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Installing Azure monitor agent on Linux containers

Luke Rosser 60 Reputation points
2024-08-06T09:45:10.8166667+00:00

Is it possible to install the Azure monitor agent on a Linux container? I'd like to collect data from log files using a data collection rule outlined here: https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-log-text?tabs=portal

However, looking at the install options only VMs and Windows are mentioned: https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-manage?tabs=azure-portal

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  1. Stanislav Zhelyazkov 24,376 Reputation points MVP
    2024-08-07T06:14:24.1+00:00

    Hi,

    Container Insights installs special Azure Monitor agent version for containers but there is no option to collect custom logs with it. Assuming that this is some application that is generating those logs Microsoft recommends to use Application Insights to log application logs. Other option is to send those send those logs to stdout/stderr which are picked by container Insights:

    Application logs

    Container insights sends stdout/stderr logs to a Log Analytics workspace. See Resource logs for a description of the different logs and Kubernetes Services for a list of the tables each is sent to.

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