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QuickStart

To monitor Azure Blob Storage's system metrics like Total Requests, Total Ingress / Egress, and Total Errors with SigNoz, you just need to set up the OpenTelemetry Collector with the Azure Monitor exporter.

Overview

Azure Blob Storage is a cloud storage service that provides scalable, durable, and highly available storage for your data. It is designed to store large amounts of unstructured data, such as files, blobs, and objects, and is optimized for data access and retrieval.

In this guide, you will learn how to monitor Azure Blob Storage's system metrics like Total Requests, Total Ingress / Egress, and Total Errors with SigNoz. By monitoring these metrics, you can keep track of your application's resource utilization and performance.

Prerequisites

Before you can monitor your Azure Blob Storage with SigNoz, you need to ensure the following prerequisites are met:

  1. You have an Azure subscription and an Azure Blob Storage instance running.
  2. You have set up the Central Collector with the Azure Monitor exporter. If you haven't set it up yet, follow the instructions in the Central Collector Setup

Dashboard Example

Once you have completed the prerequisites, you can start monitoring your Azure Blob Storage's system metrics with SigNoz.

  1. Log in to your SigNoz account.
  2. Navigate to the Dashboards, and add an dashboard
  3. Add a Timeseries Panel
  4. In Metrics, select azure_ingress_total and Avg By select tag location
  5. In Filter say name = <storage-account-name>
  6. Hit “Save Changes” You now have Total Ingress of your Azure Blob Storage in a Dashboard for reporting and alerting
Time Series Panel for Blob Storage Total Ingress
Time Series Panel for Blob Storage Total Ingress

That's it! You have successfully set up monitoring for your Azure Blob Storage's system metrics with SigNoz. You can now start creating other panels and dashboards to monitor Azure Blob Storage's other metrics.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues while setting up monitoring for your Azure Blob Storage's system metrics with SigNoz, here are a few troubleshooting steps you can try:

  1. Check if the OpenTelemetry Collector is running and properly configured with the Azure Monitor exporter.
  2. Verify that your Azure Blob Storage instance is running and accessible.
  3. Ensure that you have the necessary permissions to access the metrics in your Azure subscription.
  4. Double-check the configuration of the OpenTelemetry Collector with the Azure Monitor exporter to ensure that a resource group filter is not preventing the metrics from being collected.

By following this guide, you should be able to easily monitor your Azure Blob Storage's system metrics with SigNoz and gain valuable insights into your application's performance and resource utilization.