Today the OMS agent installation bits for Linux came online in public preview giving OMS the possibility to pull in performance and event data into the OMS workspace from Linux machines.
This is basically the next step to get OMS to monitor your entire environment. It is a clear example of the possibilities of OMS to monitor your entire datacenter not bound by OS or system.
Log on to your workspace and go to your overview => settings => connected sources and download the Agent for linux:
Obviously you will need the access to your Linux machines.
The install docs can be found on github on this url: https://github.com/MSFTOSSMgmt/OMS-Agent-for-Linux
In general you just need to run these commands:
$> wget https://github.com/MSFTOSSMgmt/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/1.0.0-47/omsagent-1.0.0-47.universal.x64.sh
$> md5sum omsagent-1.0.0-47.universal.x64.sh
$> sudo sh ./omsagent-1.0.0-47 --install -w <YOUR OMS WORKSPACE ID> -s <YOUR OMS WORKSPACE PRIMARY KEY>
The following distro’s are supported:
More will come pretty soon but the mainstream distro’s are already on there
YES and you are very entitled to do so!
These are the channels to get your feedback / suggestions to Microsoft:
All data will flow in and your events and performance will be uploaded to your OMS instantly.
Expect a more detailed post in a short while. In the meanwhile just try it!