Service Health issue – set the light to solid red Virtual Machine CPU greater than 50% - Flash the light strip purple It pays to plan this out first, as it’s a little easier to build it out of order.įor this example, I’m going to configure: Monitor + Alert Threshold + Action Group (Action) + Logic App (Light state)

In essence, we’re building an architecture that looks like: But LIFX is now available as connector (in Preview) for Azure Logic Apps, so we can tie this integration together in a no-code solution! Previously, you needed to wrangle the LIFX HTTP API to achieve this integration with Azure Monitor, and this IT Pro doesn’t speak API. Instead, I wanted a visual indicator that my monitoring has detected a problem, so I turned to my Phillips LIFX strip light. who is monitoring the monitoring? While it’s common to send notifications to email, automatically create a helpdesk service ticket or even post an alert in a Microsoft Teams channel, I have to watch those other systems to know if a monitoring alert has fired (activated). Ever since IT Pros started building servers, we’ve been monitoring them – Are they operational? Are they responsive? Are they running out of disk space? The challenge is.

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