Monitoring Event Grid Topics in Azure
Learn how to monitor the Azure Event Grid Topics and Subscriptions.
This page provides documentation about Event Grid Topic and Event Grid Topic Subscription Monitoring options using Nodinite from one or more role-based Monitor Views. Nodinite monitors the configured Event Grids with Topics and Subscriptions. Monitoring is based in pre-defined thresholds; Remote commands are available as Actions to help you swiftly address reported problems. The Remote Actions are detailed on the Managing Event Grid page.
Example list of monitored Event Grid resources in a Nodinite Monitor View.
Monitoring Features
- State Evaluation - Provide state evaluation according to pre-defined policy.
If Nodinite can't check your Event Grid items' state, chances are no one else can use them either.
- Event Grids for configured Subscriptions are automatically monitored.
- The Nodinite Azure Agent makes use of the Azure Rest API. Hence, Event Grid Topics presents automatically.
- Category-based monitoring - The monitored Resources groups by the Nodinite concept of Categories.
- Share access to individual items from within Nodinite using one or more role-based Monitor Views.
State evaluation for Event Grid
The Event Grid Topics to monitor manifests within Nodinite as one or more Resources. For example, if you have three Event Grid Topics, you will have three Resources in Nodinite.
- The Nodinite Resources name is the same as the deployed Event Grid Topic name and Event Grid Topic Subscription.
- Monitored Event Grid Topics belong to either of the following:
Many other Azure related Categories exists as well, please review the Azure Logging and Monitoring Overview
- The Application name is created with the following pattern:
Configuration name/Resource Group Name
Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resource) evaluates with a state (i.e. OK, Warning, Error, Unavailable).
You can override the evaluation process by configuring the Expected State option available for all Nodinite Resources.
Event Grid Topic
For Event Grid Topic Resources, the state evaluates as described in the table below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Resource not available | Evaluation of the 'Event Grid Topic' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems | Review prerequisites | |
| Error | Error threshold is breached | N/A | - | |
| Warning | Warning threshold is breached | Bad configuration - Not operational. There are no Event Subscriptions configured for this Event Grid Topic | - | |
| OK | Within user-defined thresholds | Operational | Details |
Event Grid Topic Subscription
For Event Grid Topic Subscription Resources, the state evaluates as described in the table below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Resource not available | Evaluation of the 'Event Grid Topic Subscription' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems | Review prerequisites | |
| Error | Error threshold is breached | N/A | - | |
| Warning | Warning threshold is breached | Bad configuration - No Dead letter destination set for this subscription. Either because the DEAD-LETTERING destination has been removed or it's not even set initially. | - | |
| OK | Within user-defined thresholds | Operational | Details |
Alert history for Event Grid
During root cause analysis or other purposes, it might be helpful to understand how often your Event Grid Topic problems happen. If your Monitor View allows it, you can search for historical state changes for the provided time-span either for all your Event Grid Topic or individually. This topic is further detailed within the generic instructions on how to Add or manage Monitor View page.
| Search | Resource history |
|---|---|
 Search for alert history for all resources in the Monitor View |
 Alert history for the selected Event Grid Topic item |
Frequently asked questions
Use the troubleshooting guide to find the FAQ and answers to known problems.