Diagnostics implementation for application health
This section will cover how to implement diagnostic tools and techniques using Application Insights. Before you can leverage Application Insights to monitor your .NET Core application, you need to install the necessary packages and configure your application to send telemetry data to Azure Monitor using the following steps:
- In your terminal inside Visual Studio Code, run the following command in your project directory to add the
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore
package. This SDK provides the necessary tools to collect telemetry data and send it to Azure Monitor:dotnet add package Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore
- After installing the SDK, you need to configure Application Insights in your application. Open the
Program.cs
file and add the Application Insights services after thebuilder
variable:var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args); // Add services to the container. builder.Services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry...