How to enable profiling for live azure web apps with apps using the ARM template
My team wants to enable the Insights Live Profiler app for our web app using the ARM template. This Application Insights performance feature is explained at the following link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/app-insights-profiler . However, I cannot find any documentation on how to add this feature using the ARM template. I tried using the following documentation ( https://github.com/CawaMS/EnableProfilerForCompute/blob/master/How%20to%20enable%20Application%20Insights%20Profiler%20on%20Azure%20Compute%20resources.md ) as a guide, but she is intended to enable profiling of VM and Azure Compute resources as against App Service.
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As per your description, if you want to deploy a web app and enable the Insights app, I suggest you try out the template at hand (adding a Microsoft.Insights / components resource to the template).
Template.json
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"hostingPlanName": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"skuName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "F1",
"allowedValues": [
"F1",
"D1",
"B1",
"B2",
"B3",
"S1",
"S2",
"S3",
"P1",
"P2",
"P3",
"P4"
],
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan pricing tier and capacity. Check details at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/"
}
},
"skuCapacity": {
"type": "int",
"defaultValue": 1,
"minValue": 1,
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan instance count"
}
}
},
"variables": {
"webSiteName": "[concat('webSite', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]"
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[parameters('hostingPlanName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"displayName": "HostingPlan"
},
"sku": {
"name": "[parameters('skuName')]",
"capacity": "[parameters('skuCapacity')]"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('hostingPlanName')]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-related:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', parameters('hostingPlanName'))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "Website"
},
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', parameters('hostingPlanName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
"serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', parameters('hostingPlanName'))]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
"location": "East US",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AppInsightsComponent"
},
"properties": {
"applicationId": "[variables('webSiteName')]"
}
}
]
}
Output:
Result (web app is already associated with appInsights)
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I was able to find a Microsoft representative via email who sent me the following answer:
Hi,
We are investigating how to automatically enable the Profiler after
it’s installed with the AI site extension on an App Services resource;
Currently there is no workaround for that yet ...
Thanks
-cath
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