Google Managed Service Active Directory Metrics

Ship your Google Managed Service Active Directory Metrics via Telegraf to your Logit.io Stack

Follow the steps below to send your observability data to Logit.io

Metrics

Configure Telegraf to ship Google Managed Service Active Directory metrics to your Logit.io stacks via Logstash.

Install Integration

Please click on the Install Integration button to configure your stack for this source.

Set Credentials in GCP

@intro

Begin by heading over to the 'Project Selector' (opens in a new tab) and select the specific project from which you wish to send metrics.
- Progress to the 'Service Account Details' screen. Here, assign a distinct name to your service account and opt for 'Create and Continue'.
- In the 'Grant This Service Account Access to Project' screen, ensure the following roles: 'Compute Viewer', 'Monitoring Viewer', and 'Cloud Asset Viewer'.
- Upon completion of the above, click 'Done'.
- Now find and select your project in the 'Service Accounts for Project' list.
- Move to the 'KEYS' section.
- Navigate through Keys > Add Key > Create New Key, and specify 'JSON' as the key type.
- Lastly, click on 'Create', and make sure to save your new key.
Now add the environment variable for the key

On the machine run:
```
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=<your-gcp-key>
```

Install Telegraf

This integration allows you to configure a Telegraf agent to send your metrics, in multiple formats, to Logit.io.

Choose the installation method for your operating system:

When you paste the command below into Powershell it will download the Telegraf zip file. Once that is complete, press Enter again and the zip file will be extracted into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2.

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -UseBasicParsing -OutFile telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip 
Expand-Archive .\telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf'

Configure the Telegraf input plugin

First you need to set up the input plug-in to enable Telegraf to scrape the GCP data from your hosts. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

# Gather timeseries from Google Cloud Platform v3 monitoring API
[[inputs.stackdriver]]
  ## GCP Project
  project = "<your-project-name>"
 
  ## Include timeseries that start with the given metric type.
  metric_type_prefix_include = [
	"@metric_type",
  ]
 
  ## Most metrics are updated no more than once per minute; it is recommended
  ## to override the agent level interval with a value of 1m or greater.
  interval = "1m"

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Stackdriver (opens in a new tab)

Configure the output plugin

Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to set up the output plug-in to allow Telegraf to transmit your data to Logit.io in Prometheus format. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

[[outputs.http]]
  url = "https://@metricsUsername:@metricsPassword@@metrics_id-vm.logit.io:@vmAgentPort/api/v1/write"
  data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
 
  [outputs.http.headers]
    Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
    Content-Encoding = "snappy"

Start Telegraf

From the location where Telegraf was installed (C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2) run the program providing the chosen configuration file as a parameter:

.\telegraf.exe --config telegraf-demo.conf

Once Telegraf is running you should see output similar to the following, which confirms the inputs, output and basic configuration the application has been started with: Powershell Telegraf information

View your metrics

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

View My Data

If you don't see metrics take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

How to diagnose no data in Stack

If you don't see data appearing in your stack after following this integration, take a look at the troubleshooting guide for steps to diagnose and resolve the problem or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist.

Telegraf Google Managed Service Active Directory Platform metrics Overview

Integrating Telegraf with Google Managed Service for Microsoft AD allows IT administrators and DevOps teams to efficiently monitor the health, performance, and security of their AD infrastructure on Google Cloud. This is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency, ensuring system security, and complying with various regulatory standards. By leveraging Telegraf for data collection, organizations can gain insights into AD operation metrics, such as authentication requests, directory sync times, and system health indicators, facilitating proactive management and troubleshooting.

However, the complexity and sheer volume of data generated from monitoring AD environments can be challenging to process and analyze effectively. Logit.io provides a robust solution to these challenges, offering a powerful platform designed to handle the aggregation, visualization, and analysis of metrics and logs from Telegraf and Google Managed Service for Microsoft AD.

With Logit.io, organizations can enhance their monitoring and analytics capabilities, ensuring the reliability and security of their AD infrastructure. The platform's advanced features support in-depth analysis of AD metrics, enabling teams to quickly identify and address potential issues, optimize performance, and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.

For those utilizing Telegraf in conjunction with Google Managed Service for Microsoft AD and seeking to advance their monitoring and analytics strategies, Logit.io is here to help. Sending data from Google Managed Service for Active Directory to Logit.io is a streamlined process that ensures your organization's logs and events are effectively collected, analyzed, and secured. To get started with sending data from Google Managed Service for Active Directory to Logit.io, you can make use of our source integration instructions. You can also configure VPC peering between your Active Directory environment and Logit.io, creating a secure pathway for data flow. Furthermore, with Logit.io's robust support for various data sources, including the Google AI Platform, you can enrich your log management with machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities. Logit.io's GCP logging (opens in a new tab) service comes with integrations that work together seamlessly.

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