For storing Azure SQL database logs, is it necessary to explicitly create blob for logs storage or it is implicitly created. I read this and this post but still not sure about it?
Also, for Java/Spring application deployed in App Services, when using App Insights, Log Analytics and Azure Monitor for Application logs, HTTP and Access logs and DB logs, do I need to explicitly setup blob for storing logs?
No, you do not need to create a blob storage for Azure SQL database logs as they are stored in Azure SQL database transaction logs and can be viewed using Azure Monitor or audited using Azure SQL Auditing.
Steps to check the Logs in SQL DB under Monitor section.
After creating azure SQL database and server.
Go to monitoring tab as mentioned in below screenshot and the logs can be viewed.
Approach 2
Using Log Analytics
Create a Log analytics workspace in Azure.
And go to the SQL Database and choose the Diagnostics from left pane in monitoring tab.
Add a diagnostic setting and choose the created log analytics and choose the log option as mentioned in below screenshot.
You can find the logs as shown below.
To store the Azure SQL Logs explicitly
You need to create 'Storage Account' for storing logs.
And have to enable Azure Monitor Logs from your SQL server and select 'Diagnostic logs' from the Azure Monitor menu and then, turn on the logs and select the storage account you created.
And configure log retention by selecting the Logs tab in the Azure Monitor menu, and then choose 'Retention policy' to configure how long logs will be retained.
To verify logs in the storage account, go to the storage account and select 'Containers.' You should see a container named 'insights-logs-sqlserverauditlog.' You can then browse the logs stored in this container.
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I am trying to get Users logged in information in Azure SQL Database Using Log Analytics. Can it be possible if so, can you please help me on this ?
Below are Options available in Diagnostic Settings for Azure SQL Database.
Click 'Add Diagnostic setting' above to configure the collection of the following data:
DmsWorkers
ExecRequests
RequestSteps
SqlRequests
Waits
Basic
InstanceAndAppAdvanced
WorkloadManagement
I want to achieve this without using Sys schemas objects related to Azure SQL Databases.
Thanks,
Brahma
You need to enable Auditing in Azure SQL Server using and then you can check the logs in Azure Log Analytics.
Easiest way to enable auditing is through the Azure Portal. However, it can be easily set up through ARM templates, Azure Powershell, Azure CLI.
Auditing can be enabled either at the individual database level or at the logical server level. If enabled at the server level then it automatically applies to existing databases and any new databases that are created.
However, enabling both at the server and database level leads to duplicate logs.
In the homepage of the desired Azure Sql server, in the left pane there is an option for “Auditing”.
By default, Auditing is off. Enable it. Choose the Log Analytics Workspace where you need to store the logs. Click on Save.
Click on Add diagnostics setting. Let us enable diagnostics for errors and InstanceAndAppAdvanced. Send this data to the log analytics workspace using your subscription and log analytics workspace. Click on Save for the configuration.
To view the logs, open up the Log Analytics workspace that was configured as a sink and choose logs and select the scope.
Summarizing the connection attempts by caller IP addresses
AzureDiagnostics
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Source: https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/6782/kusto-query-language-query-audit-data-azure-sql-database/
I have a storage account datalake Gen2.
I need to connect my storage account logs to a Log analytics workspace.
But there is no Diagnostic Settings menu, so I don't know how to do.
I think this was supported by datalake Gen1, but is there a workaround for datalake gen 2?
thank you
There is a Diagnostic settings option at the end of the left sidebar, but you have to scroll quite a bit to find it.
Sadly, i believe currently there is no such option to automatically send diagnostic logs to a log analytics workspace. The active logs will be generated inside a folder named "$logs" located on the root path of your storage account, its only visible through Azure storage explorer.
Microsoft provides a Powershell script located at Azure GitHub which aims to upload the log files generated to a log analytics workspace of your choice.
You can refer to this official guide from Microsoft to build this workflow to send your logs to log analytics: Querying Azure Storage logs in Azure Monitor Log Analytics
Our Project is a Java Spring boot application, We have a logging system using log4j, Which we are pushing into the Azure Storage accounts.
Question:
I want to query these custom logs in OMS. (Is it possible)
If Yes how.
Till now what i have tried is.
1. Pushed the logs in Blob storage using Logback and container looks like
Pushed logs in table storage
And configured Storage accounts in log analytics in Azure workspace
But i am unable to see any Analytic data to query in OMS .
Please help.
If you can't use Application Insights, you can read logs files from Storage and use HTTP Data Collector API to push logs into Log Analytics workspace. Samples and reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-data-collector-api
I have some VMs running on Azure Service. I'd like to redirect logs from them (Windows Event Logs and MS SQL server logs) to a specific log concentrator (like Graylog). For Windows logs, I'm using Nxlog (https://nxlog.co/docs/nxlog-ce/nxlog-reference-manual.html#quickstart_windows). However, for specific (PaaS) applications such as SQL Server (PaaS in general) Nxlog does not apply.
Is there a way to redirect logs (VMs and PaaS) just using Azure (web) tools?
Most services keep their logs in a Storage Account so you can tap into that source and forward logs to your own centralized log database. You generally define the storage account at the place you enable diagnostics for the service.
Don't know what king of logs you are looking for in SQL DB, but for example the audit logs are saved in a storage account.
Azure Operations Management Suite (OMS) can ingest from dozens of services as well as custom logs. As itaysk mentioned, most services in Azure write service related diagnostic information to a storage account. It's really easy to ingest these from within OMS.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/log-analytics/
For Azure Web Sites, you can use Application Insights and store custom metrics as well. There's also an option to continuously write these metrics to a storage account.
Here's a similar option for Azure SQL:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-auditing-get-started/
I want to store my api's (hosted on app services) logs to Azure Table storage using Azure Diagnostics. Currently I can store the logs on blob container I am unable to find a option to store on the Table storage.
After some google searching I found that classic azure portal supported to store logs on table storage. When I try to log-in into classic portal it automatically redirects me to the current portal.
Basically I want to view the logs using Azure Log Analytics where I'm unable to view the logs from a blob container.
Please show me some light on this issue. Either enlighten me by showing a way to bind logs in Azure Log Analytics from a blob container or showing me a way to store app services diagnostic logs to table storage.