azlocal-monitor

name	azlocal-monitor
description	**ANALYSIS SKILL** — Monitor Azure Local with Insights, metrics, and alerts (single and at-scale), plus observability concepts. WHEN: "monitor Azure Local", "Azure Local Insights", "Azure Local metrics", "Azure Local alerts", "health alerts Azure Local", "monitor multiple Azure Local systems", "observability Azure Local", "monitor at scale". USE FOR: Azure Local instance health monitoring. DO NOT USE FOR: app/Kubernetes runtime debugging on Azure (use azure-diagnostics / azure-kusto).
compatibility	Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and any Agent Skills compatible tool.
license	MIT
metadata	{"author":"apex-localops","version":"0.1.0","category":"azure-local"}

Azure Local — Monitor

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE

This skill is grounded in the vendored Microsoft docs under docs/upstream/azure-local/. Prefer those files over prior knowledge, cite the file you used, and treat Microsoft Learn as canonical when the weekly mirror lags. For application/Kubernetes runtime debugging on Azure, prefer azure-diagnostics / azure-kusto — this skill is specific to Azure Local instance monitoring.

Triggers

Activate this skill when the user wants to:

• Enable Insights for one or many Azure Local systems
• Configure metrics and Azure Monitor health/log/metric alerts
• Understand Azure Local observability options

Rules

1. Prefer the vendored docs under docs/upstream/azure-local/; cite the exact file used.
2. Enable single-system Insights before scaling to multi-system monitoring.
3. Route app/Kubernetes runtime debugging to azure-diagnostics / azure-kusto.
4. Microsoft Learn / discovered governance wins over the mirror on any conflict.

Steps

1. Understand observability options for Azure Local.
2. Enable Insights for a single system, then at scale (multi-system, Azure Policy).
3. Metrics & alerts — monitor cluster metrics and set up recommended alert rules.

References

• Canonical: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-local/concepts/monitoring-overview
• Related skills: azlocal-security, azlocal-troubleshoot

Reference Index

Load these on demand — do NOT read all at once:

Reference	When to Load
docs/upstream/azure-local/concepts/observability.md	Observability concepts
docs/upstream/azure-local/manage/monitor-single-23h2.md	Monitoring a single system
docs/upstream/azure-local/manage/monitor-multi-23h2.md	Monitoring multiple systems
docs/upstream/azure-local/manage/monitor-cluster-with-metrics.md	Cluster metrics
docs/upstream/azure-local/manage/health-alerts-via-azure-monitor-alerts.md	Health alerts