Get-AzLog(Az.Monitor) (2023)

FAQs

How do I get Azure logs? ›

To get the Azure VM activity logs with PowerShell, we need to use the Get-AzLog command. Before running, AZ commands make sure that you are connected to the Azure Account using (ConnectAzAccount) and the subscription (Set-AzContext). We need to use this ID in the Get-AzLog command to retrieve the activity logs.

Access the activity logs in the portal

Go to Azure AD and select Audit logs, Sign-in logs, or Provisioning logs. Adjust the filter according to your needs. For more information on the filter options for audit logs, see Azure AD audit log categories and activities.

From the home screen of your Azure portal, go to Azure Active Directory. Under Monitoring, click Audit logs. Click Export Data Settings. You can view your current settings under the Diagnostic settings blade.

Sign in to the Azure portal. Select Azure Active Directory, and then select Logs from the Monitoring section to open your Log Analytics workspace. The workspace will open with a default query.

On the Log Analytics workspace menu in the Azure portal, select Data Export under the Settings section to view all export rules in the workspace.

All logs are stored in block blobs in a container named $logs , which is automatically created when Storage Analytics is enabled for a storage account. The $logs container is located in the blob namespace of the storage account, for example: http://<accountname>.blob.core.windows.net/$logs .

Windows PowerShell versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1 include EventLog cmdlets for the Windows event logs. In those versions, to display the list of EventLog cmdlets type: Get-Command -Noun EventLog .

The Get-EventLog cmdlet gets events and event logs from local and remote computers. By default, Get-EventLog gets logs from the local computer. To get logs from remote computers, use the ComputerName parameter. You can use the Get-EventLog parameters and property values to search for events.

What is the monitoring tool in Azure? ›

Microsoft combined three unique services—Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights—under the umbrella of Azure Monitor to provide powerful end-to-end monitoring of your applications and the components they rely on. Log Analytics and Application Insights are now features of Azure Monitor.

Sign in to the Azure portal and go to Azure AD and select Audit log from the Monitoring section. The audit activity report is available in all editions of Azure AD. If you have an Azure Active Directory P1 or P2 license, you can access the audit log through the Microsoft Graph API.

Navigate to Devices > Windows > select a supported device. On the device's Overview page, select … > Collect diagnostics > Yes. A pending notification appears on the device's Overview page.

You can access Apache logs from var/log/log_type. For example, you can access Apache logs from the Apache Unix/Linux server by looking in the following directories: /var/log/apache/access. log.

You can keep data in interactive retention between 4 and 730 days. You can set the archive period for a total retention time of up to 2,556 days (seven years). To set the retention and archive duration for a table in the Azure portal: From the Log Analytics workspaces menu, select Tables.

Log detailed errors

To save the error page or failed request tracing for Windows apps in the Azure portal, navigate to your app and select App Service logs. Under Detailed Error Logging or Failed Request Tracing, select On, then select Save. Both types of logs are stored in the App Service file system.

Select Azure Monitor Logs for Destination type. Select your Log Analytics workspace for Account or namespace. Select Add data source to save the data source. Select Add data source again to add logs to the DCR.

Data that Azure Monitor Metrics collects is stored in a time-series database that's optimized for analyzing time-stamped data. Each set of metric values is a time series with the following properties: The time when the value was collected.

You can view the log data using a storage explorer like the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer, or programmatically using the storage client library or PowerShell. For information about accessing the $logs container, see Storage analytics logging.

What is the command to see the logs? ›

/var/log. This is such a crucial folder on your Linux systems. Open up a terminal window and issue the command cd /var/log.

Windows event log location is C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\ folder. Event logs can be checked with the help of 'Event Viewer' to keep track of issues in the system.

The user profile now contains a detailed log file for each PowerShell session in the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\TranscriptLog directory.

Open the Log Analytics demo environment, or select Logs from the Azure Monitor menu in your subscription. This step sets the initial scope to a Log Analytics workspace so that your query selects from all data in that workspace.

On the Message Analyzer File menu, point to New Session and then select Azure Table in the submenu to open a Data Retrieval Session that enables you to target Azure Storage table data as input to Message Analyzer. Enter an Account Name, Account Key, and Table Name on the Azure Table tab of the New Session dialog.

Monitoring in the workplace is legal in the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. Employers have the right to monitor company-owned computers and employee productivity to protect business interests. Employee computer monitoring software is one of the most commonly used surveillance tools for this purpose.

Select Start , then select Settings > Privacy & security > Activity history.

Can monitor usage be tracked? ›

You can't. Obviously, you could take your internet connection offline, and then even were it being monitored, it can't be reported to someone else, because your computer will be unable to communicate the information until it has another Internet connection.

Azure Monitor Metrics can only store numeric data in a particular structure, whereas Azure Monitor Logs can store a variety of data types that have their own structures. You can also perform complex analysis on Azure Monitor Logs data by using log queries, which can't be used for analysis of Azure Monitor Metrics data.

Log Analytics is a tool in the Azure portal that's used to edit and run log queries against data in the Azure Monitor Logs store. You might write a simple query that returns a set of records and then use features of Log Analytics to sort, filter, and analyze them.

Azure monitor is a monitoring service that provides data and insights about the health and performance of Azure resources. Log analytics is a service that helps you collect, search, and analyze data to gain insights into your application and business.

Click Audit log reports in the Site Collection Administration section. Select the report that you want, such as Deletion on the View Auditing Reports page, .

The two most common mechanisms for collecting log data are agentless and agent-based log collection. Some of the other common log collection techniques include API-based log collection, WMI-based log collection, and SNMP traps.

Double-click on the log file and it will likely open in a text program by default, or you can choose the program you'd like to use to open the file by using the right-click and “Open With” option. Another option is to use a web browser and open the server log file in HTML.

A log collector is a tool that aggregates the logs from different sources across your system, normalizes them, and offers a way to view the logs more easily.

In the App Service file system, these log files are the contents of the /home/LogFiles directory.

Where can I find Azure function logs? ›

From the Monitoring section of your function app in the Azure portal, select Diagnostic settings, and then select Add diagnostic setting. In the Diagnostics settings page, under Category details and log, choose FunctionAppLogs. The FunctionAppLogs table contains the desired logs.

To view streaming logs in the portal, select the Platform features tab in your function app. Then, under Monitoring, choose Log streaming. This connects your app to the log streaming service and application logs are displayed in the window.

To access App Service diagnostics, navigate to your App Service app in the Azure portal. In the left navigation, click on Diagnose and solve problems – Checkout the tile for “Diagnostic Tools” and “Availability and Performance” > "Application Logs" title.

Audit records for operations in Azure Active Directory, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business, are retained for one year by default.

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring solution for collecting, analyzing, and responding to telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. You can use Azure Monitor to maximize the availability and performance of your applications and services.

To monitor the log, you can check the output of a pipeline run on the Monitoring tab of ADF Studio, under pipeline runs. Select the run you want to monitor and then hover over the area beside the Activity name.

Live Metrics Stream: when your function app is connected to Application Insights, you can view log data and other metrics in near real time in the Azure portal using Live Metrics Stream. Use this method when monitoring functions running on multiple-instances or on Linux in a Consumption plan.