# Splunk Observability Azure Integration

> Use when the user asks to connect Splunk Observability Cloud to Azure Monitor, configure the Azure integration, manage service-principal credential files, onboard multiple subscriptions, or set up Azure dashboards, detectors, logs, AKS telemetry, Log Observer Connect, or HEC-token handoffs. Render, apply, validate, discover, and diagnose the Splunk Observability Cloud Azure integration for Azure Monitor metrics. Covers REST payloads, Terraform, Azure CLI service-principal creation, Bicep role assignments, subscriptions, service selection, custom namespaces, resource filters, credential-hash drift detection, poll-rate and namedToken checks, and Azure Government guards.

- Skill: `chambear2809/splunk-observability-azure-integration` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 12 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add chambear2809/splunk-observability-azure-integration`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/chambear2809/splunk-observability-azure-integration/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: chambear2809 (https://skillmd.com/u/chambear2809)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/chambear2809/splunk-observability-azure-integration

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# Splunk Observability Cloud — Azure Integration Setup

## Prerequisites

| Tool or access | Purpose | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Bash and Python 3 | Run bundled setup and validation helpers | `bash --version && python3 --version` |
| Required product/platform access | Inspect or configure the selected target | Complete the documented preflight |
| Credential files for live modes | Keep secrets out of chat | Verify paths only |

## Workflow Overview

```text
┌───────────┐   ┌───────────────┐   ┌───────────────┐   ┌─────────────────┐
│ Preflight │ → │ Render/review │ → │ Apply/handoff │ → │ Validate evidence │
└───────────┘   └───────────────┘   └───────────────┘   └─────────────────┘
```

## When to Activate

- Connect Splunk Observability Cloud to Azure Monitor, configure the Azure integration, manage service-principal
  credential files, onboard multiple subscriptions, or set up Azure dashboards, detectors, logs, AKS telemetry, Log
  Observer.
- Preview and review the splunk observability azure integration workflow before any live apply phase.
- Diagnose failed prerequisites, generated assets, configuration, or validation evidence.

## Scope

Follow the documented read-only or render-first path whenever it is available.
This skill does not imply permission to mutate live systems. Require explicit
apply flags, protected credentials, and operator review for state changes.

## Examples

Inspect the supported setup modes before selecting one:

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh --help
```

Expected output: usage, supported modes, and required arguments are displayed
without changing the target environment.

Inspect validation modes before running completion checks:

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/validate.sh --help
```

Expected output: offline, live, and completion options are displayed when the
skill supports them; help exits without mutation.

## Troubleshooting

| Issue | Cause | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Preflight fails | A required tool or access path is missing | Resolve it before rendering or applying |
| Rendered assets are incomplete | Required non-secret inputs are absent | Complete intake and render again |
| Apply is blocked | Review, credentials, or explicit acceptance is missing | Use the documented handoff |
| Validation is incomplete | Live evidence is unavailable | Record the gap and keep completion open |

## Shared add-on completion gate

If this workflow installs or hands off the registry-listed Splunk Azure add-on
or dashboard companion, follow the
[shared completion gate](../shared/ta_completion_gate.md). Package delivery
alone is not success; validate applicable ingest, macros, and shipped
dashboards against data.

Render-first skill that owns the complete lifecycle of the Splunk O11y Azure
integration. Rendering and rollback-plan review are network-free. Mutations
require explicit `--apply`; `--discover`, `--quickstart-from-live`, and
`--validate --live` are the explicit read-only modes that call the live API.

## Coverage Model

| Section | Coverage status |
|---------|----------------|
| REST payload generation | `api_validate` |
| Terraform `signalfx_azure_integration` | `handoff` |
| Azure CLI SP creation scripts | `handoff` |
| Bicep role-assignment template | `handoff` |
| Drift detection (hash-based) | `api_validate` |
| Conflict matrix enforcement | `api_validate` |
| GovCloud realm guard | `api_validate` |
| `appId` / `secretKey` omitted on GET and reconstructed for PUT | `api_validate` |
| Services enum validation | `api_validate` |
| `namedToken` ForceNew warning | `api_validate` |
| Cross-skill handoffs | `handoff` / `not_applicable` |

## Safety Rules

- Never ask for the Azure client secret (`secretKey`) in conversation.
- Never pass `appId` or `secretKey` as CLI arguments or env-var prefixes.
- Use `--app-id-file` and `--secret-file` (chmod 600) for file-based delivery.
- Use `write_secret_file.sh` to create secret files without shell-history exposure.
- Reject direct-secret flags: `--secret`, `--client-secret`, `--token`,
  `--password`, `--app-secret`.
- `appId` and `secretKey` are omitted from `GET /v2/integration/<id>`.
  The skill compares local file hashes to `state/credential-hashes.json`
  rather than server state.

## Five-mode UX

| Mode | Flag | Purpose |
|------|------|---------|
| render | `--render` (default) | Produces the plan tree. No Splunk or Azure API calls. |
| apply | `--apply [SECTIONS]` | Calls `POST/PUT /v2/integration`. Sections: `integration,validation`. |
| validate | `--validate [--live]` | Static plan checks + optional live `GET` probe. |
| doctor | `--doctor` | Services enum, poll-rate, namedToken, GovCloud, credential-hash checks. |
| quickstart | `--quickstart` | Render + print exact `--apply` command. |

Additional modes: `--discover`, `--quickstart-from-live`, `--explain`,
`--rollback`, `--list-services`.

## Primary Workflow

### 1. Copy and edit the spec

```bash
cp skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/template.example my-azure-spec.yaml
# fill in realm, tenant_id, subscriptions, services
```

### 2. Write Service Principal credentials to files (once)

```bash
# Create the Azure SP and save credentials (never put secrets in history):
az ad sp create-for-rbac \
  --name splunk-observability-o11y \
  --role "Monitoring Reader" \
  --scopes "/subscriptions/${AZ_SUB_ID}" \
  --years 2 --output json > /tmp/azure-sp.json && chmod 600 /tmp/azure-sp.json

# Extract and write app ID (not a secret, but keep consistent):
jq -r .appId /tmp/azure-sp.json > /tmp/azure-app-id.txt && chmod 600 /tmp/azure-app-id.txt

# Write the client secret to a separate file:
jq -r .password /tmp/azure-sp.json > /tmp/azure-secret.txt && chmod 600 /tmp/azure-secret.txt

rm /tmp/azure-sp.json
```

### 3. Render

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --render \
  --spec my-azure-spec.yaml \
  --realm us1
```

### 4. Review the plan

```
splunk-observability-azure-integration-rendered/
  01-overview.md          # plan summary + apply command
  02-services.md          # services subscription plan
  03-auth.md              # SP auth plan
  04-validation.md        # validation steps
  rest/create.json        # POST /v2/integration body
  rest/update.json        # PUT /v2/integration/{id} body
  azure-cli/create-sp.sh  # az ad sp create-for-rbac (review)
  azure-cli/grant-reader.sh # role assignment
  bicep/role-assignment.bicep # Bicep subscription-scope role assignment
  terraform/main.tf       # signalfx_azure_integration resource
  terraform/variables.tf  # variable declarations
  handoffs/               # cross-skill handoff drivers
  coverage-report.json    # per-section coverage status
```

### 5. Apply

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --apply \
  --spec my-azure-spec.yaml \
  --realm us1 \
  --token-file /tmp/splunk_o11y_token \
  --app-id-file /tmp/azure-app-id.txt \
  --secret-file /tmp/azure-secret.txt
```

## Quickstart

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --quickstart \
  --spec my-azure-spec.yaml \
  --realm us1
```

## Doctor

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --doctor \
  --realm us1
```

Doctor checks: services non-empty, poll-rate 60–600, namedToken ForceNew
warning, `AZURE_US_GOVERNMENT` + non-GovCloud realm mismatch, credential-hash
freshness, and the `appId`/`secretKey` GET-omission/reinjection notice.

## Rollback

Rollback is a three-step snapshot, offline review, and exact-plan apply
workflow. It never resolves a mutation target by name.

### 1. Capture a read-only observed snapshot

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --discover \
  --realm us1 \
  --token-file /secure/splunk_o11y_token \
  --output-dir azure-live
```

### 2. Render and review a disable plan offline

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --rollback disable \
  --realm us1 \
  --integration-id SERVER_ASSIGNED_ID \
  --integration-name EXACT_NAME \
  --observed-state-file azure-live/state/current-state.json \
  --app-id-file /secure/azure-app-id \
  --secret-file /secure/azure-secret \
  --plan-file azure-live/state/disable-plan.json
```

The renderer reads the local credential files only to bind their SHA-256
digests; the plan contains no credential values or paths and makes no network
request. Review the exact JSON and printed hash.

### 3. Apply that exact reviewed plan

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/setup.sh \
  --rollback disable --apply \
  --realm us1 \
  --integration-id SERVER_ASSIGNED_ID \
  --plan-file azure-live/state/disable-plan.json \
  --plan-hash REVIEWED_SHA256 \
  --accept-disable-integration SERVER_ASSIGNED_ID \
  --token-file /secure/splunk_o11y_admin_token \
  --app-id-file /secure/azure-app-id \
  --secret-file /secure/azure-secret
```

Disable is only an enabled-to-disabled transition and reconstructs the
write-only `appId` and `secretKey` fields from the same reviewed files. Delete
requires a separately rendered `--rollback delete` plan and
`--accept-delete-integration SERVER_ASSIGNED_ID`; it rejects all Azure
credential-file flags. Never use delete as a workaround when disable is
blocked. Bare `--rollback` renders a disable plan but cannot be applied, and
`--rollback integration` remains only as a deprecated disable alias.

See [reference.md](reference.md#reviewed-rollback-contract) for plan schema,
locking, replay, reconciliation, and remote-race behavior.

## Hand-offs

- Logs path → [`splunk-app-install`](../splunk-app-install/SKILL.md) for
  `Splunk_TA_microsoft-cloudservices` (Splunkbase 3110)
- AKS host telemetry → [`splunk-observability-otel-collector-setup`](../splunk-observability-otel-collector-setup/SKILL.md)
- Azure dashboards → [`splunk-observability-dashboard-builder`](../splunk-observability-dashboard-builder/SKILL.md)
- Azure detectors → [`splunk-observability-native-ops`](../splunk-observability-native-ops/SKILL.md)
- Log Observer Connect → [`splunk-observability-cloud-integration-setup`](../splunk-observability-cloud-integration-setup/SKILL.md)
- HEC tokens → [`splunk-hec-service-setup`](../splunk-hec-service-setup/SKILL.md)
- AppDynamics on Azure → [`splunk-appdynamics-setup`](../splunk-appdynamics-setup/SKILL.md)

## Out of Scope

- Azure Event Hub streaming (not in the Splunk O11y wire contract as a separate
  integration type; `importAzureMonitor` controls metric-vs-metadata-only)
- Azure log ingestion (Splunk_TA_microsoft-cloudservices, Splunkbase 3110 — handed off)
- Managed Identity authentication (Splunk O11y requires a Service Principal)
- Workload Identity Federation for Azure (not in the wire contract)
- Azure China (AzureChinaCloud) — not supported by this integration

## Validation

```bash
bash skills/splunk-observability-azure-integration/scripts/validate.sh \
  --output-dir splunk-observability-azure-integration-rendered
```

Static checks: required files, JSON shape (`type: Azure`), no secret-looking
content in rendered files. With `--live`: `GET /v2/integration` probe.