Deploy Dependency agent for Linux virtual machines with Azure Monitoring Agent settings

Azure BuiltIn Policy definition

Alias

Namespace

ResourceType

Path

PathIsDefault

DefaultPath

Modifiable

Microsoft.Compute/imageId

Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks

properties.storageProfile.imageReference.id
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.id
properties.creationData.imageReference.id

True
True
True

False
False
False

Microsoft.Compute/imageOffer

Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks

properties.storageProfile.imageReference.offer
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.offer
properties.creationData.imageReference.id

True
True
True

False
False
False

Microsoft.Compute/imagePublisher

Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks

properties.storageProfile.imageReference.publisher
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.publisher
properties.creationData.imageReference.id

True
True
True

False
False
False

Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU

Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks

properties.storageProfile.imageReference.sku
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.sku
properties.creationData.imageReference.id

True
True
True

False
False
False

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/storageProfile.osDisk.osType

Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines

properties.storageProfile.osDisk.osType

True

Alias

Namespace

ResourceType

Path

PathIsDefault

DefaultPath

Modifiable

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/provisioningState

Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines/extensions

properties.provisioningState

True

False

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/publisher

Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines/extensions

properties.publisher

True

False

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/type

Microsoft.Compute

virtualMachines/extensions

properties.type

True

False

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Initiative DisplayName

Initiative Id

Initiative Category

State

Type

polSet in AzUSGov

[Deprecated]: Enable Azure Monitor for VMs with Azure Monitoring Agent(AMA)

9dffaf29-5905-4145-883c-957eb442c226

Monitoring

Deprecated

BuiltIn

unknown

Enable Azure Monitor for VMs with Azure Monitoring Agent(AMA)

924bfe3a-762f-40e7-86dd-5c8b95eb09e6

Monitoring

BuiltIn

true

Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i)

Change type

Change detail

2024-07-30 18:18:24

change

Minor (3.1.1 > 3.2.0)

2023-09-11 17:59:12

change

Patch, old suffix: preview (3.1.0-preview > 3.1.1)

2023-06-16 17:46:02

change

Minor, suffix remains equal (3.0.0-preview > 3.1.0-preview)

2022-10-21 16:42:13

change

Major, suffix remains equal (2.0.0-preview > 3.0.0-preview)

2022-10-07 16:34:28

change

Major, suffix remains equal (1.1.1-preview > 2.0.0-preview)

2022-08-26 16:33:38

change

Minor, new suffix: preview (1.0.0 > 1.1.1-preview)

2022-07-26 16:32:46

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{

displayName: "Deploy Dependency agent for Linux virtual machines with Azure Monitoring Agent settings",
policyType: "BuiltIn",
mode: "Indexed",
description: "Deploy Dependency agent for Linux virtual machines with Azure Monitoring Agent settings if the VM Image (OS) is in the list defined and the agent is not installed.",
metadata: {2 items
- version: "3.2.0",
- category: "Monitoring"
},
parameters: {4 items
- listOfImageIdToInclude: {3 items
  - type: "Array",
  - metadata: {2 items
    - displayName: "Optional: List of VM images that have supported Linux OS to add to scope",
    - description: "Example value: '/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>/resourceGroups/YourResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/ContosoStdImage'"
    },
  - defaultValue: []
  },
- effect: {4 items
  - type: "String",
  - metadata: {2 items
    - displayName: "Effect",
    - description: "Enable or disable the execution of the policy"
    },
  - allowedValues: [2 items
    - "DeployIfNotExists",
    - "Disabled"
    ],
  - defaultValue: "DeployIfNotExists"
  },
- enableProcessesAndDependencies: {4 items
  - type: "Boolean",
  - metadata: {2 items
    - displayName: "Enable Processes and Dependencies",
    - description: "This is the flag for enabling processes and dependencies data collection in VMInsights. If you are using this standalone policy and what to install Dependency Agent, keep this value as true."
    },
  - allowedValues: [2 items
    - true,
    - false
    ],
  - defaultValue: true
  },
- scopeToSupportedImages: {4 items
  - type: "Boolean",
  - metadata: {2 items
    - displayName: "Scope Policy to Dependency Agent-Supported Operating Systems",
    - description: "If set to true, the policy will apply only to virtual machines with supported operating systems. Otherwise, the policy will apply to all virtual machine resources in the assignment scope. For supported operating systems, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-dependency-agent-maintenance"
    },
  - allowedValues: [2 items
    - true,
    - false
    ],
  - defaultValue: true
  }
},
policyRule: {2 items
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  - allOf: [3 items
    - {2 items
      - field: "type",
      - equals: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines"
      },
    - {2 items
      - value: "[parameters('enableProcessesAndDependencies')]",
      - equals: true
      },
    - {1 item
      - anyOf: [8 items
        {1 item
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        value: "[parameters('scopeToSupportedImages')]",
        equals: false
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/storageProfile.osDisk.osType",
        like: "Linux*"
        }
        ]
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageId",
        in: "[parameters('listOfImageIdToInclude')]"
        },
        {1 item
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        equals: "Canonical"
        },
        {2 items
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        equals: "UbuntuServer"
        },
        {1 item
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        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        in: [3 items
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        "14.04.5-LTS"
        ]
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        in: [2 items
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        ]
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        in: [1 item
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        ]
        }
        ]
        }
        ]
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        equals: "Canonical"
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        equals: "0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal"
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        equals: "20_04-lts"
        }
        ]
        },
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        allOf: [3 items
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        equals: "RedHat"
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        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageOffer",
        in: [2 items
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        "RHEL-SAP-HANA"
        ]
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        {1 item
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        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        like: "6.*"
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        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        like: "7*"
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        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
        like: "8*"
        }
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        "SLES-HPC-Priority",
        "SLES-SAP",
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        "SLES-Standard"
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        like: "sles-15-sp1*"
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        ]
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        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
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        field: "Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU",
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        ]
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  },
- then: {2 items
  - effect: "[parameters('effect')]",
  - details: {4 items
    - type: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
    - roleDefinitionIds: [1 item
      - "/providers/microsoft.authorization/roleDefinitions/92aaf0da-9dab-42b6-94a3-d43ce8d16293" Log Analytics Contributor
      ],
    - existenceCondition: {1 item
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        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/type",
        equals: "DependencyAgentLinux"
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/publisher",
        equals: "Microsoft.Azure.Monitoring.DependencyAgent"
        },
        {2 items
        field: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/provisioningState",
        equals: "Succeeded"
        }
        ]
      },
    - deployment: {1 item
      - properties: {3 items
        mode: "incremental",
        template: {6 items
        $schema: "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
        contentVersion: "1.0.0.0",
        parameters: {2 items
        vmName: {1 item
        type: "string"
        },
        location: {1 item
        type: "string"
        }
        },
        variables: {4 items
        vmExtensionName: "DependencyAgentLinux",
        vmExtensionPublisher: "Microsoft.Azure.Monitoring.DependencyAgent",
        vmExtensionType: "DependencyAgentLinux",
        vmExtensionTypeHandlerVersion: "9.10"
        },
        resources: [1 item
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        type: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
        name: 🔍"[ concat( parameters('vmName'), '/', variables( 'vmExtensionName' ) ) ]",
        apiVersion: "2021-04-01",
        location: "[parameters('location')]",
        properties: {6 items
        publisher: "[variables('vmExtensionPublisher')]",
        type: "[variables('vmExtensionType')]",
        typeHandlerVersion: "[variables('vmExtensionTypeHandlerVersion')]",
        enableAutomaticUpgrade: true,
        autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true,
        settings: {1 item
        enableAMA: "true"
        }
        }
        }
        ],
        outputs: {1 item
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        type: "string",
        value: 🔍"[ concat( 'Enabled extension for VM', ':', parameters('vmName') ) ]"
        }
        }
        },
        parameters: {2 items
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        value: "[field('name')]"
        },
        location: {1 item
        value: "[field('location')]"
        }
        }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

}