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Manage Azure API Management Service Event Hub Logger monitoring

This page describes managing the Event Hub Logger. Logging to Nodinite using a Policy is detailed in the API Logging user guide.

To Manage other parts of Azure API Management Services using Nodinite; Review the following user guides:

Delegate the power to control all or individual Event Hub Logger to selected team members and the business. This feature helps the people involved in the support and maintenance team have the power to manage problems with your Event Hub Logger without having individual direct access to the Microsoft Azure Portal. Reducing access limits the number of attack vectors, and having fewer people with fewer access rights minimizes the risk for disruption of mission-critical services.

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Management Features

To create a new Event Hub Logger; Review the Create Event Hub Logger user guide.

For Resources in the Role-based Monitor Views with the Remote Actions privilege grant; The following Remote Actions grouped by Category are available:

Category Monitoring Actions Metrics/Statistics
Event Hub Logger Edit
Details
Delete
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As an Administrator with access to the Configuration for Monitoring Agents, the additional Monitoring options are available:

Monitoring Remote Configuration
Monitoring Azure API Management Service Logger
  • Add and Remove Azure API Management Service connections
  • Enable and Disable Monitoring as specified
  • Edit monitoring thresholds

    Event Hub Logger

    The 'API Management Service - Logger' Category provides one resource for each Event Hub Logger discovered from configured Azure API Management Services. The name of the Resource is the same as in Azure.

    %Name%

    API Management Service Event Hub Logger
    Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'API Management Service Event Hub Loggers'

    See Monitoring Azure API Management Service for additional details about Azure API Management Service Monitoring.

    The API Management Service - Logger category provides Resources that displays the evaluated monitored state according to user-defined thresholds.

    The following Remote Actions are available for the API Management Service - Logger Category.

    1. Details
    2. Edit thresholds
    3. Delete
      Actions
      Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.

    Details

    To view the selected Event Hub Logger; Click the Action button and then click on the Details menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Details Menu Action
    Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Event Hub Logger.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Event Hub Logger details
    Here's an example of details for selected Certificate.

    Edit Thresholds

    To manage the Event Hub Logger; Click the Action button and then click on the Edit menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Edit thresholds Action
    Edit Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Edit Modal
    Here's an example of the manage the Event Hub Logger modal.

    • Event Hub Name - The name of the Event Hub Logger (to be used in your API Logging Policy)
    • Credential Connection String - The connection string for the destination Event Hub
    • Description - The optional user-friendly description about this entry

    Click the Save button to persist changes.
    Save
    Save button.

    Delete

    First; Make sure no API Policy use the Event Hub Logger

    To Delete an existing Event Hub Logger; Click the Action button and then click on the Delete menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Delete Action
    Delete Action button menu item.

    A prompt appears; Click Yes to remove the Event Hub Logger from your Azure API Management Service configuration.
    Confirm Delete operation

    Next, the result appears:
    Result from Delete operation


    Next Step

    Global Configuration of the Azure Monitoring agent

    Azure Logging and Monitoring Overview
    Prerequisites for Azure Agent