Microsoft Azure DataCollectionRules API is one of 1667 APIs that Microsoft Azure publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Data Collection Rules. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, pricing, a JSON-LD context, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes
6 operations
across 3 paths,
and defines 39 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2020-08-01-preview.
6 operations3 paths39 schemas1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2020-08-01-preview
Resource Areas
1
Paths & Operations 6
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 39 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataCollectionRule (12 properties), DataCollectionRuleResource (10 properties), DataSourcesSpec (10 properties), DestinationsSpec (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Metadata
object
Metadata about the resource
3 properties
ErrorResponseCommonV2
object
Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.).
1 property
DataSourcesSpec
object
Specification of data sources that will be collected.
10 properties
StorageTableDestination
object
3 properties
WindowsFirewallLogsDataSource
object
Enables Firewall logs to be collected by this data collection rule.
3 properties1 required
DataImportSources
object
1 property
SyslogDataSource
object
Definition of which syslog data will be collected and how it will be collected. Only collected from Linux machines.
5 properties
StreamDeclaration
object
Declaration of a custom stream.
1 property
EventHubDirectDestination
object
2 properties
MicrosoftFabricDestination
object
Microsoft Fabric destination (non-Azure).
5 properties
DataCollectionRuleResource
object
Definition of ARM tracked top level resource.
10 properties1 required
AzureMonitorMetricsDestination
object
Azure Monitor Metrics destination.
1 property
LogFileTextSettings
object
Settings for text log files
1 property1 required
AgentSetting
object
A setting used to control an agent behavior on a host machine
2 properties
DataCollectionRuleResourceListResult
object
A pageable list of resources.
2 properties1 required
PlatformTelemetryDataSource
object
Definition of platform telemetry data source configuration
2 properties1 required
LogFileSettings
object
Settings for different log file formats
1 property
PrometheusForwarderDataSource
object
Definition of Prometheus metrics forwarding configuration.
3 properties
ExtensionDataSource
object
Definition of which data will be collected from a separate VM extension that integrates with the Azure Monitor Agent. Collected from either Windows and Linux m…
5 properties1 required
AgentSettingsSpec
object
An agent setting
1 property
EventHubDataSource
object
3 properties
LogFilesDataSource
object
Definition of which custom log files will be collected by this data collection rule
6 properties3 required
StorageBlob
object
4 properties
LogAnalyticsDestination
object
Log Analytics destination.
3 properties
IisLogsDataSource
object
Enables IIS logs to be collected by this data collection rule.
4 properties1 required
ResourceForUpdate
object
Definition of ARM tracked top level resource properties for update operation.
2 properties
ColumnDefinition
object
Definition of custom data column.
2 properties
WindowsEventLogDataSource
object
Definition of which Windows Event Log events will be collected and how they will be collected. Only collected from Windows machines.
4 properties
EventHubDestination
object
2 properties
DataCollectionRule
object
Definition of what monitoring data to collect and where that data should be sent.
12 properties
EndpointsSpec
object
This defines all the ingestion endpoints that can be used by this rule
2 properties
ReferencesSpec
object
This section defines all the references that may be used in other sections of the DCR
1 property
EnrichmentData
object
All the enrichment data sources referenced in data flows
1 property
DataFlow
object
Definition of which streams are sent to which destinations.
6 properties
StorageBlobDestination
object
3 properties
AdxDestination
object
Azure Data Explorer (Adx) destination.
4 properties
PerfCounterDataSource
object
Definition of which performance counters will be collected and how they will be collected by this data collection rule. Collected from both Windows and Linux m…
5 properties
DestinationsSpec
object
Specification of destinations that can be used in data flows.
10 properties
MonitoringAccountDestination
object
Monitoring account destination.
3 properties
Specification
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