Enable Application Insights for Sitecore in Azure PaaS

4/7/2021

I have not found good document which lists the steps to ensure Application Insights have been enabled correctly for Sitecore on Azure PaaS.

https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/92/sitecore-experience-manager/en/configure-application-insights-post-deployment.html

 

I have not found good document which lists the steps to ensure Application Insights have been enabled correctly for Sitecore on Azure PaaS. 

  • Add App Insights key on the configuration or in ConnectionStrings.config file:
<add name="appinsights.instrumentationkey" connectionString="#appinsightskey#"/>
  •  Ensure Azure folder is deployed that comes with Sitecore scwdp package which has patches for default log appenders. This can be downloaded form Sitecore Download options for Azure AppService 
  • Ensure ApplicationInsights.config file comes with scwdp package to the root folder: