Using Azure Monitor Application Insights with Spring Boot
Note
With Spring Boot native image applications, you can use this project.
There are two options for enabling Application Insights Java with Spring Boot: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) argument and programmatically.
Enabling with JVM argument
Add the JVM arg -javaagent:"path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.6.2.jar"
somewhere before -jar
, for example:
java -javaagent:"path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.6.2.jar" -jar <myapp.jar>
Spring Boot via Docker entry point
See the documentation related to containers.
Configuration
Enabling programmatically
To enable Application Insights Java programmatically, you must add the following dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>applicationinsights-runtime-attach</artifactId>
<version></version>
</dependency>
And invoke the attach()
method of the com.microsoft.applicationinsights.attach.ApplicationInsights
class that's in the beginning line of your main()
method.
Warning
The invocation must be at the beginning of the main
method.
Warning
JRE is not supported.
Warning
The temporary directory of the operating system should be writable.
Example:
@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringBootApp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApplicationInsights.attach();
SpringApplication.run(SpringBootApp.class, args);
}
}
Configuration
Programmatic enablement supports all the same configuration options as the JVM argument enablement, with the differences that are described in the next sections.
Configuration file location
By default, when enabling Application Insights Java programmatically, the configuration file applicationinsights.json
is read from the classpath (src/main/resources
, src/test/resources
).
From 3.4.3, you can configure the name of a JSON file in the classpath with the applicationinsights.runtime-attach.configuration.classpath.file
system property.
For example, with -Dapplicationinsights.runtime-attach.configuration.classpath.file=applicationinsights-dev.json
, Application Insights uses the applicationinsights-dev.json
file for configuration. To programmatically configure another file in the classpath:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("applicationinsights.runtime-attach.configuration.classpath.file", "applicationinsights-dev.json");
ApplicationInsights.attach();
SpringApplication.run(PetClinicApplication.class, args);
}
Note
Spring's application.properties
or application.yaml
files are not supported as
as sources for Application Insights Java configuration.
See configuration file path configuration options to change the location for a file outside the classpath.
To programmatically configure a file outside the classpath:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("applicationinsights.configuration.file", "{path}/applicationinsights-dev.json");
ApplicationInsights.attach();
SpringApplication.run(PetClinicApplication.class, args);
}
Programmatically configure the connection string
First, add the applicationinsights-core
dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>applicationinsights-core</artifactId>
<version></version>
</dependency>
Then, call the ConnectionString.configure
method after ApplicationInsights.attach()
:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("applicationinsights.configuration.file", "{path}/applicationinsights-dev.json");
ApplicationInsights.attach();
SpringApplication.run(PetClinicApplication.class, args);
}
Alternatively, call the ConnectionString.configure
method from a Spring component.
Enable connection string configured at runtime:
{
"connectionStringConfiguredAtRuntime": true
}
Self-diagnostic log file location
By default, when enabling Application Insights Java programmatically, the applicationinsights.log
file containing the agent logs are located in the directory from where the JVM is launched (user directory).
To learn how to change this location, see your self-diagnostic configuration options.