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natGateways

NameTypeDescription
ByteCountMetricTotal number of Bytes transmitted within time period
DatapathAvailabilityMetricNAT Gateway Datapath Availability
PacketDropCountMetricCount of dropped packets
SNATConnectionCountMetricTotal concurrent active connections
TotalConnectionCountMetricTotal number of active SNAT connections

Dashboards:

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ByteCount - Metric Alert

Total number of Bytes transmitted within time period

Popular Properties:

criterionTypeStaticThresholdCriterion
evaluationFrequencyPT1M
metricNameByteCount
metricNamespaceMicrosoft.Network/natGateways
operatorGreaterThan
severity4
threshold3e+11
timeAggregationTotal
windowSizePT1M

References:

Templates:

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{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "alertName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the alert"
      }
    },
    "alertDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total number of Bytes transmitted within time period",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Description of alert"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "List of Azure resource Ids seperated by a comma. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Resource type of target resources to be monitored."
      }
    },
    "isEnabled": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Specifies whether the alert is enabled"
      }
    },
    "alertSeverity": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 4,
      "allowedValues": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}"
      }
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "GreaterThan",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Equals",
        "GreaterThan",
        "GreaterThanOrEqual",
        "LessThan",
        "LessThanOrEqual"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value."
      }
    },
    "threshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "300000000000",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The threshold value at which the alert is activated."
      }
    },
    "timeAggregation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Average",
        "Minimum",
        "Maximum",
        "Total",
        "Count"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "How the data that is collected should be combined over time."
      }
    },
    "windowSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H",
        "PT6H",
        "PT12H",
        "PT24H",
        "PT1D"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format."
      }
    },
    "evaluationFrequency": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format"
      }
    },
    "currentDateTimeUtcNow": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow()]",
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness"
      }
    },
    "telemetryOptOut": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "No",
      "allowedValues": [
          "Yes",
          "No"
      ],
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "pidDeploymentName": "[take(concat('pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('alertName'), parameters('currentDateTimeUtcNow'))), 64)]",
    "varTargetResourceId": "[split(parameters('targetResourceId'), ',')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
      "apiVersion": "2018-03-01",
      "name": "[parameters('alertName')]",
      "location": "global",
      "tags": {
        "_deployed_by_amba": true
      },
      "properties": {
        "description": "[parameters('alertDescription')]",
        "scopes": "[variables('varTargetResourceId')]",
        "targetResourceType": "[parameters('targetResourceType')]",
        "targetResourceRegion": "[parameters('targetResourceRegion')]",
        "severity": "[parameters('alertSeverity')]",
        "enabled": "[parameters('isEnabled')]",
        "evaluationFrequency": "[parameters('evaluationFrequency')]",
        "windowSize": "[parameters('windowSize')]",
        "criteria": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
          "allOf": [
            {
              "name": "1st criterion",
              "metricName": "ByteCount",
              "dimensions": [
              ],
              "operator": "[parameters('operator')]",
              "threshold": "[parameters('threshold')]",
              "timeAggregation": "[parameters('timeAggregation')]",
              "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "condition": "[equals(parameters('telemetryOptOut'), 'No')]",
      "apiVersion": "2020-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('pidDeploymentName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
          "mode": "Incremental",
          "template": {
              "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
              "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
              "resources": []
          }
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    }
  ]
}
@description('Name of the alert')
@minLength(1)
param alertName string

@description('Description of alert')
param alertDescription string = 'Total number of Bytes transmitted within time period'

@description('Array of Azure resource Ids. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceId array

@description('Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS')
param targetResourceRegion string

@description('Resource type of target resources to be monitored.')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceType string

@description('Specifies whether the alert is enabled')
param isEnabled bool = true

@description('Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
])
param alertSeverity int = 4

@description('Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value.')
@allowed([
  'Equals'
  'GreaterThan'
  'GreaterThanOrEqual'
  'LessThan'
  'LessThanOrEqual'
])
param operator string = 'GreaterThan'

@description('The threshold value at which the alert is activated.')
param threshold int = 300000000000

@description('How the data that is collected should be combined over time.')
@allowed([
  'Average'
  'Minimum'
  'Maximum'
  'Total'
  'Count'
])
param timeAggregation string = 'Total'

@description('Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format.')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
  'PT6H'
  'PT12H'
  'PT24H'
  'P1D'
])
param windowSize string = 'PT1M'

@description('how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
])
param evaluationFrequency string = 'PT1M'

@description('"The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness')
param currentDateTimeUtcNow string = utcNow()

@description('The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry.')
@allowed([
  'Yes'
  'No'
])
param telemetryOptOut string = 'No'

resource metricAlert 'Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts@2018-03-01' = {
  name: alertName
  location: 'global'
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    description: alertDescription
    scopes: targetResourceId
    targetResourceType: targetResourceType
    targetResourceRegion: targetResourceRegion
    severity: alertSeverity
    enabled: isEnabled
    evaluationFrequency: evaluationFrequency
    windowSize: windowSize
    criteria: {
      'odata.type': 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria'
      allOf: [
        {
          name: '1st criterion'
          metricName: 'ByteCount'
          dimensions: [
          ]
          operator: operator
          threshold: threshold
          timeAggregation: timeAggregation
          criterionType: 'StaticThresholdCriterion'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

var ambaTelemetryPidName = 'pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, alertName, currentDateTimeUtcNow)}'
resource ambaTelemetryPid 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2020-06-01' =  if (telemetryOptOut == 'No') {
  name: ambaTelemetryPidName
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
    }
  }
}



DatapathAvailability - Metric Alert

NAT Gateway Datapath Availability

Popular Properties:

criterionTypeStaticThresholdCriterion
evaluationFrequencyPT1M
metricNameDatapathAvailability
metricNamespaceMicrosoft.Network/natGateways
operatorLessThan
severity4
threshold90
timeAggregationAverage
windowSizePT30M

References:

Templates:

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{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "alertName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the alert"
      }
    },
    "alertDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "NAT Gateway Datapath Availability",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Description of alert"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "List of Azure resource Ids seperated by a comma. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Resource type of target resources to be monitored."
      }
    },
    "isEnabled": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Specifies whether the alert is enabled"
      }
    },
    "alertSeverity": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 4,
      "allowedValues": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}"
      }
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "LessThan",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Equals",
        "GreaterThan",
        "GreaterThanOrEqual",
        "LessThan",
        "LessThanOrEqual"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value."
      }
    },
    "threshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "90",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The threshold value at which the alert is activated."
      }
    },
    "timeAggregation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Average",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Average",
        "Minimum",
        "Maximum",
        "Total",
        "Count"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "How the data that is collected should be combined over time."
      }
    },
    "windowSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT30M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H",
        "PT6H",
        "PT12H",
        "PT24H",
        "PT1D"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format."
      }
    },
    "evaluationFrequency": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format"
      }
    },
    "currentDateTimeUtcNow": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow()]",
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness"
      }
    },
    "telemetryOptOut": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "No",
      "allowedValues": [
          "Yes",
          "No"
      ],
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "pidDeploymentName": "[take(concat('pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('alertName'), parameters('currentDateTimeUtcNow'))), 64)]",
    "varTargetResourceId": "[split(parameters('targetResourceId'), ',')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
      "apiVersion": "2018-03-01",
      "name": "[parameters('alertName')]",
      "location": "global",
      "tags": {
        "_deployed_by_amba": true
      },
      "properties": {
        "description": "[parameters('alertDescription')]",
        "scopes": "[variables('varTargetResourceId')]",
        "targetResourceType": "[parameters('targetResourceType')]",
        "targetResourceRegion": "[parameters('targetResourceRegion')]",
        "severity": "[parameters('alertSeverity')]",
        "enabled": "[parameters('isEnabled')]",
        "evaluationFrequency": "[parameters('evaluationFrequency')]",
        "windowSize": "[parameters('windowSize')]",
        "criteria": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
          "allOf": [
            {
              "name": "1st criterion",
              "metricName": "DatapathAvailability",
              "dimensions": [
              ],
              "operator": "[parameters('operator')]",
              "threshold": "[parameters('threshold')]",
              "timeAggregation": "[parameters('timeAggregation')]",
              "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "condition": "[equals(parameters('telemetryOptOut'), 'No')]",
      "apiVersion": "2020-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('pidDeploymentName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
          "mode": "Incremental",
          "template": {
              "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
              "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
              "resources": []
          }
      }
    }
  ]
}
@description('Name of the alert')
@minLength(1)
param alertName string

@description('Description of alert')
param alertDescription string = 'NAT Gateway Datapath Availability'

@description('Array of Azure resource Ids. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceId array

@description('Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS')
param targetResourceRegion string

@description('Resource type of target resources to be monitored.')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceType string

@description('Specifies whether the alert is enabled')
param isEnabled bool = true

@description('Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
])
param alertSeverity int = 4

@description('Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value.')
@allowed([
  'Equals'
  'GreaterThan'
  'GreaterThanOrEqual'
  'LessThan'
  'LessThanOrEqual'
])
param operator string = 'LessThan'

@description('The threshold value at which the alert is activated.')
param threshold int = 90

@description('How the data that is collected should be combined over time.')
@allowed([
  'Average'
  'Minimum'
  'Maximum'
  'Total'
  'Count'
])
param timeAggregation string = 'Average'

@description('Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format.')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
  'PT6H'
  'PT12H'
  'PT24H'
  'P1D'
])
param windowSize string = 'PT30M'

@description('how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
])
param evaluationFrequency string = 'PT1M'

@description('"The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness')
param currentDateTimeUtcNow string = utcNow()

@description('The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry.')
@allowed([
  'Yes'
  'No'
])
param telemetryOptOut string = 'No'

resource metricAlert 'Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts@2018-03-01' = {
  name: alertName
  location: 'global'
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    description: alertDescription
    scopes: targetResourceId
    targetResourceType: targetResourceType
    targetResourceRegion: targetResourceRegion
    severity: alertSeverity
    enabled: isEnabled
    evaluationFrequency: evaluationFrequency
    windowSize: windowSize
    criteria: {
      'odata.type': 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria'
      allOf: [
        {
          name: '1st criterion'
          metricName: 'DatapathAvailability'
          dimensions: [
          ]
          operator: operator
          threshold: threshold
          timeAggregation: timeAggregation
          criterionType: 'StaticThresholdCriterion'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

var ambaTelemetryPidName = 'pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, alertName, currentDateTimeUtcNow)}'
resource ambaTelemetryPid 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2020-06-01' =  if (telemetryOptOut == 'No') {
  name: ambaTelemetryPidName
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
    }
  }
}



PacketDropCount - Metric Alert

Count of dropped packets

Popular Properties:

criterionTypeStaticThresholdCriterion
evaluationFrequencyPT1M
metricNamePacketDropCount
metricNamespaceMicrosoft.Network/natGateways
operatorGreaterThan
severity1
threshold5
timeAggregationTotal
windowSizePT5M

References:

Templates:

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{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "alertName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the alert"
      }
    },
    "alertDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Count of dropped packets",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Description of alert"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "List of Azure resource Ids seperated by a comma. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Resource type of target resources to be monitored."
      }
    },
    "isEnabled": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Specifies whether the alert is enabled"
      }
    },
    "alertSeverity": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 1,
      "allowedValues": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}"
      }
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "GreaterThan",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Equals",
        "GreaterThan",
        "GreaterThanOrEqual",
        "LessThan",
        "LessThanOrEqual"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value."
      }
    },
    "threshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "5",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The threshold value at which the alert is activated."
      }
    },
    "timeAggregation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Average",
        "Minimum",
        "Maximum",
        "Total",
        "Count"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "How the data that is collected should be combined over time."
      }
    },
    "windowSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT5M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H",
        "PT6H",
        "PT12H",
        "PT24H",
        "PT1D"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format."
      }
    },
    "evaluationFrequency": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format"
      }
    },
    "currentDateTimeUtcNow": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow()]",
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness"
      }
    },
    "telemetryOptOut": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "No",
      "allowedValues": [
          "Yes",
          "No"
      ],
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "pidDeploymentName": "[take(concat('pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('alertName'), parameters('currentDateTimeUtcNow'))), 64)]",
    "varTargetResourceId": "[split(parameters('targetResourceId'), ',')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
      "apiVersion": "2018-03-01",
      "name": "[parameters('alertName')]",
      "location": "global",
      "tags": {
        "_deployed_by_amba": true
      },
      "properties": {
        "description": "[parameters('alertDescription')]",
        "scopes": "[variables('varTargetResourceId')]",
        "targetResourceType": "[parameters('targetResourceType')]",
        "targetResourceRegion": "[parameters('targetResourceRegion')]",
        "severity": "[parameters('alertSeverity')]",
        "enabled": "[parameters('isEnabled')]",
        "evaluationFrequency": "[parameters('evaluationFrequency')]",
        "windowSize": "[parameters('windowSize')]",
        "criteria": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
          "allOf": [
            {
              "name": "1st criterion",
              "metricName": "PacketDropCount",
              "dimensions": [
              ],
              "operator": "[parameters('operator')]",
              "threshold": "[parameters('threshold')]",
              "timeAggregation": "[parameters('timeAggregation')]",
              "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "condition": "[equals(parameters('telemetryOptOut'), 'No')]",
      "apiVersion": "2020-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('pidDeploymentName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
          "mode": "Incremental",
          "template": {
              "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
              "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
              "resources": []
          }
      }
    }
  ]
}
@description('Name of the alert')
@minLength(1)
param alertName string

@description('Description of alert')
param alertDescription string = 'Count of dropped packets'

@description('Array of Azure resource Ids. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceId array

@description('Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS')
param targetResourceRegion string

@description('Resource type of target resources to be monitored.')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceType string

@description('Specifies whether the alert is enabled')
param isEnabled bool = true

@description('Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
])
param alertSeverity int = 1

@description('Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value.')
@allowed([
  'Equals'
  'GreaterThan'
  'GreaterThanOrEqual'
  'LessThan'
  'LessThanOrEqual'
])
param operator string = 'GreaterThan'

@description('The threshold value at which the alert is activated.')
param threshold int = 5

@description('How the data that is collected should be combined over time.')
@allowed([
  'Average'
  'Minimum'
  'Maximum'
  'Total'
  'Count'
])
param timeAggregation string = 'Total'

@description('Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format.')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
  'PT6H'
  'PT12H'
  'PT24H'
  'P1D'
])
param windowSize string = 'PT5M'

@description('how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
])
param evaluationFrequency string = 'PT1M'

@description('"The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness')
param currentDateTimeUtcNow string = utcNow()

@description('The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry.')
@allowed([
  'Yes'
  'No'
])
param telemetryOptOut string = 'No'

resource metricAlert 'Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts@2018-03-01' = {
  name: alertName
  location: 'global'
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    description: alertDescription
    scopes: targetResourceId
    targetResourceType: targetResourceType
    targetResourceRegion: targetResourceRegion
    severity: alertSeverity
    enabled: isEnabled
    evaluationFrequency: evaluationFrequency
    windowSize: windowSize
    criteria: {
      'odata.type': 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria'
      allOf: [
        {
          name: '1st criterion'
          metricName: 'PacketDropCount'
          dimensions: [
          ]
          operator: operator
          threshold: threshold
          timeAggregation: timeAggregation
          criterionType: 'StaticThresholdCriterion'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

var ambaTelemetryPidName = 'pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, alertName, currentDateTimeUtcNow)}'
resource ambaTelemetryPid 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2020-06-01' =  if (telemetryOptOut == 'No') {
  name: ambaTelemetryPidName
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
    }
  }
}



SNATConnectionCount - Metric Alert

Total concurrent active connections

Popular Properties:

criterionTypeStaticThresholdCriterion
dimensions
[
  {
    "name": "connectionstate",
    "operator": "include",
    "values": [
      "failed"
    ]
  }
]
evaluationFrequencyPT1M
metricNameSNATConnectionCount
metricNamespaceMicrosoft.Network/natGateways
operatorGreaterThan
severity4
threshold0
timeAggregationTotal
windowSizePT5M

References:

Templates:

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{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "alertName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the alert"
      }
    },
    "alertDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total concurrent active connections",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Description of alert"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "List of Azure resource Ids seperated by a comma. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Resource type of target resources to be monitored."
      }
    },
    "isEnabled": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Specifies whether the alert is enabled"
      }
    },
    "alertSeverity": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 4,
      "allowedValues": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}"
      }
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "GreaterThan",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Equals",
        "GreaterThan",
        "GreaterThanOrEqual",
        "LessThan",
        "LessThanOrEqual"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value."
      }
    },
    "threshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "0",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The threshold value at which the alert is activated."
      }
    },
    "timeAggregation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Average",
        "Minimum",
        "Maximum",
        "Total",
        "Count"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "How the data that is collected should be combined over time."
      }
    },
    "windowSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT5M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H",
        "PT6H",
        "PT12H",
        "PT24H",
        "PT1D"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format."
      }
    },
    "evaluationFrequency": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format"
      }
    },
    "currentDateTimeUtcNow": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow()]",
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness"
      }
    },
    "telemetryOptOut": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "No",
      "allowedValues": [
          "Yes",
          "No"
      ],
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "pidDeploymentName": "[take(concat('pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('alertName'), parameters('currentDateTimeUtcNow'))), 64)]",
    "varTargetResourceId": "[split(parameters('targetResourceId'), ',')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
      "apiVersion": "2018-03-01",
      "name": "[parameters('alertName')]",
      "location": "global",
      "tags": {
        "_deployed_by_amba": true
      },
      "properties": {
        "description": "[parameters('alertDescription')]",
        "scopes": "[variables('varTargetResourceId')]",
        "targetResourceType": "[parameters('targetResourceType')]",
        "targetResourceRegion": "[parameters('targetResourceRegion')]",
        "severity": "[parameters('alertSeverity')]",
        "enabled": "[parameters('isEnabled')]",
        "evaluationFrequency": "[parameters('evaluationFrequency')]",
        "windowSize": "[parameters('windowSize')]",
        "criteria": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
          "allOf": [
            {
              "name": "1st criterion",
              "metricName": "SNATConnectionCount",
              "dimensions": [
                {
                  "name": "0",
                  "operator": "include",
                  "values": ["failed"]
                }
              ],
              "operator": "[parameters('operator')]",
              "threshold": "[parameters('threshold')]",
              "timeAggregation": "[parameters('timeAggregation')]",
              "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "condition": "[equals(parameters('telemetryOptOut'), 'No')]",
      "apiVersion": "2020-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('pidDeploymentName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
          "mode": "Incremental",
          "template": {
              "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
              "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
              "resources": []
          }
      }
    }
  ]
}
@description('Name of the alert')
@minLength(1)
param alertName string

@description('Description of alert')
param alertDescription string = 'Total concurrent active connections'

@description('Array of Azure resource Ids. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceId array

@description('Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS')
param targetResourceRegion string

@description('Resource type of target resources to be monitored.')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceType string

@description('Specifies whether the alert is enabled')
param isEnabled bool = true

@description('Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
])
param alertSeverity int = 4

@description('Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value.')
@allowed([
  'Equals'
  'GreaterThan'
  'GreaterThanOrEqual'
  'LessThan'
  'LessThanOrEqual'
])
param operator string = 'GreaterThan'

@description('The threshold value at which the alert is activated.')
param threshold int = 0

@description('How the data that is collected should be combined over time.')
@allowed([
  'Average'
  'Minimum'
  'Maximum'
  'Total'
  'Count'
])
param timeAggregation string = 'Total'

@description('Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format.')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
  'PT6H'
  'PT12H'
  'PT24H'
  'P1D'
])
param windowSize string = 'PT5M'

@description('how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
])
param evaluationFrequency string = 'PT1M'

@description('"The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness')
param currentDateTimeUtcNow string = utcNow()

@description('The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry.')
@allowed([
  'Yes'
  'No'
])
param telemetryOptOut string = 'No'

resource metricAlert 'Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts@2018-03-01' = {
  name: alertName
  location: 'global'
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    description: alertDescription
    scopes: targetResourceId
    targetResourceType: targetResourceType
    targetResourceRegion: targetResourceRegion
    severity: alertSeverity
    enabled: isEnabled
    evaluationFrequency: evaluationFrequency
    windowSize: windowSize
    criteria: {
      'odata.type': 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria'
      allOf: [
        {
          name: '1st criterion'
          metricName: 'SNATConnectionCount'
          dimensions: [
            {
              name: '0'
              operator: 'include'
              values: ['failed']
            }
          ]
          operator: operator
          threshold: threshold
          timeAggregation: timeAggregation
          criterionType: 'StaticThresholdCriterion'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

var ambaTelemetryPidName = 'pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, alertName, currentDateTimeUtcNow)}'
resource ambaTelemetryPid 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2020-06-01' =  if (telemetryOptOut == 'No') {
  name: ambaTelemetryPidName
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
    }
  }
}



TotalConnectionCount - Metric Alert

Total number of active SNAT connections

Popular Properties:

criterionTypeStaticThresholdCriterion
evaluationFrequencyPT1M
metricNameTotalConnectionCount
metricNamespaceMicrosoft.Network/natGateways
operatorGreaterThan
severity2
threshold50000
timeAggregationTotal
windowSizePT5M

References:

Templates:

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{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "alertName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the alert"
      }
    },
    "alertDescription": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total number of active SNAT connections",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Description of alert"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "List of Azure resource Ids seperated by a comma. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS"
      }
    },
    "targetResourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Resource type of target resources to be monitored."
      }
    },
    "isEnabled": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Specifies whether the alert is enabled"
      }
    },
    "alertSeverity": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 2,
      "allowedValues": [
        0,
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}"
      }
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "GreaterThan",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Equals",
        "GreaterThan",
        "GreaterThanOrEqual",
        "LessThan",
        "LessThanOrEqual"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value."
      }
    },
    "threshold": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "50000",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The threshold value at which the alert is activated."
      }
    },
    "timeAggregation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Total",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Average",
        "Minimum",
        "Maximum",
        "Total",
        "Count"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "How the data that is collected should be combined over time."
      }
    },
    "windowSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT5M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H",
        "PT6H",
        "PT12H",
        "PT24H",
        "PT1D"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format."
      }
    },
    "evaluationFrequency": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "PT1M",
      "allowedValues": [
        "PT1M",
        "PT5M",
        "PT15M",
        "PT30M",
        "PT1H"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format"
      }
    },
    "currentDateTimeUtcNow": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[utcNow()]",
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness"
      }
    },
    "telemetryOptOut": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "No",
      "allowedValues": [
          "Yes",
          "No"
      ],
      "metadata": {
          "description": "The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "pidDeploymentName": "[take(concat('pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('alertName'), parameters('currentDateTimeUtcNow'))), 64)]",
    "varTargetResourceId": "[split(parameters('targetResourceId'), ',')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
      "apiVersion": "2018-03-01",
      "name": "[parameters('alertName')]",
      "location": "global",
      "tags": {
        "_deployed_by_amba": true
      },
      "properties": {
        "description": "[parameters('alertDescription')]",
        "scopes": "[variables('varTargetResourceId')]",
        "targetResourceType": "[parameters('targetResourceType')]",
        "targetResourceRegion": "[parameters('targetResourceRegion')]",
        "severity": "[parameters('alertSeverity')]",
        "enabled": "[parameters('isEnabled')]",
        "evaluationFrequency": "[parameters('evaluationFrequency')]",
        "windowSize": "[parameters('windowSize')]",
        "criteria": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
          "allOf": [
            {
              "name": "1st criterion",
              "metricName": "TotalConnectionCount",
              "dimensions": [
              ],
              "operator": "[parameters('operator')]",
              "threshold": "[parameters('threshold')]",
              "timeAggregation": "[parameters('timeAggregation')]",
              "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "condition": "[equals(parameters('telemetryOptOut'), 'No')]",
      "apiVersion": "2020-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('pidDeploymentName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
          "mode": "Incremental",
          "template": {
              "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
              "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
              "resources": []
          }
      }
    }
  ]
}
@description('Name of the alert')
@minLength(1)
param alertName string

@description('Description of alert')
param alertDescription string = 'Total number of active SNAT connections'

@description('Array of Azure resource Ids. For example - /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00000000/resourceGroup/resource-group-name/Microsoft.compute/virtualMachines/vm-name')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceId array

@description('Azure region in which target resources to be monitored are in (without spaces). For example: EastUS')
param targetResourceRegion string

@description('Resource type of target resources to be monitored.')
@minLength(1)
param targetResourceType string

@description('Specifies whether the alert is enabled')
param isEnabled bool = true

@description('Severity of alert {0,1,2,3,4}')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
])
param alertSeverity int = 2

@description('Operator comparing the current value with the threshold value.')
@allowed([
  'Equals'
  'GreaterThan'
  'GreaterThanOrEqual'
  'LessThan'
  'LessThanOrEqual'
])
param operator string = 'GreaterThan'

@description('The threshold value at which the alert is activated.')
param threshold int = 50000

@description('How the data that is collected should be combined over time.')
@allowed([
  'Average'
  'Minimum'
  'Maximum'
  'Total'
  'Count'
])
param timeAggregation string = 'Total'

@description('Period of time used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold. Must be between one minute and one day. ISO 8601 duration format.')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
  'PT6H'
  'PT12H'
  'PT24H'
  'P1D'
])
param windowSize string = 'PT5M'

@description('how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format')
@allowed([
  'PT1M'
  'PT5M'
  'PT15M'
  'PT30M'
  'PT1H'
])
param evaluationFrequency string = 'PT1M'

@description('"The current date and time using the utcNow function. Used for deployment name uniqueness')
param currentDateTimeUtcNow string = utcNow()

@description('The customer usage identifier used for telemetry purposes. The default value of False enables telemetry. The value of True disables telemetry.')
@allowed([
  'Yes'
  'No'
])
param telemetryOptOut string = 'No'

resource metricAlert 'Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts@2018-03-01' = {
  name: alertName
  location: 'global'
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    description: alertDescription
    scopes: targetResourceId
    targetResourceType: targetResourceType
    targetResourceRegion: targetResourceRegion
    severity: alertSeverity
    enabled: isEnabled
    evaluationFrequency: evaluationFrequency
    windowSize: windowSize
    criteria: {
      'odata.type': 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria'
      allOf: [
        {
          name: '1st criterion'
          metricName: 'TotalConnectionCount'
          dimensions: [
          ]
          operator: operator
          threshold: threshold
          timeAggregation: timeAggregation
          criterionType: 'StaticThresholdCriterion'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

var ambaTelemetryPidName = 'pid-8bb7cf8a-bcf7-4264-abcb-703ace2fc84d-${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, alertName, currentDateTimeUtcNow)}'
resource ambaTelemetryPid 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2020-06-01' =  if (telemetryOptOut == 'No') {
  name: ambaTelemetryPidName
  tags: {
    _deployed_by_amba: 'true'
  }
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
    }
  }
}