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Monitoring Azure virtual network data reference |
Important reference material needed when you monitor Azure virtual network |
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See Monitoring Azure virtual network for details on collecting and analyzing monitoring data for Azure virtual networks.
This section lists all the automatically collected platform metrics collected for Azure virtual network.
| Metric Type | Resource Provider / Type Namespace and link to individual metrics |
|---|---|
| Virtual network | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks |
| Network interface | Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces |
| Public IP address | Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses |
| NAT gateways | Microsoft.Network/natGateways |
For more information, see a list of all platform metrics supported in Azure Monitor.
For more information on what metric dimensions are, see Multi-dimensional metrics.
Azure virtual network has the following dimensions associated with its metrics.
| Dimension Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Direction (Out - In) | The direction of traffic flow. The supported values are In and Out. |
| Protocol | The type of transport protocol. The supported values are TCP and UDP. |
This section lists the types of resource logs you can collect for resources used with Azure virtual network.
For reference, see a list of all resource logs category types supported in Azure Monitor.
| Resource Log Type | Resource Provider / Type Namespace and link to individual metrics |
|---|---|
| Network security group | Microsoft.Network/networksecuritygroups |
| Public IP address | Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses |
This section refers to all of the Azure Monitor Logs Kusto tables relevant to Azure virtual network and available for query by Log Analytics.
| Resource Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Virtual network | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks |
| Network interface | Microsoft.Network/networkInterface |
| Public IP address | Microsoft.Network/publicIP |
Virtual network
Azure virtual network doesn't have diagnostic logs.
The following table lists the operations related to Azure virtual network that may be created in the Activity log.
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| All administrative operations | All administrative operations including create, update and delete of an Azure virtual network. |
| Create or update virtual network | A virtual network was created or updated. |
| Deletes virtual network | A virtual network was deleted. |
For more information on the schema of Activity Log entries, see Activity Log schema.
- See Monitoring Azure virtual network for a description of monitoring Azure virtual network.
- See Monitoring Azure resources with Azure Monitor for details on monitoring Azure resources.