Skilling tasks

• Create an action group to send an email
• Create an alert for virtual machine CPU utilization

Exercise instructions

Create an action group to send an email

1. In the Azure Portal Search Bar, enter Monitor and select Monitor from the list of results.
2. Select Alerts in the navigation menu.
3. Choose Action Groups.
4. On the Action Groups page, choose Create.

5. On the Basics page of the Create Action Group wizard, configure the following settings and choose Next.

   Property	Value
   Subscription	Your subscription
   Resource Group	rg-alpha
   Region	Global
   Action group name	NotifyCPU
   Display Name	NotifyCPU

6. On the Notifications page, set the notification type to Email/SMS message/Push/Voice and the Name to NotificationEmail. Choose the Edit (pencil) icon.
7. On the Email/SMS message/Push/Voice enable the email checkbox and enter the address prime@fabrikam.com. Choose OK.
8. Choose Review and Create. Choose Create.

Create an alert for virtual machine CPU utilization

1. In the Azure Portal Search Bar, enter rg-alpha and select rg-alpha from the list of results.
2. From the list of items in the resource group, choose Linux-VM2.
3. On the Linux-VM2 properties page, choose Alerts under Monitoring.
4. On the Alerts page, choose Create and then choose Alert rule.
5. On the Condition page of the Create an Alert Rule wizard, set the Signal name to Percentage CPU. Use the default settings and choose Next.
6. On the Actions page, choose Select Action Group.
7. On the Select Action Groups page, choose NotifyCPU and choose Select.
8. On the Details page enter the Alert rule name HighCPU. Choose Review and Create and then choose Create.

Clean up subscription

To clean up the subscription, delete resource group rg-alpha and delete the App Log Examiners security group.