Azure Application Insights

The application can report metrics to the Azure Application Insights service.

Create the Insights Workspace

1. In the Azure portal, click All services. In the list of resources, select Application Insights.

2. Click New

3. Select a resource group or create a new one.

4. Enter a name for your workspace.

5. Select the same region as the application VM instance.

Configure Metrics Reporting

1. Open the Insights workspace.

2. Click overview in the sidebar.

3. Copy the instrumentation key.

4. In the application configuration file add:

metrics:
  service: azure
  azure_insights_instrumentation_key: [ INSTRUMENTATION_KEY ]

View Metrics

1. Open Insights workspace.

2. Click metrics in the sidebar.

3. Click on the time selector in the top right corner

4. Set time granularity to 1 minute

5. Click on the dropdown labeled Metric Namespace and select azure.applicationinsights under CUSTOM.

6. Select a metric by clicking on the Metric dropdown.

7. Click add metrics to add more metrics.