create-alerts.md

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Create activity log alerts for labs	This article provides steps to create activity log alerts for lab in Azure DevTest Labs.	how-to	rosemalcolm	RoseHJM	07/10/2020

Create activity log alerts for labs in Azure DevTest Labs

This article explains how to create activity log alerts for labs in Azure DevTest Labs (for example: when a VM is created or when a VM is deleted).

Create alerts

In this example, you create an alert for all administrative operations on a lab with an action that sends an email to subscription owners.

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. In the search bar of the Azure portal, type Monitor, and then select Monitor from the results list.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/search-monitor.png" alt-text="Search for Monitor":::

3. Select Alerts on the left menu, and then select New alert rule on the toolbar.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/alerts-page.png" alt-text="Alerts page":::

4. On the Create alert rule page, click Select resource.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-resource-link.png" alt-text="Select resource for the alert":::

5. Select DevTest Labs for Filter by resource type, select your lab in the list, and then select Done.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-lab-resource.png" alt-text="Select your lab as the resource":::

6. Back on the Create alert rule page, click Select condition.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-condition-link.png" alt-text="Select condition link":::

7. On the Configure signal logic page, select a signal supported by DevTest Labs.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-signal.png" alt-text="Select signal":::

8. Filter by event level (Verbose, Informational, Warning, Error, Critical, All), status (Failed, Started, Succeeded), and who initiated the event.

9. Select Done to complete configuring the condition.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/configure-signal-logic-done.png" alt-text="Configure signal logic - done":::

10. You have specified for the scope (lab) and the condition for the alert. Now, you need to specify an action group with actions to be run when the condition is met. Back on the Create alert rule page, choose Select action group.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-action-group-link.png" alt-text="Select action group link":::

11. Select Create action group link on the toolbar.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/create-action-group-link.png" alt-text="Create action group link":::

12. On the Add action group page, follow these steps:

    1. Enter a name for the action group.

    2. Enter a short name for the action group.

    3. Select the resource group in which you want the alert to be created.

    4. Enter a name for the action.

    5. Select the action type (in this example, Email Azure Resource Manager Role).

       :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/add-action-group.png" alt-text="Add action group page":::

    6. On the Email Azure Resource Manager Role page, select the role. In this example, it's Owner. Then, select OK.

       :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/select-role.png" alt-text="Select role":::

    7. Select OK on the Add action group page.

13. Now, on the Create alert rule page, enter a name for the alert rule, and then select OK.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/create-alert-rule-done.png" alt-text="Create alert rule - done":::

View alerts

1. You will see alerts on the Alerts for all administrative operations (in this example). Alerts may take sometime to show up.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/alerts.png" alt-text="Screen capture displays alerts in the Dashboard.":::

2. If you select number in a column (for example: Total alerts), you see the alerts that were raised.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/all-alerts.png" alt-text="All alerts":::

3. If you select an alert, you see details about it.

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/alert-details.png" alt-text="Alert details":::

4. In this example, you also receive an email with content as shown in the following example:

   :::image type="content" source="./media/activity-logs/alert-email.png" alt-text="Alert email":::

Next steps

• To learn more about creating action groups using different action types, see Create and manage action groups in the Azure portal.
• To learn more about activity logs, see Azure Activity Log.
• To learn about setting alerts on activity logs, see Alerts on activity log.