Deploy Azure Monitor SLI Alerting as Code

This article details the process of deploying Azure Monitor SLI alerting as infrastructure as code. The author initially believed it was impossible because the SLI API only exposes an 'enableAlert' flag, but after capturing portal behavior, they found that the portal creates three standard Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts resources. These alerts use PromQL criteria to query the Azure Monitor Workspace, and the SLI's 'enableAlert' flag is merely a display toggle. The article explains the exact API versions, resource types, and query patterns needed to replicate this functionality in code, providing a practical solution for DevOps engineers.