[Azure Logs] Clarify the Storage Account container role in the integration by zmoog · Pull Request #5604 · elastic/integrations

zmoog · 2023-03-21T09:51:06Z

What does this PR do?

Extend the Azure Logs documentation on the Storage Account. We want to make sure users understand why it is needed and how to set it up to deploy this integration successfully.
Add a small new "Requirements and setup" section in each integration page that links to the general Azure Logs page, containing the requirements and detailed setup instructions.

Motivation

We received some questions about the role of the Storage Account in the Azure Logs integration. At least one user—probably more—couldn't find the needed information on our public-facing documentation.

Here are the questions:

- Do we need to set up and Azure storage account for the integration to work?

- Is it enough with just having an event hub?

- Why is recommended setting up an storage account and how does it help?

- What can happen if we stop using the storage account with the integration?

- If we need to use the storage account, what configuration elastic recommends? Hot or cold storage, how long to store the data in the storage, etc

Checklist

I have reviewed tips for building integrations and this pull request is aligned with them.
I have verified that all data streams collect metrics or logs.
I have added an entry to my package's changelog.yml file.
I have verified that Kibana version constraints are current according to guidelines.

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Here is a screenshot of the link to the general Azure Logs page that contains requirements and setup information.

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zmoog · 2023-03-21T12:34:15Z

Hey, @alstolten, I drafted an update to the storage account documentation. We probably have better coverage of this topic now, but I'd love to hear WYT.

Should we:

Add more details to existing information?
Cover aspects we currently do not cover (partially or at all)?

Let me know anything that comes to your mind.

zmoog · 2023-03-21T12:35:33Z

You will see the changes twice, but this is normal. The integration stores the doc in source and rendered forms.

alstolten · 2023-03-23T08:37:05Z

Hey @zmoog LGTM. I believe we can take it from here and adjust for more user feedback once collected. Thanks for the changes!

packages/azure/_dev/build/docs/eventhub.md

packages/azure/_dev/build/docs/springcloudlogs.md

dmathieu · 2023-03-23T08:55:09Z

packages/azure/docs/README.md

 The [Storage account](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview) is a versatile Azure service that allows you to store data in various storage types, including blobs, file shares, queues, tables, and disks.

-The Azure Logs integration uses a Storage account container to store and share information about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset). Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.
+The Azure Logs integration requries a Storage account container to work. The integration uses the Storage account container for checkpointing; it stores data about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset) and share it among the Elastic Agents. Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.


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The Azure Logs integration requries a Storage account container to work. The integration uses the Storage account container for checkpointing; it stores data about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset) and share it among the Elastic Agents. Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.

The Azure Logs integration requires a Storage account container to work. The integration uses the Storage account container for checkpointing; it stores data about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset) and shares it among the Elastic Agents. Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.

I'm not seeing these typos being resolved in the latest diff.

packages/azure/docs/adlogs.md

packages/azure/docs/application_gateway.md

packages/azure/docs/eventhub.md

packages/azure/docs/springcloudlogs.md

alstolten · 2023-03-23T11:29:49Z

packages/azure/_dev/build/docs/eventhub.md

Two minor suggestions:
based on the the event -> remove one "the".
message consumers more on this in the -> message consumers, see

I've added it to the latest commit; please let me know if the updated version works for you.

Tries to answer to the following questions: - Why is recommended setting up an storage account and how does it help? - What can happen if we stop using the storage account with the integration? - If we need to use the storage account, what configuration elastic recommends? Hot or cold storage, how long to store the data in the storage, etc

All requirements and setup instructions are now consolidated in the general Azure Logs page available at: https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/azure Each specific integration page now links to the general page.

Co-authored-by: Damien Mathieu <42@dmathieu.com>

zmoog · 2023-03-23T11:45:08Z

@dmathieu I took the opportunity of this review to make additional changes to the Azure Logs integration docs.

Now each integration page is aligned with the following broad structure:

description and purpose
additional info (depending on what is available right now)
requirements and setup

Here are a couple of examples:

zmoog · 2023-03-23T11:51:56Z

This documentation requires revision, but the scope is broader than this PR. I am addressing the most critical changes here and saving the rest for another PR.

packages/azure/_dev/build/docs/README.md

dmathieu · 2023-03-23T13:57:56Z

packages/azure/docs/README.md

 The [Storage account](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview) is a versatile Azure service that allows you to store data in various storage types, including blobs, file shares, queues, tables, and disks.

-The Azure Logs integration uses a Storage account container to store and share information about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset). Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.
+The Azure Logs integration requries a Storage account container to work. The integration uses the Storage account container for checkpointing; it stores data about the Consumer Group (state, position, or offset) and share it among the Elastic Agents. Sharing such information allows multiple Elastic Agents assigned to the same agent policy to work together; this enables horizontal scaling of the logs processing when required.


I'm not seeing these typos being resolved in the latest diff.

zmoog · 2023-03-23T14:03:37Z

I'm not seeing these typos being resolved in the latest diff.

Fixed. Thank you for double-checking.

Co-authored-by: Damien Mathieu <42@dmathieu.com>

zmoog · 2023-03-24T12:23:56Z

@dmathieu, do you think this needs more work or we're good to merge?

dmathieu

elasticmachine · 2023-03-24T13:31:24Z

Package azure - 1.5.13 containing this change is available at https://epr.elastic.co/search?package=azure

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zmoog added Team:Cloud-Monitoring Label for the Cloud Monitoring team docs labels Mar 21, 2023

zmoog changed the title ~~[Azure Logs] Clarify Storage Account container role in the integration~~ [Azure Logs] Clarify the Storage Account container role in the integration Mar 21, 2023

zmoog force-pushed the zmoog/improve-azure-logs-documentation-on-storage-account branch from a37d603 to 93de680 Compare March 21, 2023 12:19

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zmoog and others added 5 commits March 23, 2023 12:36

Clarify that the SA container is required

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Add a link requirements and setup instructions

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All requirements and setup instructions are now consolidated in the general Azure Logs page available at: https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/azure Each specific integration page now links to the general page.

Update changelog

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Co-authored-by: Damien Mathieu <42@dmathieu.com>

zmoog force-pushed the zmoog/improve-azure-logs-documentation-on-storage-account branch from d8d8e02 to d7cfe27 Compare March 23, 2023 11:36

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Revise and clean up data streams docs

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zmoog and others added 2 commits March 24, 2023 12:29

Update packages/azure/_dev/build/docs/README.md

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Co-authored-by: Damien Mathieu <42@dmathieu.com>

Fix typo

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zmoog force-pushed the zmoog/improve-azure-logs-documentation-on-storage-account branch from 698eb96 to ee7789d Compare March 24, 2023 11:29

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