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name: azure-mgmt-applicationinsights-dotnet
description: |
Azure Application Insights SDK for .NET. Application performance monitoring and observability resource management. Use for creating Application Insights components, web tests, workbooks, analytics items, and API keys. Triggers: "Application Insights", "ApplicationInsights", "App Insights", "APM", "application monitoring", "web tests", "availability tests", "workbooks".
license: MIT
metadata:
author: Microsoft
version: "1.0.0"
package: Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights
Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights (.NET)
Azure Resource Manager SDK for managing Application Insights resources for application performance monitoring.
Installation
dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights
dotnet add package Azure.Identity
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Current Version : v1.0.0 (GA)API Version : 2022-06-15
Environment Variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<your-subscription-id> # Required: Azure subscription ID
AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=<your-resource-group> # Required: Azure resource group name
AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_NAME=<your-appinsights-component> # Required: Application Insights component name
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
Authentication using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights;
// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(
DefaultAzureCredential.DefaultEnvironmentVariableName
);
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-dotnet#credential-classes
// var credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(credential);
Resource Hierarchy Subscription
└── ResourceGroup
└── ApplicationInsightsComponent # App Insights resource
├── ApplicationInsightsComponentApiKey # API keys for programmatic access
├── ComponentLinkedStorageAccount # Linked storage for data export
└── (via component ID)
├── WebTest # Availability tests
├── Workbook # Workbooks for analysis
├── WorkbookTemplate # Workbook templates
└── MyWorkbook # Private workbooks
Core Workflows
1. Create Application Insights Component (Workspace-based) using Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights;
using Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights.Models;
ResourceGroupResource resourceGroup = await client
.GetDefaultSubscriptionAsync()
.Result
.GetResourceGroupAsync("my-resource-group");
ApplicationInsightsComponentCollection components = resourceGroup.GetApplicationInsightsComponents();
// Workspace-based Application Insights (recommended)
ApplicationInsightsComponentData data = new ApplicationInsightsComponentData(
AzureLocation.EastUS,
ApplicationInsightsApplicationType.Web)
{
Kind = "web",
WorkspaceResourceId = new ResourceIdentifier(
"/subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/<workspace-name>"),
IngestionMode = IngestionMode.LogAnalytics,
PublicNetworkAccessForIngestion = PublicNetworkAccessType.Enabled,
PublicNetworkAccessForQuery = PublicNetworkAccessType.Enabled,
RetentionInDays = 90,
SamplingPercentage = 100,
DisableIPMasking = false,
ImmediatePurgeDataOn30Days = false,
Tags =
{
{ "environment", "production" },
{ "application", "mywebapp" }
}
};
ArmOperation<ApplicationInsightsComponentResource> operation = await components
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, "my-appinsights", data);
ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = operation.Value;
Console.WriteLine($"Component created: {component.Data.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"Instrumentation Key: {component.Data.InstrumentationKey}");
Console.WriteLine($"Connection String: {component.Data.ConnectionString}");
2. Get Connection String and Keys ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponentAsync("my-appinsights");
// Get connection string for SDK configuration
string connectionString = component.Data.ConnectionString;
string instrumentationKey = component.Data.InstrumentationKey;
string appId = component.Data.AppId;
Console.WriteLine($"Connection String: {connectionString}");
Console.WriteLine($"Instrumentation Key: {instrumentationKey}");
Console.WriteLine($"App ID: {appId}");
3. Create API Key ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponentAsync("my-appinsights");
ApplicationInsightsComponentApiKeyCollection apiKeys = component.GetApplicationInsightsComponentApiKeys();
// API key for reading telemetry
ApplicationInsightsApiKeyContent keyContent = new ApplicationInsightsApiKeyContent
{
Name = "ReadTelemetryKey",
LinkedReadProperties =
{
$"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/microsoft.insights/components/{component.Data.Name}/api",
$"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/microsoft.insights/components/{component.Data.Name}/agentconfig"
}
};
ApplicationInsightsComponentApiKeyResource apiKey = await apiKeys
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, keyContent);
Console.WriteLine($"API Key Name: {apiKey.Data.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"API Key: {apiKey.Data.ApiKey}"); // Only shown once!
4. Create Web Test (Availability Test) WebTestCollection webTests = resourceGroup.GetWebTests();
// URL Ping Test
WebTestData urlPingTest = new WebTestData(AzureLocation.EastUS)
{
Kind = WebTestKind.Ping,
SyntheticMonitorId = "webtest-ping-myapp",
WebTestName = "Homepage Availability",
Description = "Checks if homepage is available",
IsEnabled = true,
Frequency = 300, // 5 minutes
Timeout = 120, // 2 minutes
WebTestKind = WebTestKind.Ping,
IsRetryEnabled = true,
Locations =
{
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "us-ca-sjc-azr" }, // West US
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "us-tx-sn1-azr" }, // South Central US
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "us-il-ch1-azr" }, // North Central US
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "emea-gb-db3-azr" }, // UK South
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "apac-sg-sin-azr" } // Southeast Asia
},
Configuration = new WebTestConfiguration
{
WebTest = """
<WebTest Name="Homepage" Enabled="True" Timeout="120"
xmlns="http://microsoft.com/schemas/VisualStudio/TeamTest/2010">
<Items>
<Request Method="GET" Version="1.1" Url="https://myapp.example.com"
ThinkTime="0" Timeout="120" ParseDependentRequests="False"
FollowRedirects="True" RecordResult="True" Cache="False"
ResponseTimeGoal="0" Encoding="utf-8" ExpectedHttpStatusCode="200" />
</Items>
</WebTest>
"""
},
Tags =
{
{ $"hidden-link:/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/microsoft.insights/components/my-appinsights", "Resource" }
}
};
ArmOperation<WebTestResource> operation = await webTests
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, "webtest-homepage", urlPingTest);
WebTestResource webTest = operation.Value;
Console.WriteLine($"Web test created: {webTest.Data.Name}");
5. Create Multi-Step Web Test WebTestData multiStepTest = new WebTestData(AzureLocation.EastUS)
{
Kind = WebTestKind.MultiStep,
SyntheticMonitorId = "webtest-multistep-login",
WebTestName = "Login Flow Test",
Description = "Tests login functionality",
IsEnabled = true,
Frequency = 900, // 15 minutes
Timeout = 300, // 5 minutes
WebTestKind = WebTestKind.MultiStep,
IsRetryEnabled = true,
Locations =
{
new WebTestGeolocation { WebTestLocationId = "us-ca-sjc-azr" }
},
Configuration = new WebTestConfiguration
{
WebTest = """
<WebTest Name="LoginFlow" Enabled="True" Timeout="300"
xmlns="http://microsoft.com/schemas/VisualStudio/TeamTest/2010">
<Items>
<Request Method="GET" Version="1.1" Url="https://myapp.example.com/login"
ThinkTime="0" Timeout="60" />
<Request Method="POST" Version="1.1" Url="https://myapp.example.com/api/auth"
ThinkTime="0" Timeout="60">
<Headers>
<Header Name="Content-Type" Value="application/json" />
</Headers>
<Body>{"username":"testuser","password":"{{TestPassword}}"}</Body>
</Request>
</Items>
</WebTest>
"""
},
Tags =
{
{ $"hidden-link:/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/microsoft.insights/components/my-appinsights", "Resource" }
}
};
await webTests.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, "webtest-login-flow", multiStepTest);
6. Create Workbook WorkbookCollection workbooks = resourceGroup.GetWorkbooks();
WorkbookData workbookData = new WorkbookData(AzureLocation.EastUS)
{
DisplayName = "Application Performance Dashboard",
Category = "workbook",
Kind = WorkbookSharedTypeKind.Shared,
SerializedData = """
{
"version": "Notebook/1.0",
"items": [
{
"type": 1,
"content": {
"json": "# Application Performance\n\nThis workbook shows application performance metrics."
},
"name": "header"
},
{
"type": 3,
"content": {
"version": "KqlItem/1.0",
"query": "requests\n| summarize count() by bin(timestamp, 1h)\n| render timechart",
"size": 0,
"title": "Requests per Hour",
"timeContext": {
"durationMs": 86400000
},
"queryType": 0,
"resourceType": "microsoft.insights/components"
},
"name": "requestsChart"
}
],
"isLocked": false
}
""",
SourceId = component.Id,
Tags =
{
{ "environment", "production" }
}
};
// Note: Workbook ID should be a new GUID
string workbookId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
ArmOperation<WorkbookResource> operation = await workbooks
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, workbookId, workbookData);
WorkbookResource workbook = operation.Value;
Console.WriteLine($"Workbook created: {workbook.Data.DisplayName}");
7. Link Storage Account ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponentAsync("my-appinsights");
ComponentLinkedStorageAccountCollection linkedStorage = component.GetComponentLinkedStorageAccounts();
ComponentLinkedStorageAccountData storageData = new ComponentLinkedStorageAccountData
{
LinkedStorageAccount = new ResourceIdentifier(
"/subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/<storage-account>")
};
ArmOperation<ComponentLinkedStorageAccountResource> operation = await linkedStorage
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, StorageType.ServiceProfiler, storageData);
8. List and Manage Components // List all Application Insights components in resource group
await foreach (ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component in
resourceGroup.GetApplicationInsightsComponents())
{
Console.WriteLine($"Component: {component.Data.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($" App ID: {component.Data.AppId}");
Console.WriteLine($" Type: {component.Data.ApplicationType}");
Console.WriteLine($" Ingestion Mode: {component.Data.IngestionMode}");
Console.WriteLine($" Retention: {component.Data.RetentionInDays} days");
}
// List web tests
await foreach (WebTestResource webTest in resourceGroup.GetWebTests())
{
Console.WriteLine($"Web Test: {webTest.Data.WebTestName}");
Console.WriteLine($" Enabled: {webTest.Data.IsEnabled}");
Console.WriteLine($" Frequency: {webTest.Data.Frequency}s");
}
// List workbooks
await foreach (WorkbookResource workbook in resourceGroup.GetWorkbooks())
{
Console.WriteLine($"Workbook: {workbook.Data.DisplayName}");
}
9. Update Component ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponentAsync("my-appinsights");
// Update using full data (PUT operation)
ApplicationInsightsComponentData updateData = component.Data;
updateData.RetentionInDays = 180;
updateData.SamplingPercentage = 50;
updateData.Tags["updated"] = "true";
ArmOperation<ApplicationInsightsComponentResource> operation = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponents()
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, "my-appinsights", updateData);
10. Delete Resources // Delete Application Insights component
ApplicationInsightsComponentResource component = await resourceGroup
.GetApplicationInsightsComponentAsync("my-appinsights");
await component.DeleteAsync(WaitUntil.Completed);
// Delete web test
WebTestResource webTest = await resourceGroup.GetWebTestAsync("webtest-homepage");
await webTest.DeleteAsync(WaitUntil.Completed);
Key Types Reference Type Purpose ApplicationInsightsComponentResourceApp Insights component ApplicationInsightsComponentDataComponent configuration ApplicationInsightsComponentCollectionCollection of components ApplicationInsightsComponentApiKeyResourceAPI key for programmatic access WebTestResourceAvailability/web test WebTestDataWeb test configuration WorkbookResourceAnalysis workbook WorkbookDataWorkbook configuration ComponentLinkedStorageAccountResourceLinked storage for exports
Application Types Type Enum Value Web Application WebiOS Application iOSJava Application JavaNode.js Application NodeJS.NET Application MRTOther Other
Web Test Locations Location ID Region us-ca-sjc-azrWest US us-tx-sn1-azrSouth Central US us-il-ch1-azrNorth Central US us-va-ash-azrEast US emea-gb-db3-azrUK South emea-nl-ams-azrWest Europe emea-fr-pra-edgeFrance Central apac-sg-sin-azrSoutheast Asia apac-hk-hkn-azrEast Asia apac-jp-kaw-edgeJapan East latam-br-gru-edgeBrazil South emea-au-syd-edgeAustralia East
Best Practices
Use workspace-based — Workspace-based App Insights is the current standardLink to Log Analytics — Store data in Log Analytics for better queryingSet appropriate retention — Balance cost vs. data availabilityUse sampling — Reduce costs for high-volume applicationsStore connection string securely — Use Key Vault or managed identityEnable multiple test locations — For accurate availability monitoringUse workbooks — For custom dashboards and analysisSet up alerts — Based on availability tests and metricsTag resources — For cost allocation and organizationUse private endpoints — For secure data ingestion
Error Handling using Azure;
try
{
ArmOperation<ApplicationInsightsComponentResource> operation = await components
.CreateOrUpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, "my-appinsights", data);
}
catch (RequestFailedException ex) when (ex.Status == 409)
{
Console.WriteLine("Component already exists");
}
catch (RequestFailedException ex) when (ex.Status == 400)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Invalid configuration: {ex.Message}");
}
catch (RequestFailedException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Azure error: {ex.Status} - {ex.Message}");
}
SDK Integration Use the connection string with Application Insights SDK:
// Program.cs in ASP.NET Core
builder.Services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(options =>
{
options.ConnectionString = configuration["ApplicationInsights:ConnectionString"];
});
// Or set via environment variable
// APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING=InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=...
Related SDKs SDK Purpose Install Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsightsResource management (this SDK) dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsightsMicrosoft.ApplicationInsightsTelemetry SDK dotnet add package Microsoft.ApplicationInsightsMicrosoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCoreASP.NET Core integration dotnet add package Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCoreAzure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.ExporterOpenTelemetry export dotnet add package Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter
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