From e4bbcc447dc6bce844914d40ebf61d887b066158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bennett <71459415+Jagularr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:20:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handle error when initializing the auth object in Azure
 Monitor output plugin. (#9048)

---
 plugins/outputs/azure_monitor/azure_monitor.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/outputs/azure_monitor/azure_monitor.go b/plugins/outputs/azure_monitor/azure_monitor.go
index 2bf1d2899fb9b..c295b553f963a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/azure_monitor/azure_monitor.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/azure_monitor/azure_monitor.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (a *AzureMonitor) Connect() error {
 
 	a.auth, err = auth.NewAuthorizerFromEnvironmentWithResource(defaultAuthResource)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 
 	a.Reset()