General availability: Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules now support direct proxies and Log Analytics gateway

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Published

Jul 21, 2021

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • July 2021
    General Availability

Product

Azure Monitor

Tag

Features

Category

DevOps
Management and governance

Description

After the recent general availability announcement for the new Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) and Data Collection Rules, today we are announcing support for direct proxies and Log Analytics gateway.

The proxy support for AMA is:

  • Configured using the VM extension parameters
  • Enables configuring agent specific proxy at an application level, instead of using system wide proxy
  • Supports both anonymous and basic authentication (username/password) proxies

Start migrating to the new Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules, now that it supports proxy network configuration as well. You can review migration guidance and limitations for more information.

Learn more.