Automating Azure Application Insights

Monitoring is not something you like to spend time on daily. In fact, the more automated the service is, the better results you can get. It is always easier to let the machine look at different dimensions and find problems based on some preset rules; it will do this quicker and more carefully. In Azure Application Insights, you have many options when it comes to automation: Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, alerts in the portal, or integrating external services (such as Power Automate). In the last section of this chapter, you will learn how to get started with automation and make sure you focus on development, instead of log analysis and service maintenance. For more information about ARM templates, take a look at Chapter 25, Tips and Tricks in Azure, where we are going to discuss that functionality a little bit more.

Alerts

An alert is a feature that enables you to be notified when an anomaly occurs...