azure-mgmt-applicationinsights-dotnet
Enables your agent to monitor application performance and collect data on its usage. Useful for understanding how apps are running and identifying issues.
What it does
This tool helps manage Azure Application Insights, a service for monitoring your applications' performance and availability. You can use it to create and configure these resources.
When to use it
- ✓When you need to set up monitoring for a new application.
- ✓To get connection details for an existing application.
- ✓To create automatic tests that check if your application is working.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Create a new Application Insights for my web application named 'my-site' in the resource group 'my-group'.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
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How it works
It connects to Azure and uses specific commands to create or retrieve Application Insights resources. You need to provide details like the application name and its location.
Installation
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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
Current Version: v1.0.0 (GA)
API Version: 2022-06-15
Environment Variables
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<your-subscription-id>
AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=<your-resource-group>
AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_NAME=<your-appinsights-component>
Authentication
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights;
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(new DefaultAzureCredential());
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);
…
FAQ
What is Application Insights?
It's an Azure service that helps you understand how your applications are performing by monitoring performance, errors, and usage.
What are Application Insights 'resources'?
These are the components Azure creates to collect and analyze your application's data, such as the Application Insights instance itself, access keys, and availability tests.
Do I need to know how to code to use this?
No, this tool is designed to simplify the process. You just need to state what you want in plain language.
Details
Original description by the author
Azure Application Insights SDK for .NET. Application performance monitoring and observability resource management.
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 48k
- Ranking position
- #2339
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- 10/15/2026
Comments
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