Hi, is it possible to view profiler traces in the performance pane for java spring boot app running in kubernetes in docker on azure ? If yes, what do I need to setup ? All what I managed to do so far is run manual/treshold trigered profiler session.

Question

Documentation about profiler says, that its not supported for java.

Picture in the java profiler section of the documentation shows the profiler traces button in the performance pane, is this correct ?

Answer 1

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/profiler/profiler-overview

As per the azure documentation, java profiler is not supported

Answer 2

@JANOSIK, MICHAL , thank you for the question. Based on the Application Insights doc for Java Application profile, it is in preview (starting from 3.4.0.), hence not added to the following doc - Profile production applications in Azure with Application Insights Profiler.

Note that profilers are generated on-demand or based on pre-defined triggers. It is not recommended to have profiler enabled on applications all the time, as they add to performance overhead.
Regarding ability to view profiler data in the Application Insight's "Performance" menu - It is not possible to view/analyze the trace for now in the Azure portal. As mentioned in the doc - the profile is collected and uploaded to appInsights, from where the profile can be downloaded --> opened and analyzed within a tool of your choosing, for example JDK Mission Control (JMC).

Hope this helps.

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