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providers Element for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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Defines the health monitoring providers that are responsible for event processing.

This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<providers>
     <add... />
     <remove... />
     <clear />
</providers>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description

add

Optional element.

Specifies the name of the provider and the class that implements it.

clear

Optional element.

Removes all health monitoring providers from the collection.

remove

Optional element.

Removes the specified health monitoring provider from the collection.

Parent Elements

Element Description

configuration

Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.

system.web

Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.

healthMonitoring

Configures an application for health monitoring.

Remarks

You can add as many providers as your application requires.

A provider processes health events. For details about how to map an event to a provider, see the eventMappings Element for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema) element.

If additional name value pairs are present, the provider must process those values.

Default Configuration

The following default providers element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<providers>
     <add name="EventLogProvider" type="System.Web.Management.EventLogWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
     <add ConnectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" 
          maxEventDetailsLength="1073741823" buffer="false" 
          bufferMode="Notification" name="SqlWebEventProvider" 
          type="System.Web.Management.SqlWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
     <add name="WmiWebEventProvider" type="System.Web.Management.WmiWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>

Example

The following code example shows how to add a provider.

<providers>
  <add name="WmiEventProvider"
     type="System.Web.Management.WebWmiEventProvider,
     System.Web,Version=1.2.3400.0,Culture=neutral,
     PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
  <add name="SampleEventProvider"     
    type="Samples.AspNet.SampleEventProvider,SampleEventProvider,
    Version=0.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=92029af6cf75bd7c,
    ProcessorArchitecture=Neutral"/>
</providers>

Element Information

Configuration section handler

System.Web.Configuration.HealthMonitoringSection

Configuration member

System.Web.Configuration.HealthMonitoringSection.Providers

Configurable locations

Machine.config

Root-level Web.config

Application-level Web.config

Requirements

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0

The .NET Framework version 2.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

healthMonitoring Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
add Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration
System.Web.Management

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Other Resources

ASP.NET Health Monitoring System
ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API