators to figure out the state of the monitored subscription and the total number of resources allocated to that subscription, the number of geographic locations allocated to each subscription, etc. Using this test, administrators can figure out the number of inactive resources on a target subscription. This way, resources that are seldom used can be identified.

Target of the Test: A Microsoft Azure Subscription

Agent deploying the test: A remote agent

Output of the test: One set of results for the Microsoft Azure Subscription being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Subscription ID

Specify the GUID which uniquely identifies the Microsoft Azure Subscription to be monitored. To know the ID that maps to the target subscription, do the following:

  1. Login to the Microsoft Azure Portal.

  2. When the portal opens, click on the Subscriptions option (as indicated by Figure 1).

    Figure 1 : Clicking on the Subscriptions option

  3. Figure 2 that appears next will list all the subscriptions that have been configured for the target Azure AD tenant. Locate the subscription that is being monitored in the list, and check the value displayed for that subscription in the Subscription ID column.

    Figure 2 : Determining the Subscription ID

  4. Copy the Subscription ID in Figure 2 to the text box corresponding to the SUBSCRIPTION ID parameter in the test configuration page.

Tenant ID

Specify the Directory ID of the Azure AD tenant to which the target subscription belongs. To know how to determine the Directory ID, refer to Configuring the eG Agent to Monitor the Microsoft Azure App Service

Client ID and Client Password

The eG agent communicates with the target Microsoft Azure Subscrption using Java API calls. To collect the required metrics, the eG agent requires an Access token in the form of an Application ID and the client secret value. To know how to determine the Application ID and the key, refer to Configuring the eG Agent to Monitor the Microsoft Azure App Service. Specify the Application ID of the created Application in the Client ID text box and the client secret value in the Client Password text box.

Proxy Host

In some environments, all communication with the Azure cloud be routed through a proxy server. In such environments, you should make sure that the eG agent connects to the cloud via the proxy server and collects metrics. To enable metrics collection via a proxy, specify the IP address of the proxy server and the port at which the server listens against the Proxy Host and Proxy Port parameters. By default, these parameters are set to none, indicating that the eG agent is not configured to communicate via a proxy, by default.

Proxy Username, Proxy Password and Confirm Password

If the proxy server requires authentication, then, specify a valid proxy user name and password in the Proxy Username and Proxy Password parameters, respectively. Then, confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measures reported by the test:
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Status

Indicates the current state of the subscription.

 

The values reported by this measure and its numeric equivalents are mentioned in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Enabled 1
Unknown 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current state of this subscription. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the numeric equivalents only - 0 or 1.

With the help of the detailed diagnosis of this measure, you can determine the display name and Quota ID of the monitored subscription.

Total GEO locations

Indicates the number of geographic locations allocated to the subscription.

Number

The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the geographic locations that are allocated to each subscription.

Total resources

Indicates the total number of resources that can be allocated to the subscription.

Number

 

Active resources

Indicates the number of resources that are currently active on the subscription.

Number

The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the resource provider and the name of the resources provided through each resource provider that are active for each subscription.

Inactive resources

Indicates the number of resources that are currently inactive on the subscription.

Number

The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the resource provider and the name of the resources provided through each resource provider that are inactive for each subscription.

Other resources

Indicates the number of resources that are currently in other states on the subscription.

Number

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which resources of the target subscription are in states other than Enabled or Unknown.

Active resource groups

Indicates the number of resource groups that are currently active on the subscription.

Number

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which resource groups of the target subscription are currently active.

With the help of the detailed diagnosis of the Status measure, you can determine the display name and Quota ID of the monitored subscription.

Figure 3 : The detailed diagnosis of the Status measure reported by the Azure Subscriptions test

The detailed diagnosis of the Total GEO locations measure lists the name of the geographic locations that are allocated to each subscription.

Figure 4 : The detailed diagnosis of the Total GEO locations measure

The detailed diagnosis of the Active resources measure lists the name of the resource provider and the name of the resources provided through each resource provider that are active for each subscription.

Figure 5 : The detailed diagnosis of the Active resources measure

The detailed diagnosis of the Inactive resources measure lists the name of the resource provider and the name of the resources provided through each resource provider that are inactive for each subscription.

Figure 6 : The detailed diagnosis of the Inactive resources measure

Use the detailed diagnosis of the Other resources measure to know which resources of the target subscription are in states other than Enabled or Unknown.

Figure 7 : The detailed diagnosis of the Other resources measure

Use the detailed diagnosis of the Active resource groups measure to know which resource groups of the target subscription are currently active.

Figure 8 : The detailed diagnosis of the Active resource groups measure