Azure Monitoring of Linux systems - Installing OMS Agent on Linux

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Azure can not only monitor what you expect (Windows OS) but also a wide variety of non-MS such as Linux.

In this blog post I am jotting down the main steps to install and activate OMS agent and connect it to your OMS account in Azure.

1. Assume you have admin access over the Linux environment/instance.

2. Download and install OMS Agent for Linux. (The pics are hazy - but if you click on them you should be able to see the clearer and actual version of the pic).

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3. Run checksum

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4. Run the OMS Agent Installer and point to your OMS Account using WorkspaceID and OMS Key (the latter two are in your OMS page)

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Once this is wired up (the above commands should establish the connection from Linux into Azure), you should be able to see your Linux system being monitored in Azure OMS.

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Now you can then do all your PowerBI querying and dash boarding out of this data that gets collected.