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Version: 2.18.0

Enable Storage Monitoring

Storage monitoring is a powerful service that enables automatic sanitization of supported file types at the point of upload. It can continuously monitor a wide range of cloud storage resources and sanitize files in real time.

Follow these steps to enable OVA integration with Storage Monitoring.

Prerequisites​

Before you begin, ensure the following requirements are met:

  • Domain Name: configure a domain name for the Storage Monitoring service with a public IP address. Ensure the SSL certificates are properly configured for the selected domain.
  • Azure Tenant ID: identify the tenant_id for the Azure tenant to be used.
  • jq: install jq on your machine if not already present: 
    sudo dnf install -y jq
  • Azure CLI: install the Azure CLI and authenticate using: 
    az login
  • App Registration Setup: run the provided shell script to create an App registration and an Enterprise application.
    • Note: keep a record of the output values as they’ll be required in later steps.
    bash create-azure-app-registrations-storage-monitor.sh

Installing the storage monitor​

The OVA includes the storage monitor Helm chart and container image, pre-installed with 0 replicas. SSH into the VM and complete the following steps to enable it.

1. Create Kubernetes secrets​

The storage monitoring service requires the tenant ID, client ID, and client secret for the service principal.

Important:

  • Provide values in plain text, the script will automatically handle Base64 encoding.
  • Re-running the script with an existing key updates the value stored in the Kubernetes secret.

Execute the script as follows:

bash add_secrets.sh graphapi-clientid <client-id>
bash add_secrets.sh graphapi-clientsecret <client-secret>
bash add_secrets.sh graphapi-tenantid <tenant-id>

2. Enable storage monitoring​

Run the enable_storage_monitor.sh script with your domain name and Azure tenant name. This will start the storage monitor service and enable the SharePointMonitoring and OneDriveMonitoring pages in the Halo portal.

bash enable_storage_monitor.sh <domain_name> <tenant_name>

For example:

bash enable_storage_monitor.sh sm.example.com Contoso

3. Post-installation​

Once the installation completes successfully, follow the instructions in Storage Monitoring — Microsoft SharePoint to configure monitors for Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive, and Outlook.

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