Azure Monitor · Schema

DataSources

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Properties

Name Type Description
performanceCounters array The list of performance counter data sources.
windowsEventLogs array The list of Windows Event Log data sources.
syslog array The list of Syslog data sources.
extensions array The list of Azure VM extension data sources.
logFiles array The list of Log file data sources.
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JSON Schema

microsoft-azure-monitor-datasources-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/DataSources",
  "title": "DataSources",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "performanceCounters": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A friendly name for the data source."
          },
          "streams": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "samplingFrequencyInSeconds": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "The number of seconds between consecutive counter measurements."
          },
          "counterSpecifiers": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "A list of specifier names of the performance counters."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The list of performance counter data sources."
    },
    "windowsEventLogs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "streams": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "xPathQueries": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The list of Windows Event Log data sources."
    },
    "syslog": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "streams": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "facilityNames": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "logLevels": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The list of Syslog data sources."
    },
    "extensions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "streams": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "extensionName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "extensionSettings": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "inputDataSources": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The list of Azure VM extension data sources."
    },
    "logFiles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "streams": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "filePatterns": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "format": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "text"
            ]
          },
          "settings": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "text": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "recordStartTimestampFormat": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The list of Log file data sources."
    }
  }
}