DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration Class

Represents the configuration for a set of data buffers for logging and diagnostic information.

Namespace:   Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics
Assembly:  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration

Syntax

public class DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration

public ref class DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration 

type DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration = class end

Public Class DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration()	Initializes a new instance of the DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ConfigurationChangePollInterval	Gets or sets the interval at which the diagnostic monitor polls for diagnostic configuration changes.
	DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs	Gets or sets the buffer configuration for the logs generated by the underlying diagnostics infrastructure. The diagnostic infrastructure logs are useful for troubleshooting the diagnostics system itself.
	Directories	Gets or sets the buffer configuration for file-based logs, including custom logs.
	Logs	Gets or sets the buffer configuration for basic Windows Azure logs captured by the Windows Azure Trace Listener.
	OverallQuotaInMB	Gets or sets the total amount of local storage allocated for all logging buffers.
	PerformanceCounters	Gets or sets the buffer configuration for performance counter data.
	WindowsEventLog	Gets or sets the buffer configuration for Windows event logs.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

The DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration class is used to store configured data buffers for each logging area in a Windows Azure application. In addition, you use it to specify how frequently to poll for changes to the diagnostics configuration, and to set the maximum amount of local storage to allocate for storing logs.

The diagnostics.wadcfg file is used to configure diagnostics in your application. For more information on how to configure your diagnostics.wadcfg file, see Enabling Diagnostics in Windows Azure. If the diagnostics monitor is started without a diagnostics.wadcfg file, the default configuration is used. Once your application is running in Windows Azure, you can use the DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration class along with the RoleInstanceDiagnosticManager class to remotely change your application’s diagnostics configuration. The default configuration is identical to the configuration returned by calling GetDefaultInitialConfiguration, and is specified below:

Example

The following example gets the current configuration for each instance in a specific role, customizes the diagnostic infrastructure logs data buffer, and sets the configuration.

// Get the connection string. It's recommended that you store the connection string in your web.config or app.config file.
// Use the ConfigurationManager type to retrieve your storage connection string.  You can find the account name and key in
// the Windows Azure Management Portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com).
//string connectionString = "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=<AccountName>;AccountKey=<AccountKey>";
string connectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["StorageConnectionString"].ConnectionString;

// The deployment ID and role name for your application can be obtained from the 
// Windows Azure Management Portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com). See your 
// application dashboard under Cloud Services.
string deploymentID = "e2ab8b6667644666ba627bdf6f5e4daa";
string roleName = "WebRole1";

// Get the DeploymentDiagnosticManager object for your deployment.
DeploymentDiagnosticManager diagManager = new DeploymentDiagnosticManager(connectionString, deploymentID);

// Get the RoleInstanceDiagnosticManager objects for each instance of your role.
IEnumerable<RoleInstanceDiagnosticManager> instanceManagers = diagManager.GetRoleInstanceDiagnosticManagersForRole(roleName);

// Iterate through the role instances and update the configuration.
foreach (RoleInstanceDiagnosticManager roleInstance in instanceManagers)
{
  DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration diagnosticConfiguration = roleInstance.GetCurrentConfiguration();

   // Filter the logs so that only error-level logs are transferred to persistent storage.
   diagnosticConfiguration.DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs.ScheduledTransferLogLevelFilter = LogLevel.Error;

   // Schedule a transfer period of 30 minutes.
   diagnosticConfiguration.DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs.ScheduledTransferPeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30.0);

   // Specify a buffer quota.
   diagnosticConfiguration.DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs.BufferQuotaInMB = 1024;

   roleInstance.SetCurrentConfiguration(diagnosticConfiguration);
}

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics Namespace

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