Resource Manager template samples for Azure Monitor

You can deploy and configure Azure Monitor at scale by using Azure Resource Manager templates. This article lists sample templates for Azure Monitor features. You can modify these samples for your particular requirements and deploy them by using any standard method for deploying Resource Manager templates.

Deploy the sample templates

The basic steps to use one of the template samples are:

Copy the template and save it as a JSON file.
Modify the parameters for your environment and save the JSON file.
Deploy the template by using any deployment method for Resource Manager templates.

For the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell examples, use a local template file and a matching parameter file. For deployment prerequisites, see the guidance for Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, or REST.

In the Azure portal, select Create a resource, search for template, and then select Template deployment.
Select Create.
Select Build your own template in editor.
Select Load file and select your template file.
Select Save.
Fill in parameter values.
Select Review + Create.

For more information, see Deploy resources with ARM templates and Azure portal.

The following Azure CLI example uses the az deployment group create command.

# Set variables
resourceGroupName="<ResourceGroupName>"
deploymentName="<DeploymentName>"
templateFilePath="<TemplateFilePath>"
parametersFilePath="<ParametersFilePath>"

# Deploy the ARM template
az deployment group create \
  --name "$deploymentName" \
  --resource-group "$resourceGroupName" \
  --template-file "$templateFilePath" \
  --parameters "@$parametersFilePath"

Note

Azure CLI commands use the Azure Resource Manager endpoint from the current CLI context, so management.chinacloudapi.cn doesn't need to be specified in the command syntax.

The following Azure PowerShell example uses the New-AzResourceGroupDeployment cmdlet.

# Set variables
$resourceGroupName = "<ResourceGroupName>"
$deploymentName = "<DeploymentName>"
$templateFilePath = "<TemplateFilePath>"
$parametersFilePath = "<ParametersFilePath>"

# Define parameters for New-AzResourceGroupDeployment
$newAzResourceGroupDeploymentParams = @{
    Name                  = $deploymentName
    ResourceGroupName     = $resourceGroupName
    TemplateFile          = $templateFilePath
    TemplateParameterFile = $parametersFilePath
}

# Deploy the ARM template
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment @newAzResourceGroupDeploymentParams

Note

Azure PowerShell cmdlets use the Azure Resource Manager endpoint from the current Az context, so management.chinacloudapi.cn doesn’t need to be specified in the cmdlet syntax.

The following REST example uses the Deployments - Create Or Update REST API operation. It deploys a template and parameter file from URIs that Azure Resource Manager can access.

PUT https://management.chinacloudapi.cn/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/{deploymentName}?api-version={apiVersion}
Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "properties": {
    "templateLink": {
      "uri": "<TemplateUri>",
      "contentVersion": "<TemplateContentVersion>"
    },
    "parametersLink": {
      "uri": "<ParametersUri>",
      "contentVersion": "<ParametersContentVersion>"
    },
    "mode": "Incremental"
  }
}

List of sample templates

Agents: Deploy and configure the Log Analytics agent and a diagnostic extension.
Alerts:
- Log search alert rules: Configure alerts from log queries and Azure Activity Log.
- Metric alert rules: Configure alerts from metrics that use different kinds of logic.
Application Insights
Diagnostic settings: Create diagnostic settings to forward logs and metrics from different resource types.
Enable Prometheus metrics: Install the Azure Monitor agent on your AKS cluster and send Prometheus metrics to your Azure Monitor workspace.
Log queries: Create saved log queries in a Log Analytics workspace.
Log Analytics workspace: Create a Log Analytics workspace and configure a collection of data sources from the Log Analytics agent.
Workbooks: Create workbooks.

Next steps

Learn more about Resource Manager templates.

Last updated on 2026-10-23

Resource Manager template samples for Azure Monitor

Deploy the sample templates

List of sample templates

Next steps

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