Azure Monitor

Learn how to connect Azure Monitor to ZigiOps. Supported versions, prerequisites, authentication details, webhook setup, and connected system configuration.

What is Azure Monitor integration in ZigiOps?

Azure Monitor is a cloud-native monitoring service that collects metrics, logs, alerts, and events from Azure resources and applications.

ZigiOps enables secure, agentless integration between Azure Monitor and ITSM, monitoring, and enterprise systems. Using ZigiOps, Azure Monitor alerts, metrics, and topology data can be forwarded to downstream systems to trigger incidents, events, or automated workflows.

With ZigiOps, Azure Monitor can:

Send alerts and metrics to ITSM and monitoring platforms
Trigger incident or event creation based on Azure alerts
Participate in monitoring-to-resolution workflows
Integrate using APIs and webhooks, without custom code

Which Azure Monitor versions are supported?

Using a supported version is mandatory.

Product

Supported Deployment Types

Supported Versions

Azure Monitor

All

Are there any environmental prerequisites for Azure Monitor?

Always confirm the prerequisites of the corresponding integration template before continuing, as some templates may not require all environmental prerequisites.

See the Related Templates section at the end of this page.

How do I get my Subscription ID from Azure Monitor?

Click Subscriptions.

Locate and copy your Subscription ID from the list.

How do I get my Client ID, Client Secret Password, and Tenant ID from Azure Monitor?

These credentials are required for authenticating Azure Monitor with ZigiOps.

Open the Cloud Shell console.

Execute the command:

az login

This generates a temporary login code.

Open https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the generated code to authorize the session.

In Cloud Shell, execute:

az account set --subscription "<subscription_id>"

Execute:

az ad sp create-for-rbac -n "<service_principal_name>"

Copy the generated values:

Client ID - AppID
Client Secret Password - Password
Tenant ID - Tenant

How do I create a Webhook Action in Azure Monitor?

Webhook actions are required for integrations that rely on Azure Monitor alerts.

Create a Webhook Action by following Microsoft's documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups#webhook

Configure the Webhook URL to point to the ZigiOps listener endpoint. Example: https://zigiops.example.com:8899/azure/alerts

How do I connect Azure Monitor to ZigiOps?

Azure Monitor - Connected System Configuration

Follow the steps below to add Azure Monitor as a connected system in ZigiOps.

Navigate to Connected Systems > Add New System > Azure Monitor and configure the following parameters:

URL Enter the Azure management URL. Example: https://management.azure.com

Subscription ID Enter your Azure subscription identifier.

Client ID Enter your client identifier.

Client Secret Password Enter your client secret password.

Tenant ID Enter your tenant identifier.

Proxy Settings (optional) Enable this option if a proxy server is required.

Review the configuration.

Click Save to store the connected system.

Once saved, Azure Monitor becomes available for use in ZigiOps integration templates.

What are the most common Azure Monitor integration use cases?

Use case 1: Forwarding Azure Monitor alerts to ITSM systems

ZigiOps can forward Azure Monitor alerts to ITSM platforms as incidents or events. Alert details, severity, timestamps, and metadata are mapped automatically, enabling faster response to infrastructure and application issues.

Use case 2: Centralized monitoring with downstream systems

Azure Monitor metrics and alerts can be synchronized to monitoring platforms using ZigiOps, allowing organizations to consolidate Azure monitoring data into existing observability tools.