Manage Azure Storage Monitoring
Take full control of your Azure Storage monitoring and management with Nodinite. This page shows how your teams perform Remote Actions, adjust monitoring thresholds, and share access securely and efficiently, without direct Azure Portal access.
With this feature, you:
- ✅ Remotely manage and monitor all Azure Storage types
- ✅ Empower teams with secure, role-based self-service
- ✅ Instantly adjust thresholds and resolve issues
- ✅ Reduce risk by limiting Azure Portal access
- ✅ Centralize control for operational excellence
Nodinite lets you manage these Azure Storage types:
Delegate control of all or individual Azure Storage items to selected team members and business users. Nodinite lets your support and maintenance teams solve problems with Azure Storage without direct access to the Microsoft Azure Portal or Azure Storage Explorer. Less access means fewer attack vectors and less risk of disrupting mission-critical services.
Start with Monitoring Azure Storage to understand how the Azure Monitoring Agent discovers and monitors file shares, blob containers, queues, and storage accounts before you manage them.
| Application Management Team | IT Operations | Business |
|---|---|---|
| Empower your AM team to stop and start services without IT operations | Maintain full control with complete access | Give your business data and self-service for Azure Storage solutions |
Management Features
When you grant Remote Actions privileges for Resources in Role-based Monitor Views, your Users unlock these management features in the Web Client, grouped by Category:
| Category | Monitoring | Actions | Metrics/Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Account | ✅ Yes | Details | - |
| File Shares | ✅ Yes | Edit thresholds List Files |
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| Blob Containers | ✅ Yes | Edit thresholds List Blobs |
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| Queues | ✅ Yes | Details Edit thresholds List Messages |
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As an Administrator with access to the Configuration of Monitoring Agents, you can also:
| Monitoring | Remote Configuration |
|---|---|
| Monitoring Azure Storage |
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Storage Account
The 'Storage Account' Category provides one Resource for each Azure Storage configuration, with the specified display name as the resource name. These Resources show the monitored state that Nodinite evaluates according to built-in rules; see Monitoring Azure Storage.
Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'Storage Accounts'.
The Storage Account Category has one Remote Action: Details.
Storage Account Details
To view the selected Storage Account resource, click the Action button and then the Details menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Account.
The modal opens.
Example of the details modal for a Storage Account.
File Shares
The 'File Shares' Category provides one Resource for each configured 'File Share', with the specified display name as the resource name. These Resources show the monitored state that Nodinite evaluates according to user-defined thresholds; see Monitoring Azure Storage.
Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'File Shares'.
The following Remote Actions are available for the File Shares Category:
Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.
List Files for File Shares
To list the files currently in the monitored 'File Share', click the Action button and then the List Files menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
List files for the 'File Share' Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of the content of a monitored 'File Share'.
Each file has these actions: Download File and Delete File.
Example of the actions available for each file in the list.
Download File
To view the content, click the Actions button and then select Download for the file.
Example of downloading a file from the File Share.
Delete File
To delete the file, click the Actions button and then select Delete for the file.
Example of deleting a file from the File Share.
Edit thresholds for File Share
To Edit the monitoring thresholds, click the Action button and then the Edit menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
Edit thresholds Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of editing monitoring thresholds for the selected 'File Share'.
Blob Containers
The 'Storage - Blob Container' Category provides one Resource for each configured 'Blob Container', with its display name as the resource name. These Resources show the monitored state that Nodinite evaluates according to user-defined thresholds; see Monitoring Azure Storage.
Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'Blob Containers'.
The following Remote Actions are available for the Storage - Blob Container Category:
Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.
List Blobs for Blob Containers
To list the Blobs currently in the monitored 'Blob Container', click the Action button and then the List Blobs menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
List blobs for the 'Blob Container' Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of the content of a monitored 'Blob Container'.
Each Blob has these actions: Download Blob and Delete Blob.
Example of the actions available for each Blob in the list.
Download Blob
To view the content, click the Actions button and then select Download for the Blob.
Example of downloading a Blob from the Blob Container.
Delete Blob
To delete the Blob, click the Actions button and then select Delete for the Blob.
Example of deleting a Blob from the Blob Container.
Edit thresholds for Blob Container
To Edit the monitoring thresholds, click the Action button and then the Edit menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
Edit thresholds Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of editing monitoring thresholds for the selected 'Blob Container'.
Queues
The 'Storage - Queues' Category provides one Resource for each queue found from the configured 'Queue' configuration. These Resources show the monitored state that Nodinite evaluates according to user-defined thresholds; see Monitoring Azure Storage. For Azure Service Bus queues, see Azure Service Bus.
Example from a Monitor View with a list of 'Queues' found.
The following Remote Actions are available for the Storage - Queue Category:
Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.
Queue Details
To view the selected Storage Queue resource, click the Action button and then the Details menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Queue.
The modal opens.
Example of the details modal for a Storage Queue.
List Messages for Queues
To list the messages currently in the monitored 'Queues' configuration, click the Action button and then the List Messages menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
List messages for the 'Queues' Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of the content of a monitored 'Queue'.
From the Actions button on the selected message, the following actions are available:
Example of the actions available for each queue message.
Download Message
To view the message's content, click the Actions button and then select Download for the message.
Example of downloading a queue message.
Remove Message
To dequeue the message, click the Actions button and then select Remove for the message.
Example of removing (dequeuing) a queue message.
Post Message
From the Post tab, you can send single text-based messages directly to the queue.
Example of the Post tab for sending a text message to the queue.
Edit thresholds for Queues
To Edit the monitoring thresholds, click the Action button and then the Edit menu item in the 'Control Center' section.
Edit thresholds Action button menu item.
The modal opens.
Example of editing monitoring thresholds for the selected 'Queue'.
Next Steps
- Monitoring Azure Storage
- Global Configuration of the Azure Monitoring Agent
- Add or manage Monitor View - Grant teams Remote Actions on Azure Storage
Related Topics
- Azure Monitoring Agent Overview
- Azure Logging and Monitoring Overview
- Prerequisites for Azure Agent - including the Firewall settings
- Troubleshooting
- Alarm Plugins - Get alerts when thresholds are breached
- Azure Service Bus - Monitor Service Bus queues
- Azure Costs for Blob Storage and Event Hub
- Azure Logic Apps